New York Post

Anti-O filmer’s shrink wrap

- Josh Saul

Conservati­ve scribe Dinesh D’Souza must do community service for the rest of his fiveyear probationa­ry term for breaking campaignfi­nance laws, but he can stop seeing his shrink, a judge said Thursday.

Manhattan federal Judge Richard Berman reset the probation terms at a conference with D’Souza and lawyer Ben Brafman.

“Whether I think therapy is valuable or not, it won’t be valuable if the participan­ts don’t think it’s valuable,” Berman said in lifting that requiremen­t.

Berman also asked D’Souza, 54, how he liked his community service.

“It’s been timeconsum­ing but very interestin­g, and I’ve gotten to know my students very well,” D’Souza answered, referring to the required eight hours per week he spends teaching English as a second language.

D’Souza — the maker of the antiPresid­ent Obama film “2016: Obama’s America” — pleaded guilty last year to illegally making $20,000 in contributi­ons in the names of others for Republican Wendy Long’s failed 2012 bid to defeat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY).

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