TV doctor ‘gave patient Botox in return for sex’
ATV cosmetic doctor administered Botox for free to a patient in return for sexual intercourse, a tribunal has found.
Dr Tijion Esho is facing a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) case into the allegation that, between June 2019 and May 2022, he “provided medical care/treatment to Patient A who was vulnerable” and allegedly engaged in an “improper emotional relationship”, “behaved inappropriately” and was “sexually motivated”.
The 42-year-old, also known as Dr Oluwafemi Esho, admitted having an improper emotional relationship with the woman – who is known only by the name Patient A – but denied having had physical sexual contact with her.
The medic has previously featured on TV across BBC, ITV’s This Morning, and E4’s Body Fixers.
The tribunal panel found he had had sex with the woman at his Newcastle clinic, and that he had previously sent “inappropriate” sexual messages to her on social media. Prior to the sex, the panel found that at a consultation “months earlier” he had stroked her hair and rubbed himself against her after he made inappropriate comments on the shape of her bottom.
A year earlier, at another consultation, he made similar remarks to Patient A, again rubbed himself against her, and allowed her to carry out a sex act on him, the panel determined. Among the “inappropriate” social media messages, Dr Esho called her “every man’s dream” and asked her to “send more” images of herself. He also told her that having a sexual relationship would have consequences for him, saying: “If we do it for mls I break the doctors code and I’d be a dead man x lol.”
The panel ruled the conduct of the doctor, also known as Oluwafemi Esho, was sexually motivated but did not find Patient A to be vulnerable because of her profession.
The hearing will reconvene later this month to decide whether Dr Esho’s fitness to practise is impaired because of his misconduct.
Dr Esho featured on the ITV morning programme to provide his medical opinion and comment on cosmetic surgery discussions.
He was also regularly consulted on Body Fixers for E4, a channel operated by Channel 4, which aired for two seasons in 2016 and 2017, and made appearances on segments of BBC’s Morning Live until the summer of 2022.
Dr Esho is the founder of the Esho Clinic, which also has locations in London, Liverpool and Dubai, and has a host of celebrity clients.