The US healthcare executive sued John Oliver for his delinquency following last week's episode of tonight on Medicaid. The British-American comedian cited the doctor saying it's okay for patients with intestinal problems to be “a little dirty for a few days.”
Dr. Brian Morley, former director of medical director at Amerihealth Caritas, claims Oliver, a candid comic that not only dealt with the muzzle lawsuit, but also removed quotations from the context in the April episode of Medicaid.
The lawsuit against Oliver and the producer's partially significant work last week tonight seeks unspecified damages “more than the determined amount and $75,000,” according to Deadline. I won't name the broadcasting station HBO last week tonight.
The lawsuit filed in New York last week said, “The defendants have testified to millions of viewers of their show tonight with John Oliver last week that Dr. Morley testified to millions of viewers of their show at a Medicaid hearing, and that “I think it's okay if people have shit for days,” and that Dr. Morley has issued these allegations statements. He had to wear diapers and bathe at home and change diapers.
The lawsuit states, “The defendant's false accusations were designed to cause anger, and they did. The false accusations made by the defendant were so vicious that John Oliver felt justified to millions of viewers. Oliver's guilt in anger at Dr. Morley was created for evaluation and profit at the expense of Dr. Morley's reputation and personal happiness.”
The issue quote that arises about 21 minutes after the episode's 28-minute main segment refers to the story of Louis Fei Fenda JR, a cerebral palsy quadriplegia whose home care program has been confused after the cut of Iowa's Medicaid services.
Oliver cited an interview with Feifenda and his mother and primary caregiver Joan. As people with disabilities moved to commercial “managed care organizations,” Feifenda spent time in dirty diapers on the challenges faced by people with disabilities.
Oliver played audio from Molly's testimony at the 2017 administrative hearing. “People defecate every day to avoid cleaning completely.
Oliver states of the snippet: “To be honest, when you think it has to be taken out of context, I'm honest. A doctor who is a licensed doctor will not testify at a hearing that you think it's okay if they have shit.
“I think if I had to put it into words, I'd say I'd fuck that doctor with a rusty canoe. “And if he has problems with my language, I say I'm allowed to be dirty. People are allowed to get a little dirty at times.
Oliver also added that legally it is necessary to say that Amerihealth Caritas has restored patient services, but that he called the confusion “disgrace” to begin with.
The lawsuit argues that the context cut from the show changes the meaning of Morley's words. They quote: “Yes, I would like to have someone wipe off and turn off the poop, along with patients with significant comorbidities. The safety of medical care is like someone who is worried about but has comorbidities that are not in this particular case.”
According to the complaint, the senior producer of tonight last week spoke to Morley before the episode aired, saying he listened to the full management hearing.
However, “The defendant deliberately manipulated Dr. Morley's testimony, deliberately manipulated it, and placed it to convey the meaning of honor and loss.”
Morley later refused, saying, “The defendant requested that the statement of falsehood and defamation be withdrawn.” The lawsuit further alleges: “The defendant made a false and defamatory statement and meaning with the intent to undermine Dr. Morley's rights and recklessly ignore it.”
This is not the first lawsuit we faced by tonight last week.
In 2017, a West Virginia judge threw a honour-loss lawsuit filed against the comedian and his show by Coal Company CEO Bob Murray. The judge agreed to HBO's claim that Oliver's comments were true, procured from various court documents or clearly satirical and protected by the initial amendment.
