Doctoring the Truth
Welcome to Doctoring the Truth, a podcast where two dedicated audiologists dissect the world of healthcare gone rogue. Explore jaw-dropping stories of medical malfeasance, nefariousness, and shocking breaches of trust. The episodes provide deep dives that latch onto your curiosity and conscience. It's a podcast for truth-seekers craving true crime, clinical insights, and a dash of humor.
Doctoring the Truth
Ep 29-Dating Apps and Deadly Deception: The Doctor Who Drugged His Dates
Stephen Matthews appeared to be the perfect catch on dating apps - successful doctor, dog owner, outdoor enthusiast. But behind this carefully crafted image lurked a calculated predator who drugged and assaulted multiple women after gaining their trust. The hosts dive deep into this disturbing case where Matthews used his medical credentials as a shield, with one victim stating plainly: "The only reason I felt safe going on a date with him was because he was a doctor."
Resources:
https://www.burgsimpson.com/firm-news/dr-stephen-matthews-colorado-sexual-assault/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j-bkVuz_jA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfniJQ1UQi0
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Speaker 1:And then you know what I mean, yeah, but important to know nonetheless, yeah.
Speaker 2:The more that I read about it, I was like I have to share this. So it is a rather short story, but it's an important story and I will give you a spoiler alert.
Speaker 1:This guy's already in jail because no, we need to know Bring it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's not a good one, guys. It's a short one, but it's not a good one, so we're going a little off the rails today. This is definitely a different structure than we're used to, but again, I didn't feel like I couldn't tell you guys about this. And if I would have tried to just like, hey guys, I read this article, make sure you look out for this. Like if anyone knows me personally, I cannot tell a short story without it being long. So here we are. So trigger warnings for this episode are sexual assault and rape. Yeah, so it's not good. So there's no time like the present to just jump right in. All right, oh, okay, here we go.
Speaker 2:In her early, early 30s, allie was living a fulfilled life with a great career, but one thing was missing Love. She took to the dating app Hinge and connected with a cardiologist, stephen Matthews. The two seemed to hit it off, having a lot in common. She liked that he was a doctor, that he had a dog and that he was outdoorsy. She too had a dog, liked hiking and also worked in the healthcare field. Allie was excited for their date, but little did she know that the date would turn out to be quote the scariest day of my life and the only time I thought I might die. End. Quote.
Speaker 2:The two met at a bar for a drink. Things were going well and after some time had passed, he suggested that they walk to his place, which was nearby, so that he could let his dog out. Having a dog herself, she agreed and they began walking. She used the restroom at his house while he let out the dog and when she returned to the kitchen she had found that he made them both drinks and, not wanting to offend him, she took the drink. Oh no, after two to three sips she suddenly began to feel ill, her speech was slurring and she began to lose motor control.
Speaker 2:She recalled, quote he put one arm around my neck and shoulders to hold me and one arm on top of my head and began to kiss me. I knew that my ability to control my body was quickly disappearing and that if I did not leave within minutes. How scary, oh my God. I can't imagine. I know, and her having a background in the medical field, like having that forethought of like this is what's going to happen to me. I must exit. Oh. So she says that she remembers falling and seeing him. Quote about to film her before putting her in a headlock and forcibly kissing her more. Desperate to stay conscious, she got loose and fled barefoot from his home in West Denver, leaving behind her purse, jacket and shoes, and called for a ride, bless her heart.
Speaker 1:I mean, oh my God, if you have to put your date in a headlock to kiss her, do it. You're not in, you're not in there, okay, she's not into you. And oh my God.
Speaker 2:You're not in. You're not in there.
Speaker 1:Okay, she's not into you. And oh my God, bless her heart for having the foresight to go with her gut and run.
Speaker 2:Just leave everything behind and run and like you may not have given her the opportunity to verbally say no, and maybe she did or did not say no or don't, but body language says the same thing no or don't, but body language says the same thing Exactly.
Speaker 1:And also when you drug someone.
Speaker 2:and when you drug someone you can't count on the consent being available to that person to offer. So yes, this case has me all riled up. So she says that she began vomiting uncontrollably, at least while she was in the Uber and possibly before, For months. She thought that she was the only victim and blamed herself for what had happened. She thought you know all the classic things, Maybe I drank too much. She thought maybe it was a prescription medicine that caused everything. You know, just blaming yourself.
Speaker 2:Frickin' classic. And so sad, she said I thought there was something wrong with me that made him want to hurt me. She then came across a Facebook page called Are we Dating the Same Guy Denver, colorado Springs and Fort Collins area. She came across several posts from other women who had gone on dates with Matthews, sharing remarkably similar and haunting stories. She then went to the police and told them what had happened to her, and while Allie didn't believe that she was sexually assaulted which you were, he's macking on you Either way she was firm in her belief that that was his intention and, regardless of if he did or not, he most certainly drugged her. And then you guys have the next quote underlined and in bold, because this is the reason I felt like I had to share this story. She said the only reason I felt safe going on a date with him was because he was a doctor.
Speaker 1:And you get it. You get it. I mean doctors, take a note. They're supposed to be, you know, a separate, esteemed level of society where it's not just the education but it's the commitment to the well-being of the public that they take.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're a cardiologist, you like the outdoors, you have a dog. I'm not going to believe you're going to drug and try to rape me. Horrible, horrible. Okay, so that is Allie's story. I only have one more story with a name. Well, it's not even her real name. She chose to be called Jane, and then the rest are just victim. You know two, three, four, five, six, et cetera. And then the rest are just victim. You know two, three, four, five, six, etc. So here we are for jane. So jane also connected with matthews on hinge. The two met and after a couple of drinks she was invited back to his place. Jane does not recall much about his place because, you see, jane started to black out somewhere between when they grabbed drinks and his place.
