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A Cincinnati psychologist testified in New York that a fashion writer accused of sexually abusing a co-worker while dressed as a firefighter later robbed him at gunpoint while on the run.

Mark William Cohen, a clinical psychologist, said Peter Braunstein came to his Cincinnati office on Nov. 17, 2005 - a month after the woman was attacked - and spent almost an hour in the waiting area before tying him up and taking his wallet.
Cohen testified Friday at Braunstein's kidnapping and sex abuse trial in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.
William Barr, a psychologist at Bellevue Hospital, testified that Braunstein told him that he planned to disappear into the Midwest and survive by robbing people.
"He tied my hands with something I think they call flex cuffs," Cohen said. "He tied my ankles with duct tape. He asked for my PIN number and then he put duct tape over my mouth."
Cohen was freed by another building tenant.
Braunstein, 43, is accused of igniting smoke bombs while wearing firefighter gear and tricking his way into a former co-worker's apartment, where he sexually abused her for nearly 13 hours on Halloween night 2005.
Braunstein has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, burglary, sex abuse and robbery charges.

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