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John Oliver Smeared With Defamation Suit After Claiming Health Care Exec Believed “It’s Okay If People Have Sh*t On Them For Days”
A former health insurance exec says Last Week Tonight with John Oliver took his words out of context, & made him look like a monster
“Defendants falsely told millions of viewers of their show, Last Week Tonight WithJohn Oliver, that Dr. Morley testified in a Medicaid hearing that ‘he thinks it’s okay if people have shit on them for days,’ intentionally leading viewers to believe that Dr. Morley made these alleged statements about—and illegally denied Medicaid services to—a young man who has severe mental impairment, was harnessed in a wheelchair, wears diapers, and required in-home bathing and diaper changing because he could do neither himself,” proclaims a jury seeking suit against Oliver and Last Week Tonight producers Partially Important Productions. Filed on March 28 in federal court in New York, the complaint from Dr. Brian Morley, the ex-medical director for health insurance corporation AmeriHealth Caritas adds of the April 14, 2024 LWT episode examining Medicaid fraud and Managed Care Organizations: “Defendants’ false accusations were designed to spark outrage, and they did. While the 23-page filing from Dr. Morley’s legal team Firestone Greenberger PLLC and Wade, Grunberg & Wilson, LLC doesn’t specify any damages (except to say: “in an amount to be determined and in excess of $75,000”), it is clear they want to squeeze some big bucks out of Oliver and the production company.
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