Speaker 1:Nightmare.
Speaker 2:She woke up naked on the floor and immediately texted a family member. I think there's a very good chance that something very bad just happened to me. The message read the next day so we're on September 29th 2020,. She underwent a rape examination and sent an email to Hinge reporting the incident. She received a message back shortly after that they had received her report and that they would be taking immediate steps to prevent and stop this behavior on the app, as it violates their members principles and terms of service. Additionally, she was told that he would be banned from the app. She was told that he would be banned from the app, but four months later, when Jane had the courage to return to the dating scene, his profile came across as suggested for her no way.
Speaker 2:She wrote to Hinge again on January 30th 2021, and the email read Hi, this is the second time I am reporting this. I was raped and subsequently hospitalized after a first date with an individual I met and communicated with via Hinge. I recently saw his profile as suggested to me, which tells me several things, the most important of which, however, is that he still exists within your ecosystem and he is posing a potential threat to other women within the Hinge community. Please advise, my cell phone number is blah blah blah. I have a police report.
Speaker 1:Good for her. I mean the courage that it takes to do that. Yes, queen, you go girl, yeah.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm, absolutely. Hinge replied saying Hi, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am to read this and I'm so grateful for you to reach out to us. I see that you reported this person in September of 2020 and we permanently banned him from Hinge on the same day. It appears that he created a new account using completely different login credentials. We have permanently banned that account and taken additional steps to ensure that he stays permanently off hinge. Then it goes on to say like we'd be glad to assist law enforcement with any investigations. You can contact our legal department at blah blah blah or write to them at blah blah blah legal mailing address. So how good or bad are security measures of these apps? Because they didn't seem to work when it came to Stephen Matthews. I mean, he was reported several times, for sure that we know, and sure they blocked his account. But why not take it a step further and block, you know, I don't know an IP address? Is that possible? It people out there, it's got to be possible possible it people out there.
Speaker 1:It's got to be possible, especially for, I mean, there needs to be a level of security that's amplified when it comes to physical bodily harm or threat against another person like yeah, my gosh I mean great, you banned his profile. But exactly as they say I mean, this isn't just somebody who said something stupid on you know or posted something they shouldn't have. This is, this is a sex offender.
Speaker 2:So we need to do a little more. Hopefully they learned from this, I don't know. So victim number two so that the rest of the stories that I have are all excerpts from victims that were given either in their testimony or during victim impact statements, because we already know they went to court and we already know he's in jail. So these are. I just want to share the rest of these story. They're all, of course, much shorter, but I think it's important that each of them have a voice.
Speaker 2:So victim number three sat down with CBS news for an interview. Through teary eyes she said I should have never been able to even match with him because I should have never been able to make, or he should have never been able to make, another account. She told reporters that after several drinks with Matthews at his home, she blacked out and underwent a rape kit the next day. The test indicated that she did have intercourse, which she does not remember. According to an arrest affidavit for Matthewsews, he claims the sex was consensual. Of course, regardless of his account, he was charged with three felonies for her rape. Which, yay. All of this happened due to meeting him on hinge two and a half years after the site said it had banned him. If they had listened to the multitude of reports that they had received about this person and just banned him in the first place, I would not be sitting here today having this conversation she told CBS News.
Speaker 1:But it's like they maintained that they banned him, but they obviously whatever they're using in order to ban a person wasn't enough enough. They didn't do enough and they didn't look into it after the first time that he got through their supposed banning. They didn't do enough to ensure that he couldn't do it again, and so he kept reoffending. This is so disturbing, and I'm sure it's not just applicable to him. Oh yeah, I'm sure this is prevalent in all of the different dating sites, but oh, my goodness, we've got to do better.
Speaker 2:People come on because this is the main way, I think, that people meet people now. Yeah, so it's like yeah, just because you're a doctor, please have your like sensors on guys. I mean, this is scary yeah, this is good information.
Speaker 2:Victim number four was drugged, filmed and sent home with injuries. She shared that the entire encounter lasted one hour and 27 minutes. He drugged her, filmed the assault, ripped her underwear, caused a head wound and put her in a rideshare home. Who is this monster? Caused a head wound and put her in a ride share home monster. At the trial, she was forced to watch about 13 minutes of his video recording as evidence, including him setting up the phone and climbing on top of her torture.
Speaker 1:And how dare they do that to her to re traumatize her? This is disgusting, absolutely disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
Speaker 2:The prosecution was absolutely disgraceful. Oh my gosh. Victim number five texted him afterward asking her why her underwear and tights were ripped open. She says he gaslit her blaming alcohol. Seeking answers, she went back to his house, of course with buyer's remorse of course. She continued, adding that while the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the victims in this case were presumed by the defense to be lying until it could be proven that they were telling the truth. I had to convince strangers that the worst day of my life happened, she said she has a point yeah, victim number six escaped barefoot in sub-freezing weather.
