The woman who faked a brain tumor to avoid prison - UPDATE
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- An update on the bizarre and unbelievable saga of Robin Niceta - a social worker who was accused of a wide variety of sociopathic crimes, who attempted and failed to fake a brain tumor to escape accountability due to the persistence of a local city councilwoman and the assistance of some anonymous doctors on Reddit.
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The original video that tells the story from the beginning: ua-cam.com/video/ELT7f2o1Pt0/v-deo.html
2/9 UPDATE: Welcome to the Ann Reardon fans! =)
11/7 UPDATE: On Nov 7, Niceta was found guilty of both original charges related to her initial false child sex abuse claim. Sentencing for them is scheduled for Jan 19. Meanwhile, she still has all of the pending charges related to the submission of the photoshoped MRI scan and fabricated medical records; the date of that trial is TBA. I still find her not guilty plea perplexing. The records she submitted as evidence are without any doubt whatsoever fabricated with the intent to deceive the court. Niceta's rumored defense that the evidence was fabricated by her mother and that Niceta had nothing to do with it is hard to swallow when Niceta literally pretended to be minimally responsive in court multiple times. The only open question on the case is whether her mother goes down with her...
Thanks for the story msm will not show, and of course the updates.
I hope this does not become a bigger problem with AI on the loose.
Looks like this was actually just in court for sentencing on 2/9. Sentencing was delayed to 4/12 due to her lawyer being ill. They did take victim impact statements though so it could be a fairly short hearing when they get there.
@@AntmanIV This was actually the second time her sentencing hearing was delayed due to her lawyer's "illness". I would be livid if I were Jurinsky.
Imagine pleading not guilty and throwing your mother under the bus as the main reason. Wow.
@@pistachoo. She's clearly severely sociopathic, so at this point in the story I'm not TOO surprised. Still deplorable of course.
Came here from Anne Reardon's video. Thank you for having the courage to speak up. It's people like you who make the world a safer place to raise a family 🙏
Same here!
Ditto!!!
Same ❤
His earlier video on this subject is also excellent in conjunction with this update - I recommend checking it out too 🙂
Same, Anne sent me here. This story is CRAZY. It should be on national news.
Also came here from Ann's video :)
"Do your research!"
"I did do some research."
"Oh fuck!"
"You weren't supposed to research!"
I too came here from Ann Reardon's video and I'm just flabbergasted that neither CBS news or the court *independently* verified those medical claims. Also I'm no doctor but as a graphic designer those images looked sus as can be. My IMMEDIATE reaction was to doubt them for the obvious reasons: tumor isn't in the same relative location from scan to scan, two images show the exact same tumor even though...like, it should be viewing the other side? The back of a thing doesn't usually look exactly like the front of a thing? Just the complete lack of critical thinking from entities that should be superb at it!
The Photoshop job looks so bad. They didn't even try to change the shade of the tumor between the different MRI images.
Yeah, it was clearly not in the same position. Also, brain tumor≠incompetent. Just because you are dying doesn’t mean you shouldn’t die in a jail cell.
Honestly my mind is blown. I guess I always just assumed that any kind of records would automatically be authenticated before being accepted as evidence. Now that I know that's apparently not the case, were I to serve on a jury in the future, I would have a hard time putting much weight in such "evidence."
@@heatherangel9700 I served on a grand jury. I have little faith in the system, full stop. Indictment by grand jury is a joke. A drug recognition expert they brought in (and the lawyers touted) used homeopathic theories to explain medication. One of his examples being ADHD+stimulants=calm because they counteract each other. The reality is the stimulants _stimulate_ the decision making center of the brain which is under-active in people with ADHD. When I threw that at him he had no idea what I was talking about 🙄 Another time people didn’t care that someone had committed a crime, they just thought it “wasn’t our business” because it was domestic violence-even though children were genuinely endangered.
We literally live in the age of fake news. It's so unfortunate. Because when a big politician accuses the media of spreading false stories, these types of things come to mind.
God I wish we could just be normal 🥺
I so wish the Legal Eagle would take a look at this story from a lawyer's point of view🤔
Me too!
that would make a good collaborative video...
Or any of these"Lawtubers": Emily D. Baker, Natalie Lawyer Chick, Legal Vices, Bruce Rivers, Runkle of the Bailey, Hogan Law, Law & Lumber, DUI+ guy, Rekeita, Legal Bytes, Law Talk with Mike, Caps n Stems Law, MG Law, Uncivil Law, (I know I'm missing someone!)
