The Teenaged Underwear Model

One of the psychiatrists at work is in trouble. The social services department has accused him of behaving inappropriately with a patient. This is the doctor's version of what happened:

The patient was a minor, teenaged girl who, along with her mother, came to his office for a consultation.

1) The patient was wearing underwear that was pulled out above her pants. In an effort to establish a rapport with the girl, he commented on the print of her panties.

2) The patient is a model and showed him photos of herself on the Internet. She is an underwear model and was dressed accordingly in the photos.

3) The patient was complaining of stomach pain, so he palpated her abdomen. The shrink added, "It's not like I did a pelvic or rectal exam."

4) Afterwards, the patient's mother asked the doctor out to dinner and he accepted. The two of them went out on a "date," as the doctor put it, and "it was nice."

The psychiatrist's superiors are doing an investigation. The patient and her mother were both asked about the doctor's behavior and they saw no problem with it. The doctor, therefore, believes that his behavior has been proved to be appropriate. I'm not sure that a patient and her mom are qualified to know what is appropriate behavior for a shrink.

This whole thing creeps me out. I can cut him some slack on the first two items, but the last two are major no-no's. What do you think?