US EditionConvicted addiction counselor Keith Bakker (64) has died
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In 2010, Bakker came under fire after several young women filed charges against him for sexual abuse. Among them were underage women.
The American-Dutch former aid worker and media personality Keith Bakker has died at the age of 64. This was reported by several media, such as De Telegraaf and the AD, based on people close to him. He died of heart failure. Bakker was known as an expert by experience in addiction care. His father was an alcoholic and he himself was addicted to drugs for a long time. After he had sworn off drugs, he started a rehab clinic in Amsterdam and Wassena…
Keith Bakker (64), who died on Monday, was a controversial figure in the world of addiction care. Although Bakker was known as an addiction guru, his career in the last fifteen years was mainly tarnished by serious sexual scandals.
Convicted addiction expert Keith Bakker has died at the age of 64. This was reported by De Telegraaf based on sources close to Bakker. He is said to have died of heart failure. The American-Dutch 'addiction guru' had been addicted for years himself and was therefore seen as an expert in the field. He opened drug rehabilitation centres from 2004, one of which was in Amsterdam. He later became known to the general public through programmes such as…
Keith Bakker, the man who proved that overcoming your addiction doesn't always make you a better person, is dead. He started out as a creepy junkie, then became that creepy 'addiction guru' with that creepy accent on TV and eventually turned out to be a creepy therapist with a creepy interpretation of helping people. After several young women reported him for rape in 2010, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and banned from practicing. That di…
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