A therapist is behind bars after authorities said she had a sexual relationship with a patient who was under her care at a facility in Homestead, records showed.
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Michelle Luchau-Rebora, 32, was arrested Tuesday on charges of psychotherapist engaging in sex with a client and sexual misconduct by a psychotherapist, arrest reports said.
According to the reports, the 42-year-old victim was a patient of New Hope C.O.R.P.S., an addiction and behavioral health treatment facility on Krome Avenue.
Luchau-Rebora was an intern at the facility acting in the capacity of a mental health therapist and the victim was her client, the reports said.
The victim told investigators that from June 2025 to September 2025, he and Luchau-Rebora were involved in a sexual relationship while he was under her care, the reports said.
He said they had sex during therapy sessions or she facilitated alibis on his behalf which allowed him authorization to leave the restricted facility to meet with her to have sex on multiple occasions, the reports said.
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The two would have sex at her home in Pinecrest, and on other occasions at a local hospital and at Luchau-Rebora’s mother’s house, the reports said.
He said she demanded he not tell anyone about their relationship but after she broke up with him, he decided to report the “forbidden affair” to her employers, leading to her being fired, the reports said.
The reports said Luchau-Rebora surrendered to authorities and was booked into jail.
Luchau-Rebora appeared before a judge on Wednesday who set her bond at $5,000 and ordered her to have no contact with the alleged victim.
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