Speaker 2:She recounted coming to during the assault and then blocking out again in a haze. She ran out of the townhouse barefoot into the below freezing temperatures to get away, and others similarly also recalled being kicked out while still drug impaired that's so scary because they could die out in that cold weather, especially if they were drugged and they passed out with below freezing weather Gone.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2:Victim number seven called the trial. In quote appalling amount of gaslighting and victim blaming, end quote not just by Matthews but his defense attorneys. The defense team played a video of her in the courtroom that Matthews recorded on a cell phone while she was in his home. The woman, who was actually skilled in gymnastics, said that she saw the video along with everyone else in the courtroom for the first time and watched her ability to control her body fade as she attempted an unsuccessful cartwheel. The defense made jokes at my expense and even gave me an Olympic score on the cartwheel, she said.
Speaker 1:These assholes, these assholes. Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2:I'm like shaking reading this. It makes me so mad. So these were composite themes for multiple victims who testified during the trial and through sentencing coverage. Many described nearly identical patterns. They matched on. I did see tinder and hinge and then a quick escalation to his townhouse, sudden disproportionate intoxication after limited alcohol, memory gaps, waking up naked or partially clothed and later gaslighting. He told them they had, you know, simply drank too much. One survivor called him a narcissistic monster and several said we are a powerful army of survivors.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh this makes me so sick. Listen, thank you for bringing this up. This is so important because you know we think we're being smart, like, okay, this guy says he's a doctor. I'm going to go online and look up his NPI. Is he really a doctor? Blah, blah, blah. That doesn't guarantee he's not a sociopath. Blah, blah, blah. That doesn't guarantee he's not a sociopath. And all of these women having the same story and getting basically degraded and humiliated by, let's face it, white men in the courtroom who are judging them as being less than because they consented to go back to this guy's place I mean, the one was just going to the bathroom when they were walking the dog. But even if it wasn't that, no one deserves to be assaulted. And you know it's so hard to prove that you were drugged or whatever, unless someone is paying attention and tests you at the time.
Speaker 2:And he was smart. He took them all home. I saw so many stories like nearly all of the stories that I read test you at the time. And he was smart, he took them all home. I saw so many stories like nearly all of the stories that I read he like brings them home. They play like jenga.
Speaker 1:Jenga was in several stories, something so wholesome, so wholesome and, like you would do with a kid, yeah yeah, he had a hot tub.
Speaker 2:Oh, let's do some hot tub time, yeah and like.
Speaker 1:So any one of us could have fallen prey to that, like some, and I'm. I don't know what he looks like, but I'm assuming he's no, but I'm assuming he's charismatic. Yeah, you know, he's something. He must be because, you know, women aren't stupid. Something is attracting them other than just the fact that he's a cardiologist. But he's obviously very smart. You can't be a cardiologist unless you have some brain power. And then he's charismatic, which makes him either a sociopath or a psychopath. And he lures them into this situation where he drugs them and then convinces them that it was their fault that they had too much to drink. Yeah, because he's humiliating them. But you know what, even if I will maintain that even if a woman is drunk and you take her back to your place and take advantage of her, that's on you. That's still not consent. So, but the fact that this was a clear pattern of women with memory gaps and I just wish I don't know. So tell me more about how he's in jail, because I didn't hear the outcome.
Speaker 2:And we will get to that. You guys will be very, very happy with the sentencing. I will tell you that the sentencing, honestly, is so far more beyond the stars of what we ever hoped for for a sentencing, so I will tell you that chart note chart note get it girl look at these rusted vocal folds coming back from vacation wow, I made it a little stanky at the end there.
Speaker 2:I liked it a little gravelly. Welcome to the chart note segment, alleycats, where we learn about what's happening in medicine and healthcare. Okay, I actually found two things that I wanted to share, but obviously I only picked one. But there's so many exciting things going on right now, so today I will share with you that a groundbreaking smartphone-based test for type 2 diabetes has just launched in the UK, with experts calling it a potential game changer for public health. Developed by the health tech community POCDOC P-O-C-D-O-C, the test allows people to carry out an HbA1c finger prick test at home, then use their phone to scan the result and receive near instant feedback. Awesome by making diagnosis possible outside of a traditional clinic, the innovation aims to catch cases that often go undetected, particularly among adults over 40 who may not attend routine health checks. Awesome the technology is already being rolled out in NHS trusts across Cumbria and the Northeast, with nationwide expansion planned later this year. The launch closely aligns with the government's long-term NHS strategy, which emphasizes earlier disease detection and shifting diagnostics into communities and homes.
Speaker 2:Officials believe it could significantly reduce the number of people who suffer severe complications such as heart attacks, stroke and kidney disease, all of which are linked to untreated or late diagnosed diabetes. The need for this is urgent. Around 5.2 million people in the UK are living with type 2 diabetes, while another 1.3 million remain undiagnosed. The condition already costs NHS 9 billion euros a year in related complications, and early detection could cut both hospital admissions and mortality rates. For POC Docs CEO, steven Roist, the project has a deeply personal motivation, which I love. His father suffered a devastating stroke in his early 40s due to undiagnosed cardiovascular disease, an experience that inspired him to develop tools that prevent such tragedies for others. The test also arrives just as the government announced a major overhaul of diabetes care. Under new plans, 750,000 patients with cardiovascular disease or early onset diabetes will gain earlier access to so-called fat jabs, so injectable treatments previously reserved for later stages of the disease. Together, these measures signal I mean.
Speaker 1:I'm just reading from the article, I know, but we can think of a better name for that, right? Guys, Come on guys, hey UK. Guys, Come on guys, hey UK. What? Come on UK.
Speaker 2:We're more sensitive over in America, maybe with an accent it's not so insulting. We can't say things like that.
