Sex offender Joseph Thayakaran Joseph, 45, of Toronto told alleged victim he was a doctor

A convicted sex offender who posed as a Hollywood producer to sexually attack young women is back behind bars.

Cops say Joseph Thayakaran Joseph was released from prison earlier this year after serving more than eight years.

But it didn’t take the pervert long to go back to playing make-believe, police allege. This time Joseph posed as a doctor.

According to detectives, Joseph was arrested on Wednesday for breaching his court-ordered release conditions – his second such arrest since walking out of prison on Valentine’s Day.

Const. Caroline de Kloet said the 45-year-old has allegedly been using dating websites, specifically seekingarrangement.ca, and calling himself Dr. Lewisus.


“It’s alleged he claims to be a doctor and makes offers to help women financially or with medical treatment,” she said. “It is further alleged that he offers prescriptions for medical marijuana.”

Joseph ran a successful headhunting company when he was arrested in July 2005 for preying on two women.

He was convicted in 2008 of three counts of forcible confinement, two counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual assault with a weapon and one count of assault.

At his trial, Joseph admitted he pretended to be a vice-president of entertainment for media giant Viacom to seduce 20 to 30 women from 1995 and 2005.

He became violent in 2005, forcibly confining and sexually assaulting two women — one at gunpoint.

Joseph was released from prison on Feb. 14 under strict court-ordered conditions that included reporting weekly to police, not entering into an intimate relationship with a woman unless she was identified to police and not using social media without specified permission

On the same day, police issued a rare public warning about the sex attacker’s release out of concern he was a “high-risk” to re-offend.

Joseph was re-arrested less than two months later, on April 6, for failing to comply with a recognizance order but police did not disclose any further details.

It’s unclear when he was released, but Joseph was taken into custody again on Wednesday.

Cops are anyone who may have had contact with him to call investigators at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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