Real Lawyer Reacts: Take Care of Maya Trial - Sally Smith Proffer is Unbelievable
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I worked in a suspected child abuse and neglect team for 7 years and was heavily involved with writing reports that went to courts. She is a dangerous, unethical, power hungry demon. That may seem harsh, but the lengths she went to to prove her own narrative is scary and shocking. Hope she is no longer practicing medicine
She committed fraud in order to poach a patient from the patient own doctor. It was about the hospital making money that should have gone to other doctors.
You nailed her exactly. Every time I hear her reasons for her actions, I am shocked. One big ego.
The ego is a horribly powerful thing. I've seen cops let people die became of ego. Prisoners need medical attention and the cop won't let them go to the hospital. It happens more than people think.
She has also very conveniently "forgot" the need to include differential diagnoses in her report. This is very, very basic stuff.
I agree with you 100 percent...
She put at least two dads in prison for child abuse and they have been completely exonerated so is she really reliable?
Really?! They should come to testify.
That is f'd up man we had a year 11 and 12 student ordinator that physically abused a student at her former school no trial or anything legal then she came to my high school makes you wonder
She was confronted by one of these fathers as she was walking in to court to testify. I would almost guarantee she will have more lawsuits coming.
With the amount of cases she has been involved with that is not much.
@@jlmann8109oh there are more
My Dad was a doctor. I have worked for hospitals and several different specialists throughout my life but I have NEVER heard one of them call another one unqualified. NEVER! This woman is judge, jury and prosecutor. O pity anyone who has her for their physician.
You are putting your finger on the central point of this case. The hospital went after Beata because the court had no jurisdiction over medical disputs between doctors. The goal was for the hospital to use the court to poach a patient, Maya, from Dr. Kirkpatrick, who was not a doctor at the hospital. They billed the insurance company $600,000 for treating Maya for the disease Fitzpatrick had diagnosed. At the same time they told the court that Beata invented the diagnosis to abuse Maya. They lied to the court about Beata to make money from Maya. The whole thing was probably a scam to steal patients from other doctors. They can't do it directly so they accuse the family to get a shelter order.
@@castlerock58 Yes, her attorney pointed her out. Your MAIN STATEMENT: he WAS NOT a doctor at the hospital. Never heard any doctor doing this, not openly.
She wasn’t working at JHACH with the 10 yo. She was somewhere else.
They sure did!!!
@@niania7022 Smith did go to JHACH. Her employer was Suncoast, although from what I've seen in other testimony, she went to JHACH, put on a lab coat, and would give the impression that she was a doctor on the JHACH staff (at least in Maya's case).
I wanted to hear Anderson say, "Ma'am! How RELIABLE are YOU in YOUR OPINION after costing your medical insurance company $2.5 MILLION dollars for BEING WRONG in the case of Maya Kawalski?" 🎤drop
👏👏👏👏👏👏
He can't say that because settling a case isn't the same as admitting guilt, people settle all the time even when they dont think they are wrong, and honestly does this woman seem like she thinks she is wrong?
Brava!👏👏
OMG THE OBJECTIONS would have been hilarious. You'd see some of them jump up so fast lol! But YASSSS. She is all smiles at the end cause she lost absolutely not a thing in this entire situation. She's still employed, the hospitals insurance paid out the 2.5mill, she's just laughing her way back home, I'd bet, also in a Tesla.
That would be epic!!
The judge (family court) himself said the only way he can come to any conclusion is based on how good or bad the information given to him is. It was her job to give the judge all of the facts. It wasn’t her job to omit anything she felt was unreliable. Those are the judge’s decision. Dr Sally Smith should have all of her cases reviewed. I would put money on the fact that she probably got a lot of the cases wrong.
Did Himself happen to say why it seemed okay to him OVER AND OVER AGAIN to take children from people on the basis of the golden information given to him by exactly one person?
WRONG. It’s her job to give him her opinion as to whether medical abuse occurred and it did. She’s not stupid like the rest of the American public.
@@embeth446 she seems quite biased. Was trying to get to her preferred conclusion. How is that helpful to anyone?