I feel like there's not much to that. "Lying to the court is bad."
As an oncologist in training - what a WILD case. Among everything else, even if this worked... GBMs are so extremely deadly, was she just committed to faking her death after a year and then trying to reinvent herself somewhere else? Pretending that she had a miraculous recovery with no brain surgery or radiation? How on earth did she think this would not get caught???
My bet is she'd disappear leaving behind just enough evidence to show that she left to commit suicide while she was still able to do so. Her parents would, of course, "mourn" and sue everyone they could for their daughter's death. Niceta would hide up in the mountains while being supported by her family.
I don't think she thought that far ahead. She could have picked any type of tumour but went with the one that's 100% terminal. She didn't think it through at all
Self importance is one heck of a drug
A lot of scammers just go strait to go fund me.
Maybe she planned to do the same as a woman I knew who claimed cancer, but was miraculously & magically cured by her dr, during the early days of the pandemic when everyone was in forced lockdown. 😂 Poof! It’s a miracle! 🎉
Niceta harmed SO. MANY. PEOPLE. She wasted time with creating and living lies instead of doing her job to protect kids and families. She no doubt had her own extended family and friends worried sick for her! What a bleak place a person can go just for petty revenge!!!
Can't wait to see Brian Maass vs the Brain Mass, here's hoping he does well in the rematch.
Obligatory shoutout to the H2CT crew!
is it ironic that she worked in social services?
Ann Reardon's video sent me here, and oh goodness it is a juicy story! Thank you for the great explanations and educating people on this insane story
Gloat all you want. You crushed it.
i took a psychology class at some point, and even I'm like "what dat tumor doing?' as it floats from lobe to lobe depending on the angle.
I know someone who passed away exactly one month from being diagnosed with a real glioblastoma. This just makes me sick.
One of my instructors mother died because of this kind of tumor. Her descriptions of what happened were heartbreaking.
It makes me incredibly angry they used any fake diagnosis but especially this one.
(Note this was in a medical law/ethics class so it was related to the topics we discussed.)
The graphic on the right is a great addition and necessary. I had to rewind the original video multiple times to get the names in this story straight.
My husband died of Glioblastoma 3 years ago. It made my blood boil to see someone pretending to have this horrible cancer. Her performance for the camera was abysmal. I don’t understand the court being taken in by the “evidence”😒
I’m glad mom was charged too. What an unbelievable slap in the face to those actually dealing with glioblastoma.
came here from Anne Reardon's video I was expecting some medical drama. But damn sexually harassing tens of women and taking their children away this is so evil
how many mothers gave in sexually to keep their children.
@@PeterShipley1and how many of these mothers called the social work office this sick woman worked at and reported her for what she had done, just to have other people in that office look the other way? This whole office should be looked into. This was one woman, and children were removed from their homes, which means someone else probably signed off on these children being removed, presumably without actually looking into anything, and without investigating the (assumed) complaints about this evil woman.
iI shadowed a radiologist over spring break. I shared the original video with him and he was BAFFLED and entertained; we enjoyed talking about the scans together. i can't wait to send him this second part!
This case leaves me absolutely dumfounded and furious with all the people who let this go unchecked instead of doing their jobs. Also, based on the mom's seeming complicity in the scam and the way she acts on camera, I'm guessing a sociopath raised another sociopath. I hope all of the related social work cases are re-investigated with a new perspective.
(Ann Reardon sent me too)
Anne Reardon sub and Neuro/oncology pharma rep here. I cannot believe the prosecutors didn’t consult a oncologist, neurologist or radiologist to verify this diagnosis. I watched her “interview” post diagnosis…🤦🏾♀️ She developed anomia or aphasia immediately after diagnosis…. Okay 🤨
Agreed. The whole thing was suspicious from top to bottom, but it was the photoshopped MRI that clinched it. I'm still amazed at how someone so incompetent in their scam was still so successful at fooling that many seemingly reasonable people.
Reality is always stranger than fiction, nobody could have made this story up😂
It does feel ripe for a movie in the narrow genre of non-fictional, black comedy crime film (e.g. Bernie).
@@StrongMedmore like a Netflix original series 😂
Ann sent me
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Take this story and write it up for a medical journey and potentially to a legal journal.
It is critically important that other physicians understand the incompetence of the legal system with regards to medical diagnosis and the potential harms to real individuals if we do not work to ensure the validity and accuracy of medical-legal issues.
It boggles the mind to think how many potential lives are harmed because of a courts misinterpretation of medical evidence which could harm both defendants and plaintiffs. In this case only a chance external intervention corrected the error.