Speaker 1:Insulting fat jabs. Fat jabs I'm going to get me a fat jab.
Speaker 2:It sounds nicer when you say it like that.
Speaker 1:I love a fat jab of an evening.
Speaker 2:So together, these measures signal a shift in how the UK plans to tackle one of its fastest growing health care crisis, with the smartphone test at the heart of efforts to bring diagnosis directly into people's hands, and I just love when technology like we're using technology to innovate and like bring it home capture those people that we would not have normally captured.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think this is a great story. I think I mean a story. It's not just a story. I think this is wonderful, that this is happening, absolutely. Yep, wait till you hear my power to the people woo, woo, woo, go, uk Go.
Speaker 2:UK. Are you guys ready to get back to the story? I mean?
Speaker 1:as long as he gets arrested, okay, you promised me that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a really good sentencing. Okay, yeah, all right. Okay, so Mr Matthews was arrested in March 2023 after a woman reported to Denver police that she had been drugged during a date and sexually assaulted in the defendant's home. The following month, investigators said that they believed Matthews may have been involved in other incidents and urged any other potential victims to contact Denver police. Stephen Matthews' attorney, Douglas Cohen, maintained that his client was innocent. He said that the case is a rush to judgment and it's a matter of buyer's remorse and tall tales.
Speaker 1:Buyer's remorse he wasn't a sex worker, people weren't paying money and then feeling regret like man, I didn't get what I paid for. No, he took what wasn't on offer, all right sorry, yeah, I'll shut up.
Speaker 2:Thank you, douglas cohen douchebag. Okay, he said he, as in mr cohen, said that what had been reported was horrible but that there was no weight to it. And you know they would be happy to help authorities with investigation yeah, and it's like you know what.
Speaker 1:Well then, good, let's just castrate the guy and there won't be a problem anymore. Are you happy?
Speaker 2:like that. I guess, if you're hired as the attorney, like you can't really be like, yeah, you're right, you're a douchebag, let's put you in jail, like you have to do your job. But I'm just like, do you have to say those kind of things that, like, humiliates the victims even further?
Speaker 1:You have to do your job. No, you don't have to say those kind of things. You could say no, you can say, dude, you can get some therapy and express remorse and we'll get you a lighter sentence. You don't have to go. Ah well, it's the victim's fault, you know, because they're women, Exactly, and because you know we can just blame it on silly women, little drinks, and it's all their fault. Oh my gosh. Okay, that probably would have went a long way stupid women, silly women, they just get so giggly.
Speaker 2:Okay, so then matthews was arrested again in may. So march, april, may, two months later, in 2023, of course, after nine, nine more women went to police with similar allegations, with some of them dating back to 2019. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah Well, they finally had the courage because they weren't alone. I mean, when you think you're alone in this situation and you're shaming, you're feeling shamed, you're blaming yourself, and then when you hear like no, you know, this wasn't right, that validates the fact that you shouldn't feel shameful, but then it also emboldens you to say, well, I don't want this to happen to other women and we all need to band together. So good for them.
Speaker 2:They said all of them that they had met him online met for drinks lost some of their memory and in the aftermath, according to an arrest, or they lost their memory in the aftermath, according to the arrest affidavit. By the end of the investigation, police recommended multiple charges in connection with the reports. The district attorney filed charges in connection with 11 of their cases. Of those, nine reported that he sexually assaulted them.
Speaker 2:The allegations resulted in 38 total charges, which of course he pleaded not guilty to. But because there were 38 total charges, which of course he pleaded not guilty to but because there were 38 total charges he pleaded not guilty the case was sent to trial. Stephen Matthews had a deliberate and very particular way of identifying and selecting the targets that he would eventually perpetrate against a prosecutor said during closing arguments. The prosecutor went on to say this is an obvious, obvious case of a man who feels entitled to perpetrate against women for his own benefit by robbing them of memory, by robbing them of bodily autonomy and by impairing their memories, only to have them come in and testify and criticize them for the fact that their memories don't exist.
Speaker 1:I love that too. How would you stand up, Matthews, if we gave you the same drug?
Speaker 2:Yeah, he wouldn't because guess what. He didn't say one peep the entire time this was at trial. He just cried, sobbed his little crocodile tears.
Speaker 1:That was probably the smartest thing his defense attorneys did is not let him stand trial like stand and give testimony.
Speaker 2:Well, spoiler alert, they told him not to say anything and I know we got to keep going on with the story, but they told him not to say anything because he's going to appeal it.
Speaker 1:Oh, of course, all right, sorry, I'll shut up now.
Speaker 2:Matthew's attorney held strong in that it was all untrue or that the prosecution lacked evidence telling the jury. Don't let the volume of accusations override your common sense and your reasonableness.
Speaker 1:Don't let the volume of evidence you know suggest this guy's a serial offender. You know, just because we have a bunch of women that are saying the same thing under oath, that honestly have nothing to lose and in fact everything to lose by coming forward and admitting to what in society is a shameful admission that you, you know, hooked up with someone from a dating app and they say you drank too much and you say you were drugged. I mean, this was in nobody's benefit, this didn't benefit anybody. So to come forward took so much courage and so much just overcoming of this trauma to be able to get this guy to face charges. Like I'm so angry, I'm just so angry, but bless these women that came forward.
