Rehab doctor jailed for ‘patient brokering’ released to luxury home after COVID diagnosis [The Orange County Register]
Dec. 18 The Beverly Hills doctor accused of building a luxurious life on the backs of desperate drug users and contributing to some of their deaths has been released from jail after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, despite the strident objections of prosecutors who’ve charged him with 88 felonies and fear he’s a flight risk.
Randy Rosen ran Wellness Wave, a surgical center in Beverly Hills that allegedly paid addicts eager to make a buck to endure unnecessary surgeries, get unnecessary lab tests and receive unnecessary injections for inflated prices, according to Orange County prosecutors.
Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa, responded Thursday to a lawsuit filed against her by her mother demanding financial support and claiming the late Laker legend had vowed to take care of her financially for life.
Vanessa Bryant posts statement after her mother files lawsuit demanding financial support
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Share: Vanessa Bryant fired back Thursday after her mother filed a lawsuit filed against her demanding financial support and claiming late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant had vowed to take care of her financially for life.
In a statement posted on her Instagram Story, Vanessa Bryant accused her mother Sofia Urbieta Laine of trying to extort a financial windfall from our family. Bryant said she and her husband long supported her, allowing her to live in their properties free of charge. She was a grandmother who was supported by me and her son-in-law at my request, Bryant said. She now wants to back charge me $96 per hour for supposedly working 12 hours a day for 18 years for watching her grandchildren. In reality, she only occasionally babysat my older girls when they were toddlers.
OC issues unprecedented order to hospitals against diverting ambulances amid COVID surge
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Share: An unprecedented order has been issued in Orange County to prevent hospitals from diverting ambulances to other facilities. The move comes after the county shattered COVID-19 patient admittance records,
The county reported 23 fatalities on Wednesday, the same day frontline workers in the county received COVID-19 vaccinations. The most recent fatalities, which date back to earlier this month, raised the death toll to 1,718.
The region also logged 3,231 new diagnoses of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative case total to 111,168.
Orange County continues to set new records for coronavirus diagnoses and hospitalizations, while county officials have rolled out mobile field hospitals to handle the surge in patients.
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Vanessa Bryant claims her mother, Sofia Laine, is trying to extort a financial windfall from her family following the tragic death of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant.
In new court documents filed in Orange County Superior Court and obtained by ET, Sofia is suing Vanessa and the Kobe Bryant Trust for financial support, claiming the legendary NBA star promised to take care of her for the rest of her life prior to his death.