Also we should be cautious to blame the prosecutors and local media of incompetence. It remains likely there are systemic flaws. The shortcuts they seem to be taking may be their attempt to triage tasks in a resource deficient environment. Replacing these individuals with new “more” competent individuals may not improve future outcomes.
Local media now has far fewer resources to perform reporting in a world with far more local stories to report on than before.
Potential jurors should take notice as well. I know that I just assumed any records or documentation were authenticated prior to be accepted as evidence, but I am blown away now that I know that even this basic step may not be taken. I will definitely be looking at submitted "evidence" with an EXTREMELY wary and suspicious eye if I serve any more jury duty in the future.
@@skicreatureGoogle is free. Investigative journalists are supposed to investigate. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to use expert witnesses to examine evidence. No excuses.
@@missvidabom Yes but local media has been consistently degraded and has lost their advertising revenue to large national media organizations. Because of this funding for high quality local investigative journalism is at an all time low. But yes I agree really no excuses in the end.
I was so curious after watching Ann Reardon's video. What a tale of misdirection and medical fraud you dissected. Maybe this could be a collab with Devin from Legal Eagle?
I actually reached out to Devon through a mutual friend back in June about doing a collab on this case. He was interested in hearing about it, but the collab didn't end up happening; I think he was too busy with other ideas/cases.
And now I will go for a walk and try to regain a bit of faith in humanity…..
This reminds me of a case from New Zealand. A man, Yuvaraj Krishnan, went to court for minor driving charges, and was discharged without conviction because a conviction would have impact on his occupation as a doctor. 2 years later, it was discovered that he was not a real doctor, although he was working as one. He was sent to prison. He appealed the light sentence he was given. The judge for the appeal was the same judge he'd lied to about being a doctor 2 years previously. His lawyer asked the judge to recuse himself, and the judge did.
Thank you for explaining this case so clearly. I've heard so much about it that is conflicting. Also, thank you for your work in exposing the fraud.
Brian Maass reporting on a brain mass
Here from Anne Reardon's video. You are just amazing!
-looking forward to your (hopefully) final update on this case :3!
She was supposed to be sentenced for her first set of convictions today, but there's a rumor that the sentencing hearing may have gotten delayed. (And it was already rescheduled from a few weeks ago when her lawyer became ill the morning of that hearing!)
Bravo to you good sir for finding out the truth!
I found your channel through Ann Reardon from her "How To Cook That" channel
Oh I’m curious…. How did a cooking show bring you here?
@@sarah3796 It's more than a cooking show. Ann Reardon has debunking videos as well on her channel.
Hello, layperson here with a real interest in medicine particularly obstetrics. Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this and would love to see more of this kind of thing whether it be anecdotes and breakdowns of cases or medical/legal overlaps. You are a great storyteller and I suspect a great doctor too. Came from the Ann Reardon video but watched your first installment first. Absolutely love this case and hope Dr Grande will cover it. Maybe you can reach out to him. Take care ❤
Also here from Anne Reardon’s video.
What a wild story!
What confuse me is how the mri scan accepted without checking the patient detail on mri film?
It looks like she actually had an MRI performed - so all the patient-related info (e.g. name, date of birth, medical record number, etc...) was there. She (or maybe her mother) just copy and pasted just a tumor ionto her normal scan.
@@StrongMed What's funny is when I first saw the MRI scans on your channel my first thought was, "Boy that looks photoshopped. I don't think tumours are supposed to look pasted on."
I'm here from Ann's channel too! The mother's defense is so funny since she was the one that helped set up the fake clinic. I wonder if Police Chief Girlfriend was aware of what her gf was doing.
I think many have wondered the same about former chief Wilson. The last time she stuck her head into the public sphere was Nov 2022, when she announced that she was suing Aurora for wrongful termination (or something like that), but as far as I know, that lawsuit went nowhere. I think Wilson was also implicated in the Kirstin Nichols lawsuit against Niceta for making a false claim of domestic abuse against her.
On one hand, it's relieving that Niceta has been found guilty of 2 crimes, and that she lost her defamation lawsuit by Jurinsky, but there is still a long way to go before justice completely catches up to everyone involved in this mess.
this would be such a good Netflix / Amazon Prime series
Bizarre story. Thanks for covering it.
Thank you for the update on the story.
Based on your videos, I could believe the mother didn't know this was all fake, until I saw the phone number was tied to her card which made me think she might have been helping fake the medical phone calls. It would advantage Niceta if her mother actually believed she was sick. She might have even been able to serve as a test for Nicetas lies (Niceta could have seen if her mom would believe it before taking it publicly).
