Malachi Love-Robinson, ‘teen doctor’ from Florida, arrested again

Malachi Love-Robinson, the Florida teenager accused last month of impersonating a doctor, was arrested again this week and now faces new counts of fraud in addition to previously filed charges related to the bogus clinic he allegedly ran in Palm Beach County.

Mr. Love-Robinson, 18, was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he used one of his client’s checking accounts to make more than $34,000 in car payments. He was granted supervised release on Wednesday and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

The teenager made national headlines weeks earlier after a law enforcement investigation indicated he had been posing as a doctor and offering health advice to patients at a medical center he ran in Palm Beach County.

Mr. Love-Robinson had previously been served with a cease-and-desist order after being caught working as a massage therapist without a license last October. Months earlier, he had been hauled away from a Florida hospital in handcuffs after reportedly spending several weeks roaming the halls in a doctor’s outfit.

Authorities this week charged the teen with five counts of fraud by using identification without consent and one count of larceny of more than $20,000, in addition to the fraud, larceny and practicing medicine without a license charges filed back in February.

Andrew Stine, Mr. Love-Robinson’s attorney, compared his client’s “entrepreneurial spirit” on Tuesday to that of presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

“He has the entrepreneurial spirit of someone like a Donald Trump or a Bill Gates. I’ve never met somebody — and I’m much older obviously — who has such entrepreneurial spirit,” Mr. Stine told WPTV News. “If it was channeled maybe in a different direction, things could be different here today.”

Mr. Love-Robinson previously denied he practiced medicine without a license, though police say they arrested him last month after he examined an undercover officer and dished out medical advice during the course of their investigation.

“I’m hurt because of the accusations and allegations. But like I said, this is not the first time where I’ve been accused, and I will pursue this. And when I do, you guys will know,” the teen said at the time.