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A Plastic Surgeon's Risky Affair With A Patient Turns Deadly

(CBS)  At sentencing, Judge Jeff Bivens shows little sympathy to Koulis. "While the court is mindful of the fact that the victim, Miss Buchanan, was in many ways a knowing and willing participant in the activities of that tragic weekend, that does not diminish the defendant's criminal conduct and culpability," the judge says.

He sentences Koulis to two years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed. But Koulis is expected to serve less than half of that.

After he's sentenced, it is unclear just when the doctor will be imprisoned. He leaves the courtroom not in handcuffs but on a $500,000 bond paid by his parents to keep him free while his attorneys appeal the conviction.

"There's no satisfaction. There's no real peace. There's no vengeance, there's no anger. There's no hate, just you're dealt a certain set of cards. And you just have to do what you can with them. In the end, this too shall pass. And some day he’ll stand before God," Tara says.

The loss has been especially difficult for Lesa's daughter. She says she's angry and gets mad. "I have to tell myself that I've forgiven him because in a sense we were close and I lived with him and I've lived with him for so long, too. But when the really hard days come, it's hard to forgive him," she says.

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Christ Koulis will likely remain free until 2009, pending his appeal.

Koulis has had his medical license suspended or revoked in several states. Despite that, he is working as a medical consultant for a law firm in Chicago.