The 17-year-old girl featured in the hit Netflix documentary “Take Care of Maya” won a massive medical malpractice case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, has filed a criminal complaint against the same hospital alleging he had sexual intercourse. abused there.
An attorney for Maya Kowalski told the Daily Mail that she filed a criminal complaint with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s department involving the hospital on Friday.
The complaint cites assault and battery at the hospital between Oct. 8. and Oct. 13 in 2016.
The new lawsuit comes after a Florida jury found the hospital liable on all charges against her, ruling the facility wrongfully separated Maya from her mother – who later killed herself.
The hospital faces $261 million in damages.
The jury awarded money to Kowalski’s family for a variety of offenses, including wrongfully placing the child under video surveillance for 48 straight hours and making her remove her shorts and training bra for photographs.
Maya Kowalski, 17, whose family was awarded nearly a quarter of a billion dollars from Johns Hopkins Hospital, has filed a criminal complaint alleging she was sexually abused there.Thomas BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE Pool photo/Thomas Bender/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Pool Photo/Thomas Bender / USA TODAY NETWORK Maya Kowalski, who cried in court last week after her family was awarded millions in damages from Johns Hopkins Hospital has now filed a criminal complaint against the hospital alleging sexual abuse. Law&Crime Network
A hospital staff member, they found, also misbehaved by sometimes kissing the 10-year-old and making her sit on his lap.
Attorney Greg Anderson said while Maya was in “prison” at the hospital, a man who appeared to be a doctor entered her room and pulled down her nightgown and underwear and stared and touched her private parts.
“Maya put up with this until about four weeks ago, [but] he had entered some notes to the two psychiatrists there at the time Dr. Katzenstein and then to Dr. Henschke, two female psychiatrists he saw along the way.” Anderson said.
Maya Kowalski hugs her attorney Nick Whitney after a jury awarded her family more than $200 million on Thursday, Nov. 9. 2023. POOL PHOTO/Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK
An attorney for the hospital emailed The Post a statement Saturday about the situation.
“These allegations originally arose during the trial and were not included in the case. Once the hospital became aware of the allegations, and in accordance with their policy, they immediately began an internal investigation and contacted law enforcement last month. Federal privacy laws restrict Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital from sharing more, but the hospital takes such allegations seriously and always puts the safety of their patients above all else.”
Kowalski was taken to the hospital in October 2016 by his mother for treatment of a painful nerve condition known as Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome.
Beata Kowalski demanded that her daughter receive aggressive ketamine treatment, an approach she says has previously relieved her symptoms.
The Kowalski family including Maya’s mother, father and sister were featured in the popular Netflix documentary, “Take Care of Maya.” Courtesy of Netflix Maya’s mother, Beata Kowalski, hanged herself when she was blocked from seeing Maya for three months. Courtesy of Netflix
Maya’s mother says she was put into a ketamine coma in Mexico, an unconventional treatment that has improved her condition.
But doctors became wary of the mother’s claims, eventually concluding that she suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, in which parents remove or exaggerate the child’s symptoms to gain sympathy and attention.
Kowalski testified at trial that hospital staff dismissed his condition as largely delusional, and often mocked his complaints of pain.
The facility contacted Florida child welfare authorities to report suspected child abuse. After an investigation, a judge made Maya a medical ward of the state, cutting her off from her family.
Maya Kowalski was 10 years old when she saw her mother for the last time in a hospital room at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Google Maps
Frustrated by the dismissal and facing accusations of child abuse, Beata Kowalski hanged herself in the garage of her family home three months later.
Maya clutched Beata’s rosary and wept uncontrollably as the jury’s verdict was announced in court Thursday.
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