Speaker 2:Yes, okay, I was like where am I? The victim impact statements were powerful and had a running theme that they'd never be able to remember but also never able to forget. The victims couldn't recall everything from their attacks, but what they did remember has a lifelong effect on them and their loved ones. Many of those victims met Matthews on dating apps, as we know. One described him as checking many boxes. He was active, good looking, had a good career and a dog. He used my softness as a reason to target me. One woman said Very insightful, because all of the messages to Matthews were very clear we are a powerful army of survivors and you are nothing. I hope everyone you know betrays you and hurts you. You won't get the opportunity to hurt anybody else. If it's the last thing I accomplish, stephen Matthews, it is now time for the life you deserve life behind bars without the possibility of getting out. The women, as well as the prosecutors, also expressed astonishment and frustration with some of the comments made by Matthew's defense team, which we've already said we hated too.
Speaker 2:The defense also welcomed Matthew's loved ones to speak in front of the courtroom. His parents, stepfather, sister and brother all addressed the court and we're going to hate all of it. So just a fair warning, okay. His stepfather said Matthews has spent the time since his conviction reflecting on his actions and how they have impacted other people and that he hopes Matthews will find purpose in his sentencing. His mother detailed obstacles Matthews faced growing up, such as stress in her marriage, delayed speech and and ADHD, all before he went on to his acceptance at a medical college. She said he'd benefit from intense rehabilitation. She told Matthews that she loved him, which, yeah, I guess, whatever you're the mom but Jesus.
Speaker 2:Matthews' father said that he was moved by the victim's statements and said so many lives were impacted. He said his son has alcoholism and rehabilitation can treat it so he can become a productive member of society. He called forgiveness the most important healing factor. Matthew's siblings also spoke. His sister, who is a mother with three daughters, said that she is an advocate for women and a sexual assault survivor herself. She said her brother could be a person of value in this world, but it depends on his choices moving forward. She asked the judge to consider a sentence that included treatment instead of life imprisonment.
Speaker 1:Matthew's brother. A trial lawyer said that he was not there to defend his brother but didn't believe he saw any evidence that should have led to a conviction. But they all are kind of giving a similar message like okay, can we give him the benefit of the doubt, can he be treated? We love him, can he be rehabilitated to be a productive member of society? So I get all of that Like there's nothing you know.
Speaker 2:I just was so angry from reading all this that I'm like no, he's going to jail.
Speaker 1:Yeah, there's nothing that I take umbrage with until we get to Matthew's brother, the trial lawyer.
Speaker 2:That there was not enough evidence.
Speaker 1:He was like there's no evidence.
Speaker 2:Were you only there on the last day, sir, then?
Speaker 1:Okay, dude, yeah, there is, Settle down. But everybody else was very telling they weren't like, oh, he could never do this, we can't believe it. They were like, yeah, but can we, you know, forgive him, can we rehabilitate him, can we take mercy on him? Which I think is, you know, in a family who's grieving, because they're also grieving the fact that their beloved family member is, you know, an offender, you know that's the best they could hope.
Speaker 2:I know, but let us be mad.
Speaker 1:Right, right, offender. You know that's the best they could hope, I know, but let us be mad, right, right. So all of that, except for his brother, can go to hell all right, like how did my baby boy grow up to be like this?
Speaker 2:not possible, okay. So I was gonna play the judge sentencing. The whole video is online and I thought it was very powerful, but we're already at 44 minutes and it's 12 minute video, so maybe I'll read it because I'll be faster than him.
Speaker 2:so because our medical mishap is a long one again, because I was like this is a short story, I'm going to pick a long medical mishap. So in an effort to not keep you guys here for 900 hours, I will go ahead and read judge Eric Johnson's final statement to Stephen Matthews in the sentencing hearing. He said it's late and I won't do a lot except to just begin, which is kind of what I just said. So that's kind of funny. Contrary to other assertions, the evidence in this case is overwhelming. The evidence of guilt is overwhelming. In here today there is a room full of pain and this is pain that you have caused your victims so much suffering. None of it deserved. I also acknowledge, in this room full of pain, your family and that you have caused them to suffer, which you just talked about. Your family had to hear the pain and suffering that you have caused victims directed at them, your family, just which you just talked about. On them will be a heavy burden that they will bear the rest of their lives.
Speaker 2:I am sure they raised you better, mr Matthews. You have diminished this world. You have dimmed many of its lights, you've hurt our society and it's a darker place because of you. You've brought disgrace upon yourself. You've brought disgrace upon that name that was given to you. That was a pure and clean name the day your parents gave it to you. You even managed to ruin dating applications in what should have been technology, with a really fun upside, with the opportunity to meet people you couldn't have otherwise met. You know, maybe fall in love, maybe have a family. Now it's just something else for girls and young women to fear as another danger zone.
Speaker 2:It is my understanding that some of these jurors are still listening. I want to thank them again. They sacrificed one month of their life to do their duty to our system under the Constitution. Their sacrifice cannot be appreciated enough. You listened to the evidence. You held the prosecution to their burden of truth. You did your duty and I thank you. You know, mr Cohen, you mentioned in your closing statement that these women went to his apartment and they drank.
Speaker 2:Good Lord, I wish this trial had been videotaped and I wish a tape of this trial could be played in every university and everyone in this country could watch it, because we would have been programmed to believe that victims will act a certain way and, if there is anything this case proved, beyond your guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt, is that how we think victims are going to react is 100% wrong. How we think they should act is completely misguided. And if anyone thinks they know how they're going to react until they're faced with the pressure and in that situation you have no idea, you are completely wrong. Very briefly to the victims I started my career out in Jefferson County and this was not my case, but I was in the office when Detective Stacey Galbraith of the Golden Police Department and Detective Edna Hendershot of the Westminster Police Department believed a victim. I was in the courtroom when they judge-sentenced Mark O'Leary, a serial rapist which is now a Netflix series called Unbelievable. And now I find myself having presided over this trial. I'll add Detective Jennifer Lott and Detective Andrew Como to the names I will remember. And you were believed. The verdict says that, and the Venn diagram between not proven and innocent is not a circle.
