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December 10, 2002, 4:20pm
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Per the “Smoking Gun” story below - It is quite obvious who the California Medical Board’s report is talking about- Can they violate a doctor-patients privacy/confidences this way? Does Courtney Love have legal leg to stand on?
Investigative report by the California Medical Board
The medical board’s 41-page decision notes that Lusman’s behavior “might have been the subplot of a Raymond Chandler novel,” one that focused on a doctor “catering to the demands of wealthy and/or famous drug seekers…the doctor in question working on a cash-and-carry basis.” The state report focuses on Lusman’s care of eight patients, who are identified by their initials and some biographical information. In the following excerpts from the medical board report, Love is ID’d as “Patient C.L.,” a “fairly well-know” female musician. A footnote indicates that the patient is alternately known as “Ms. C.L-C, as she had at one point been married to Mr. C, who had passed away.” Ryder, who used the alias Emily Thompson when being treated by Lusman, is identified as “Patient E.T.,” a 29-year-old “well-known entertainer.”