Coastal Horizons CEO accuses commissioner of offering $50M from hospital sale for silence

In 2022, NC State prosecutors were looking into a possible offer a New Hanover County Commissioner made using money from the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to a non-profit in Wilmington to stay quiet.
It all started over who would manage the new substance abuse treatment facility known as The Healing Place and what treatment method would be used for patients.
President and CEO of Coastal Horizons Margaret Weller-Stargell says New Hanover County commissioner Julia Olsen-Boseman offered them $50 million to stop talking about it.
“My end goal is for the truth to be known, the truth to be known that, yes, Coastal Horizons was used in this process,” Weller-Stargell said.
She said this process started in 2019.