Russian TV Sexologist Found Dead, Naked in Hotel Room

Published July 20th, 2020 - 07:20 GMT
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Highlights
The body of Anna Ambartsumyan, 26, was found at Moscow's elite Peter 1 hotel.

Russian police are investigating the death of a popular TV sexologist whose naked body was found at a five-star Moscow hotel.

Anna Ambartsumyan, 26, was found dead at the elite Peter 1 hotel with a Prada handbag and black dress on the bed beside her body. 

Detectives are seeking to identify a male visitor to her room, according to reports which say she had a number of wealthy business admirers and had been gifted two Bentleys and an Aston Martin.    

A celebrity lawyer says the TV psychologist had also been threatened by debt collectors who had called her up to 20 times a day. 

A regular TV pundit in Russia, the celebrity influencer had been dead an estimated eight hours before hotel staff found her.

Ambartsumyan was a qualified doctor and psychologist who also claimed to be a psychic.

She had 370,000 followers on social media and boasted: 'I will raise anyone from their knees.'

A post mortem is being carried out to establish the cause of death, according to reports citing law enforcement sources.

 

Suspected non-prescription pills found in her hotel room were also sent for analysis.

She was reported to be popular with a number of business figures who had gifted her cars and property.

The 26-year-old was married to a businessman named Ruslan.

Celebrity lawyer Sergey Zhorin said she had been recently threatened by debt collectors who called her up to 20 times a day.

'I'm scared. They are very aggressive,' she told him.

'I recommended her to contact the law enforcement authorities,' he said.

This article has been adapted from its original source

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