There is no way the mother wasn't aware the entire oncologist fiasco wasn't fake.
You missed the part where her second Lawyer team has missed the last two sentencing and now the judge ordered her a lawyer from the public defenders pool. She will be sentenced April 12.
Am not gonna lie, have to say I ❤ this “non -conventional “ medical educational videos😂
I remember the original post on /r/medicine! I screamed when I saw "her MRI," haha. Thanks for the update; I was really curious.
Anne sent me here....
Same
Here from How To Cook That (Anne Reardon's channel) happy to hear these updates!
I love how you can sometimes visibly see him hold back laughter throughout the video, presumably at some of the ludicrous twists and turns that have been happening largely throughout rank incompetence on all sides. Frankly speaking? A tip of the hat for managing it. I had to pause numerous times to let out some truly incredulous laughs at the whole situation.
How will CBS cover Maass's role in this? They simply won't.
Thanks man! For putting forth the effort to bring the truth out.
The due diligence you've done here just earned you my instant subscription.
I also came from Ann's video! Thanks for the great video!
Please keep us updated.
I’m sad to say you are now the best media source on this 😉
Subbed, and also checked out your genera patient advice 👍
Justice is sweet! Thanks for pushing the truth. You're a hero!
What a horrifying abuse of power from someone who was in a position of power for safeguarding children pressuring mothers to have sex with her or else they are accused of SA on their own child. Disguisting
I took an alleged victory lap
Came from "How to cook that.."
This is a fascinating story! Cant believe im about 7 months late!
Props to you!
as disappointing it is to know corruption is rife (especially amongst law enforcement), I’m glad there are politicians with backbones out there
Came from Ann Reardons video! Well
Done on picking this up! Hopefully a monster has been taken off the streets!
This is an insane story, incredible I found out about it so late.
Also here from Ann Reardon's latest How To Cook That video 😊
Anne Reardon sent me here, but I stayed for the tea... 😂
Doc, you are truly a legend! keep up the good work.
Someone needs to write a paper about this 🤣
Jeez, buying a burner phone with your credit card must be a whole new level of stupid
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Cant miss those bonus points eh 😅
Absolutely WILD story!
Who the fuck buys a burner phone with a credit card? Name a more iconic duo than criminals and bad opsec
They are not exactly criminal masterminds.
Fractally ridiculous!
I came here because of Ann Reardon. I love my kids and grandkids dearly but I would never lie like that for them if I knew it was a scam.
This is wild.
If I watched this as a movie, I'd be enraged by the over the top, unrealistic turns off events.
And a sexual predator working for child protection services. What a heinous crime this lady committed and tried to get away from with this lie.
And what was the endgame plan? Faking her own death?
Thanks for the videos on this subject! I know this is a medical channel, but if any lawyers happen to read this: Why did the judge allow her lawyers to step down? My understanding is that lawyers can not just quit, or they face disbarment. The judge has to allow it. Why would the judge let them off the hook like that?
IANAL, but I would guess it's because the lawyers were tricked into being unwitting accomplices in a felony (i.e. they submitted the fabricated evidence to the court before it was determined to be fake). The lawyers need to worry that they could find themselves the target of their own criminal investigation as possible knowing accomplices, in which case the lawyers' interests and the client's interests have diverged, and they can no longer faithfully represent them.
@@StrongMed That makes sense. Thanks a lot! 😁
Still can’t get over the name Brian Maass. Lol
Ann sent me here!! Lots of love Dr. Strong! Thanks for keeping us honest.
As i was watching the first video, i was thinking nkceta and her mother will 100% turn on each other when the truth comes out
I cant imagine her mother knowing what Niceta has done to mothers and children and still went through such lengths to help her evade justice.
Feb. 2024
Niceta was found guilty of attempting to influence a public servant and filing a false child abuse report. The report came after Jurinsky made critical comments about former Police Chief Vanessa Wilson, whom Niceta was dating at the time. Niceta was an Arapahoe County social worker when she targeted the councilwoman.
There was drama in a courtroom on Friday after a judge threatened to clear the room after sentencing for a former Arapahoe County social worker was delayed again.
Robin Niceta was supposed to learn her sentence for crimes against Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky. But the judge said Niceta’s attorney would not make it to the hearing, and people scoffed.
This was the second time Niceta’s attorney had been absent. Niceta was found guilty of false allegations against Jurinsky, who spoke in court during the hearing.
