San Diego

Appearing in Municipal Court for a hearing to review the status of his probation, Sagon Penn was ordered to find another psychological counselor after it was revealed that he was “suspicious” of his current therapist.

Penn was ordered to undergo counseling as part of his probation in a 1989 case in which he was convicted of vandalizing a motorcycle belonging to a friend of his ex-girlfriend.

After reviewing a letter from Penn’s psychologist, Municipal Judge William H. Woodward said Wednesday that there was a “doctor-patient problem.”

Saying another six months of counseling sessions would be “helpful,” Woodward ordered Penn to return to court Dec. 20 to report on his choice of a new psychologist.

Woodward said Penn could terminate his sessions with his current doctor because of “a certain degree of suspicion being maintained by Mr. Penn.”

Penn, 28, was acquitted in two trials of the 1985 shooting deaths of a police officer and a civilian ride-along. Penn, who has had a number of brushes with law officers since the highly publicized trials, is facing a Nov. 30 trial on a felony charge of altering court documents.