Speaker 2:As I sit up here in this robe, I am not Eric Johnson. I represent the law, I represent the rule of the law, I represent society, and it does fall to me to hand out punishment, and a punishment that is commensurate with the social contract that you've breached so egregiously, I will sentence you. I cannot heal. Many of you are here for closure and I hate that I will not be able to provide you that closure. Closure comes from within. It will come from you and come from your family. The best thing that you can do is live well, live happily, and I wish you peace.
Speaker 2:As a preliminary issue, I know I heard from some victims of non-charged testimony. I appreciate the statements but under our law I cannot consider uncharged statements. So I am not. As I said, I will issue a sentencing order. I calculate the maximum as I indicated. If the sex assaults do merge into one to each victim.
Speaker 2:The second degree does not. The maximum is 158 years. You will have to register as a sex offender. I will not waive any fines or costs. You can pay for those. I will declare you indignant. You may proceed in former something. Blah, blah, blah. I couldn't make out what he said and I will refer to the office of the public defender to represent you in your appeal. This kind of drones on, of like in charges of counts 4, 8, 12, 18, 30, 34, 38, you know, like all of those. Basically, to summarize the rest of this, he says that each woman should be treated as a separate case and be charged as such. And so he gets 12 years for one charge per each woman. Yeah, so 12 years times eight. And there were some other, like third degree assault and whatever, in there too.
Speaker 2:well, thank god for that, because he was not gonna rehabilitate, he was gonna re-offend so the total number of years was 158 years in prison and that is what he was charged, you guys. Yes, I, and I think he said something in there too, but again, I didn't want to drone on on you guys, but he said, like I do believe, interesting yeah, I'd like.
Speaker 1:I do believe you would do this again. So I mean it doesn't matter, because who he turned out to be is all that matters, and he's going to be away for life. Yay.
Speaker 2:And so we're very happy. He got 158 years Love. That See you never, thank God. But he is going to try and appeal, so we'll see where that goes. But as for who he is, where his background, where he grew up, blah, blah, blah, whatever, there's no credible publicly available information on any of that, at least not from any reputable news outlets or court documents. Yeah, and I was like, truthfully, after a quick search didn't yield anything, I was like I'm not looking much harder, I don't care, I don't care who you are, I don't care who you were, I'm so happy you're gone forever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's so important. Thank you for bringing this up, because you know our daughters, our friends, our cousins, our, our sisters, like everyone needs to know, and even our brothers, that that, that this is a. This is one of the risks that we take, unfortunately. Yeah, with online dating and even if you do all the background checks, you know like, oh yeah, this person is a highly rated. They actually are. They say they are because a lot of times people buy about that.
Speaker 1:But you get past that barrier. You think, well, he really is and he has a dog, he really is a surgeon. You know nobody not to victim, like no one did anything wrong. My point is, I guess you can't trust anyone, which is a really sad, sad state of of being. But like, go have coffee in a public place and like, make sure you don't go to the bathroom and come back and drink I mean, it could be a coffee cup. Like gosh, I've turned into such a cynic, but you never know where these people are and hopefully it's not the majority, but it's enough to have ruined these nine women's lives.
Speaker 2:And so if you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, confidential help is available 24-7 via RAINN R-A-I-N-N at 800-656-4673. So 800-656-HOPE 4673, or online chat.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you think, to be a cardiologist you have to go through medical school, which is no small feat, and then you have to do four to five years. What is it? Four to five, sometimes seven years of residency? That exhibits a high level of commitment. And you know, let that just goes to show it doesn't mean that commitment and intelligence doesn't place a person at no alcohol, being an abuser so, or an offender, so great, wonderful.
Speaker 1:So when your mom tells you I just want you to meet a doctor, you can say you know what they're all equally subject to. You know scrutiny. So let's just meet someone who's nice, that doesn't hurt people. I don't know. Given what I know from these stories, I'm not anti. I'm just don't know. Given what I know from these stories, I'm not anti. I just don't trust myself. Yeah, great, but like I guess my point is, it's not like these people were the victims in this case, weren't wary or did anything wrong to be on tinder and match with this guy and go well, you like dogs, you like this, like that, I'll just meet you and see how it goes. I mean, there wasn't any. How would you do it differently?
Speaker 2:I guess we go. I don't know well if I figure out how I had told adam like to avoid this, I don't, probably a few years into our relationship. You know, my god, if, if we ever broke up like I don't know, probably a few years into our relationship, like, oh my God, if we ever broke up like I don't think I'd ever date again Because people are on dating websites, I don't think you could do that. Like dating apps, what? Yeah, I don't have good luck. Yeah, I mean, I had good luck. Do not click on the cardiologist. But if you do join a dating app, I want to help you swipe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, especially a psychopath is going to be charismatic. It's not like you're going to have any warning signs. You're going to be like, oh, not like you're going to have any warning signs. You're going to be like, oh yeah yeah, yeah for sure.
Speaker 2:And, like the judge said, it gives you an opportunity to meet people you would never otherwise have met.