Niceta’s next hearing was set for April 12 with a new attorney.
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Ann Reardon from How to cook that sent me here, thank you for doing this important video
Is the DA’s office and CBS ran by Lt. Disher from Monk?
“We checked out her story. Number 1, these brain scan images look photoshopped and a similar image was found online that looks like it matches. Number 2, the oncology office the records came from doesn’t exist. And number 3, we took the medical scans to another doctor who doubts they’re legit.”
“Randy, Randy. Sorry to interrupt you, what was that 2nd one?”
“Let’s see, uh, the oncology office doesn’t exist.”
“See, I probably would have stopped reading after number two. In fact, I would have read number two first. But that’s just me and probably ever adult on Earth.”
Like even if the DA’s office (or CBS) wasn’t suspicious of the scans, you would think they’d check out who the doctor is and contact him or her to talk about the patient and the case. And then see the oncology office doesn’t exist. And a fake FB page is your lede over the fact that the phone number of the “doctor” is a burner bought by her mother?
Sounds like a netflix documentary
What did they plan to do when she didn't die?
CBS Colorado misspelling Niceta is 👌
It's just too perfect.
I'm also 95% sure CBS Colorado consistently mispronounces her name, based on how she pronounced it herself during one of her court hearings in which she actually spoke. (They pronounce it with a short e sound, she pronounced it in court with a long e.)
What about that nasty box-checking police chief? She's the one who sicked her bureaucrat lover on someone like an attack dog, trying to take someone's kids away for her own satisfaction. At least it sure looks that way. I'm sure she'll say Niceta did it all on her own accord at no direction from anyone else.
Have you got a link to the first one or what’s it called? Can’t find it
ua-cam.com/video/ELT7f2o1Pt0/v-deo.html
Hi by what mechanism barlow's disease can cause ventricular disorders in ecg??!
Came straight here from Anne's video
Thanks to Anne Reardon for pointing your video to me 😊
I owe her thanks too! ;)
Thanks for sticking up for the facts.
You very well have changed an innocent life for the better.
thank you very much for the lectures!!! I created the American Board of Family Medicine part one and your lectures helped me a lot!❤❤❤❤
You're very welcome!
@@StrongMed 🙂
Thanks for the update.
Also yea, I dont think a pediatrician is the best authority to ask about such a thing unless she has experience as an oncologist.
If the allegations are true, Ms. Niceta appears to be a person likely to thrive in a jail environment.
I'd love to hear Legal Eagle comment on this lol
Her mother knew EVERYTHING!!!
Oh god what a hilarious saga
social services is FULL of these people actually its GROSS
If a DA approached you to review something on your speciality what rate do you charge, and would you put yourself in that context?
For this case, I would fly to Aurora on my own dime to testify against this woman.
And what about the police chief Wilson? Does he remains off the hook after all this? Since he is after all in a relation with Niceta
Wilson was fired in spring 2022; the official reason given by the city was vague and did not explicitly cite her relationship with Niceta. However, in January 2023, Wilson was sued by another ex-girlfriend of Niceta's who has claimed that she used her power as police chief to have the ex-girlfriend inappropriately arrested for domestic violence in a 2021 incident that was subsequently shown to have been probably made up. (From the publicly available information on the incident, it feels like Niceta should have faced charges for that too). www.9news.com/article/news/crime/apd-former-chief-lawsuit/73-2c22ed30-cd52-4c2f-b9cd-9cdc06a9e724
In November 2022, Wilson threatened to sue the city of Aurora for her "illegal" firing as part of a conspiracy against her, but it looks like that didn't go anywhere: www.denverpost.com/2022/11/02/vanessa-wilson-former-aurora-police-chief-intends-to-sue-city/ She's since been keeping a low profile.
man those scans looks like they were made by me in highschool 😭 for a school project
Along with many others, I'm here from Ann reardons video.
Hello Dr Strong 👋
5:11 The way you call out the pediatrician is passive aggressive; there is legitimate aggression to be had, but you are avoiding confrontation. Go in.
omfg. no other words for this.
I am just astounded at the participation in this deception by several players. To make the Judge recuse himself is ridiculous, give me a break. The next thing will be “It’s my Mums fault “. Great job, can’t wait to see what she gets for this 🇦🇺❤️
Great job, can’t wait to see what she gets
if this proves anything, it's that your average prosecutor is not very good at their job. because if they were a good lawyer, they would have their own firm making much more money.
that police chief sounds like she has skeletons in her closet too