A jury trial is scheduled to kick off on April 22, in Waycross, Georgia. Plaintiff Dr. Mahendra Amin, an obstetrician gynecologist who provided medical care to women detained at the Irwin County Detention Center, was accused in of performing unnecessary hysterectomies by a nurse at the facility who made a whistleblower complaint.
Amin filed a lawsuit against parent company NBCUniversal alleging he was falsely portrayed as "an abusive, unethical, and dishonest physician who treated and operated on immigrant women in an abusive fashion, without consent, and motivated by profit instead of quality healthcare.
Amin believes "false and defamatory" statements published with actual malice that caused him significant damage were said six times on "Deadline: White House," seven times on "All in with Chris Hayes" and 10 times on "The Rachel Maddow Show. Wallace made "multiple statements" that were defamatory when she was the first MSNBC host to discuss the story on-air on "Deadline: White House," the plaintiff claims.
Wallace told viewers the news about unwanted hysterectomies were "swirling around on social media" for several days but new reporting "confirmed" the story. The lawyers tell us that they knew of women who were afraid to go to this doctor, and they identified him," Ainsley said. Wallace then said it sounded "unbelievably disturbing" and suggested it was "just the tip of the iceberg.
Hayes also reported that a lawyer told NBC News that two of his clients received hysterectomies at the facility that they believe "may have been unnecessary. Amin "performed only two hysterectomies on women detained at the facility," according to court documents. According to the lawsuit, Maddow "initially questioned reporting on the allegations," and suggested there was a lot of "jumping to conclusions around the complaint," but proceeded to cover it anyway.