Speaker 1:I mean, and this wasn't even like, hey, baby, come see my artwork. It was like I got to let my dog out real quick. I mean so clever because there's no risk there. It's like, oh, it's a quick thing I relate to because I also have a dog. It's just sinister, Like I don't know how I personally would be able to avoid that kind of trap. Yeah, no, absolutely. I would have been drugged and sorry the next day. So, okay, I'm going to single, single for life. But listen, uh, one needs sustenance while one's single and and seeking comfort, yeah, or when you're not. But I'm going to mention the fact that real indian food without the hassle of cooking from scratch. Hello, Cumin Club.
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Speaker 2:S-t-a-y-s-u-s-p-i-c-i-o-u-s right red day I would have had all the same thoughts, hmm, and I like the gal that was like he had a dog, I had a dog and like, oh, can we go home to let my dog out? Like that one just resonated with me because like I have a dog and I totally would understand that. Yeah, I would be like you're right, I would never want my dog to be sitting there needing to go out. So like abso-fucking-lutely, let's go, let your dog out. And also, I want to pet the shit out of your dog.
Speaker 2:I would have done, I would go let your dog out and also I want to pet the shit out of your dog. I would have done. I would have been in her shoes. No, I would have been in her shoes. Yeah, okay, yeah, we still have a three page medical Thank you. Oh, okay, we ready for our last story Ready. So this is another lucky insight sent to us by a nurse that worked in the er. So, just like last time, we kind of get that inside. Look to what a day in the life of an er nurses. So hold on to your hats, guys. This is a really sad story, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2:So the call comes into the emergency department via ambulance to report a patient, mid forties, who was unresponsive, with difficulty breathing. The room prep was standard with not much more information to go off of Upon arrival. The patient was a female with an apparent, significant medical history of Down syndrome. Now, with the patient having said history, it is important to note that it is not uncommon for patients with Down syndrome to have medical history of other health conditions, such as congenital heart defects, hearing and vision problems, thyroid concerns, usually hypothyroidism, and a weakened immune system resulting in increased susceptibility to infections. That aside, the patient was otherwise healthy, with no other health concerns. The patient, upon presentation, was breathing and did have a pulse, but was completely unresponsive to all other stimuli. Other important information to note per EMS report, the patient resides at a group home full-time and was found by group home staff on the ground a group home full-time and was found by group home staff on the ground. The report indicated that the patient likely was on the floor for three days and that they were diagnosed four to five days ago with a non-specific viral illness, viral illness which is then not COVID influenza A or B and not RSV.
Speaker 2:Iv access was attempted but could not be obtained by EMS. I immediately attempted to gain IV access but found that the patient was wearing what appeared to be a one-piece footed pajama. I instructed other staff to assist in cutting off the clothing. Once the clothing was removed, it was immediately visible that the patient was dark, purple to almost black from the navel down to lower extremities and also from approximately her bicep to the end of her fingers. Iv access was attempted in multiple locations but unable to be acquired due to shunting of blood flow. All of her vascular structures had collapsed. I immediately asked another nurse to place multiple IOs, which is intraosseous vascular access, which is another IV strategy and asked the provider for central arterial access.
Speaker 2:At this time the vitals were fully applied and patient's blood pressure was noted to be significantly hypotensive, approximately 40 to 50 over 18 to 30. I distinctly remember that the lowest patient's diastolic pressure was visualized at the time being 18 mmHg. At that point I then noticed that the patient appeared not to be breathing. I immediately asked another staff member to start bagging. While I attempted to find a pulse, no palpable pulse was felt at the radial or ulnar sites. I then attempted to palpitate the femoral pulse. Due to lack of palpable pulse at radial ulnar sites and possibly missed pulse due to the patient's body habituous, I also instructed another nurse on the team to attempt to palpitate the carotid pulse. Both myself and another nurse were in agreement that no pulse was present and the determination to immediately start advanced cardiac life support measures were made. So that is ACLS, if people didn't know. So CPR was started and a nurse showed up quickly with a Lucas device, which is an automatic CPR machine, if you didn't know. While this nurse was just trying to be helpful, the idea had to be quickly dismissed because the patient was too wide for proper Lucas application and function Manual CPR was continued by myself rotating with another nurse and a patient care technician, continued by myself rotating with another nurse and a patient care technician, following protocol of ACLS with regards to med administration and proper testing and pulse checks resulted in no improvement or return of spontaneous circulation.
Speaker 2:At provider's orders, before stopping, the patient was given calcium gluconate and sodium bicarb. And then they wrote sodium bicarb has been shown to have no real difference in survival rates and calcium gluconate is not recommended due to the possibility of increased mortality rate, unless one is experiencing cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia. Upon receiving the dose of medications, the patient achieved a return of spontaneous circulation, which is known by ROSC. This was determined by a return of palpable pulses, inframural and carotid, by myself and another nurse, as well as a bedside echo which showed cardiac movement. The patient, however, was still ventilated.
Speaker 2:Due to the patient's continued hypotension, despite rapid infusion of fluids, decision was made to start the patient on pressors. The patient was initially started on the standard protocol, which is norepinephrine, which was quickly maxed out. The provider then placed an order of epinephrine to be started, as well as an adjunct to the norepinephrine. This pressor was also quickly maxed out, again with minimal improvement. The provider then ordered vasopressin to be administered after administration and consequently maxing out the dose as well. With regards to the current guidelines, stating that there's no firm upper guidelines and that providers may exceed if benefit outweighs the risk, the provider decided to allow for PRN doses of phenylephrine pushes to be administered by myself as needed for improvement of blood pressure. If you do not know, this PRN means as needed.
