Healthcare Executive Sues HBO's John Oliver for Defamation Over Abuse Accusation

Healthcare Executive Sues HBO’s John Oliver for Defamation Over Abuse Accusation


A health care insurance executive is suing Last Week Tonight host John Oliver for defamation after Oliver claimed the exec said it was OK to leave patients lying in their own waste.

Dr. Brian Morley, who was medical director at AmeriHealth Caritas, filed a lawsuit on March 29 alleging that HBO and Oliver’s production staffers “knowingly and falsely” portrayed him as saying “it’s OK if people have shit on them for days.” Morely added that Oliver purposefully misrepresented what he said to manufacture a fake viral moment, according to Mediaite.

Oliver launched a direct attack on Morley during one of his shows in April of last year and concluded his comedy bit saying, “Fuck that doctor with a rusty canoe,” and “I hope he gets

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