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Plaintiff Loses Suit Against Sex/Love Addiction Recovery Program That Led Ex-Boyfriend to Cut Off Contact

Eugene Volokh | 7.20.2026 8:01 AM

From Liu v. Augustine Fellowship SLAA Felowship-Wide Services Inc., decided July 11 by N.Y. trial court judge Judy Kim:

The gravamen of plaintiff's complaint is that in March 2024 her former romantic partner began attending "sex and/or love addiction" meetings organized by defendant Greater NY Intergroup, Inc. … and reading publications by defendant The Augustine Fellowship SLAA Fellowship-Wide Services Inc … promoting "no contact" recovery from sex addiction. Three months later, plaintiff's former partner told her that he had "sex and/or love addiction," for which she was a trigger, and that other Intergroup members and the Augustine........

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