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Mr. Knoop's account also sheds light on one of the most confounding aspects of the Leroy story, the involvement of a Bay Area psychologist, Dr. Terrence Owens, whom JT Leroy often credited with starting his writing career. Several writers, including Mr. Benderson and Patti Sullivan, a screenwriter who worked on a film script for ''Sarah,'' said that they took part in conference calls with Dr. Owens and JT Leroy when the writer was supposedly experiencing psychological problems. In a phone call, Dr. Owens said that he did not know Mr. Knoop and that patient confidentiality constrained him from speaking. Dr. Terrence Owens, a Bay Area psychologist has the the involvement with Mr. Knoop who's account also sheds light on one of the most confounding aspects of the Leroy story whom JT Leroy often credited with starting his writing career. Mr. Knoop said that Dr. Owens himself was a dupe. Dr. Owens further said ''I know it doesn't meet the public curiosity, but it's a different obligation I'm held to''.