Embattled psychiatrist gets pension, 'backdrop'

A Milwaukee County psychiatrist who resigned in January while facing disciplinary charges over questionable patient care and has a history of accusations he had sex with patients is collecting a six-figure pension payout this year. Karl I. Strelnick left the county with a "backdrop" lump-sum payment of almost $138,000. He also receives monthly pension checks of nearly $4,500, or almost $54,000 a year, county records show. If he had skipped the backdrop payment, his monthly retirement check would have been $5,184 - more than $62,000 a year. (MILWAUEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/31)