Speaker 2:Labs at this time were showing significant hyperkalemia and significant lactic acidosis. Blood cultures were, of course, obtained as well, but would not be back for some time. It was at this point that I noticed a sudden change on the patient's cardiac monitor and immediately checked the patient's femoral pulse and asked another nurse to again check the carotid, which determined that the patient was again pulseless and CPR was started again. Approximately 30 minutes had passed since the patient achieved return of spontaneous circulation. One round of CPR was performed with one dose of epinephrine then still resulted in the patient being in cardiac rhythm that was determined to be pulseless electrical activity. The provider made the decision to again administer sodium bicarb and calcium gluconate, which resulted in spontaneous circulation being achieved again on the next pulse check.
Speaker 2:At this point, the patient's parents and one of her brothers arrived. While talking with the family, the patient again went into PEA and CPR was started. The provider immediately ordered another dose of sodium bicarb, but to hold the calcium gluconate. This time the patient again achieved that spontaneous circulation and the family made the decision that if the patient were to go into cardiac arrest again, that life-saving measures would not be continued. However, they did want the patient's other two brothers to be able to say goodbye, were to go into cardiac arrest again, that life-saving measures would not be continued. However, they did want the patient's other two brothers to be able to say goodbye.
Speaker 2:I asked the patient's parents what the ETA was for the brothers and they said roughly 45 minutes. I was sure to express to the family that it is unlikely that the patient would be able to maintain for that long and if the brothers were not there yet, they would likely have to, you know, do the life-saving measures. And then the family decided not to. I then asked everyone to leave the room so that the family could have some privacy in what was likely their final moments. I monitored vital signs remotely during this time and noted that the patient had died 37 minutes after the decision was made to stop life-saving efforts. The brothers had arrived 52 minutes from the time the parents shared they were on their way.
Speaker 2:The patient's family asked for the patient to be cleaned up so that her brothers wouldn't have to see her in such a state, with all the tubes and everything. Unfortunately, I had to inform the family that we weren't able to remove all of those things because the patient would need to be examined by the medical examiner, as is, because it was likely the case could be that of maltreatment, neglect and or abuse. The family was understandably very upset, but they understood the reasoning for such a rule. This patient had a nonspecific viral illness illness, basically a cold or a viral sinus infection. Yes, she had down syndrome, but she was otherwise healthy individual who had had hundreds of colds in her lifetime, just like the rest of us. She did not have to die. She died because she couldn't get up on her own and staff did not do their job to support her. I later learned that the death was determined to be a combination of septic shock with severe hyperkalemia due to her lying on the floor for what was later more precisely estimated to be 78 hours In the group home.
Speaker 1:Holy cow, that's a week. That's a week. I mean holy shit.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I did like reach out to this person and was like, oh my god, thank you so much for sharing this. And they did share with me if we can find one silver lining in this really horrific story that the group home has since closed. Like this was a big case and then the group home closed, isn't that so, so sad.
Speaker 1:It's so tragic, oh my God. Don't trust group homes. I don't know. Now, what are we learning? We don't trust cardiologists on Tinder and we don't trust group homes. Holy crap, this is so sad. Okay, well, yeah, oh my God, amanda. Well, yeah, oh my god, amanda, it's so important to to know these things happen, and the fact that this nurse allowed us an inside view, because that just never happens we're lucky yeah, we're lucky we are lucky to be provided this insight when we read these, isn't it like it helps.
Speaker 1:Holy shit, this is someone's day, not even their day, guys these are the things to look out for their day, or it's really eye-opening. No you, just because they're in a group home doesn't mean they're not gonna lie on the floor for three days. Oh my God, oh my God.
Speaker 2:I can't trust anyone, just like one of your Alpine Manor story from a hundred weeks ago. Just because they're in a assisted living place doesn't mean they're not having a waterfall fell down on their face.
Speaker 1:I mean it's horrible. I've been reading a book, an annual book about so maybe you can bring us to a brighter note here.
Speaker 2:Maybe doubt it, who knows? What can we expect to hear next?
Speaker 1:week, but I don't know if I'm going to get the book done. So we're either going to talk about a nasty arse doctor we love Ann Arl that needs to be held to justice, or a surprise Surprise story. So stay tuned, folks. Either way, you're going to hear about Anthony Pignataro someday soon.
Speaker 2:Or a surprise doctor that has to be held to justice.
Speaker 1:As she says. Ever since she was a toddler, she says can I get a surprise Surprise? Yeah, yeah, baby, you can get a some prize. Perfect yeah. But meanwhile, folks don't miss a beat. Subscribe or follow Doctor and the Truth wherever you enjoy your podcasts, for stories that shock, intrigue and educate. Trust, after all, is a delicate thing, as we've been finding out. You can text us directly on our website at doctorinthetruth, at buzzsproutcom. You can email us your own story ideas at doctorinthetruth, at gmail, and be sure to follow us on Instagram at doctorinthetruthpodcast, and on Facebook at doctorinthetruth. We're on TikTok at doctorinoring the Truth and at OddPod E-D-A-U-D-P-O-D. Don't forget to download, because we only get credit if you download. Don't forget to download, rate and review so we can be sure to bring you more content next week. Until then, stay safe and stay suspicious. Stay suspicious, stay suspicious.
Speaker 2:Oh boy, Get it girl. Bye, Adios.