@@crocodillem6462 it’s not “preferred.” That’s what nobody seems to understand here. None of these doctors “wanted” a child to be abused or “wanted” to rip a kid away from her family. They simply identified what was happening. You’re all operating under the assumption that Maya does in fact have CRPS and there is ample evidence that she does not, and every respected medical institution she’s been too agrees on that EXCEPT the two outpatient quack doctors her mother found who were so called CRPS experts who were treating a 10 year old kid with a cocktail of general anesthetics and heavy duty pain meds on a regular basis with no intubation, no monitoring of vitals or physiological signs, no monitoring for withdraw symptoms, no PT/OT, no anything except drugs until she became a literal drug addict. It was not helping her by any standard. Wake up. She’s off all those ridiculous drugs today and she’s normal. She does not have CRPS and she never did. She does not have any symptoms consistent with CRPS.
I'll put my money on you that you'll win..No doubts..
Sally Smith was definitely a medical prosecutor. She’s absolutely disgusting for doing similar things to countless other families as well, not just Maya’s.
Apparently Anderson filed another case in 2021 with JHACH and Sally Smith. So we might get a 2.0 version of this case if Maya wins.
She saved that little girl's life she a hero...apparently you should watch the entire case before placing judgement. Confirmation bias ...tons of it going on in this case.
@@everleigh245 saved her life from what?! A loving mother and father? Please provide your evidence of how she saved her life? No other medical professionals agreed with her opinions.
@@everleigh245 She literally omitted information in her file that she provided to the judge because she deemed it so. She specifically said that she was looking for medical child abuse not actually investigating. I’ve watched the entire case from the beginning, so I’m expressing my own opinion. You can have differing opinions and that’s fine.
@@everleigh245She saved nothing including her own ass.
This case is absolutely horrible. If her job was to gather all the evidence and then present it to a judge, she shouldn't have been allowed to disregard physicians she disagreed with. The judge should have made that determination. She should be fired. I'm glad she's already lost millions from this case alone. Imagine how many other cases she stacked the deck against. How many other families she played God with. This is criminal in my opinion.
She needs to lose her medical license and go to prison.
Couldn't agree more!! Giving this woman a medical license is the equivalent to driving a car with a blindfold on. Your odds aren't great when it comes to that outcome.
As i understood, she didn't pay but the insurance for the company she works for did.
She worked for the government,that gives Qualified Immunity. Our whole system is broken because of this.
She’s more concerned about being right than doing what was right for maya
😊
She made the evidence fit the "crime". This is not the first time she has done this to a family. It makes me sick to think she still practices medicine.
Exactly….
Everything that I found says she retired. I'm sure she'll just wait a few years move and start over just like crooked cops.
You are right Peter, she was trying to find abuse and not truth.
She is a disgrace, and it sucks that this had to be said away from the jury.
They will see eventually. Hooefully it will be after they favor for mayas family
Absolutely. She is a perfect example of how confirmation bias, too much power, and callousness seriously and adversely affects the lives of children and their parents.
Why did they do a proper and not do in front of jury any of it?
Ya but they saw through her anyway. ;)
Holy cow! Look at how much barely contained rage she has going on inside of her.
Yes
Didn't you see it with almost every person defense put on the stand? Mr. Anderson is truly genius for bringing this out during testimony.
Imagine being a parent that’s upset and worried about your sick child, having to deal with her 🥺
It’s pretty amazing that her poor mom didn’t take this lady out before herself. I feel like I definitely would have 😬 State/government needs to stay out of families business!!!!
Right? I first heard this story due to the 911 clip posted on Instagram and was like, “what mom would do something like this??” After watching the documentary and the people she had to deal with… I totally get it, she truly felty it was the only way her daughter could come back home
That’s pretty scary she is in a position of such authority.
Luckily, she’s no longer in the position. Apparently, it only took her losing them a $2.5m case.
@@kaseylewis2859She still works in private practice and shockingly STILL has privilege at JHACH..Alarming isn't it??? Hope she has all cases she's worked on investigated.
This is common among many corrupt institutions. These types of monsters are employed everywhere.
Why didn’t this get to be in front of the jury. This IS what they needed to see and hear!
Agree, I don’t understand it.
The CPS case is not being litigated. Her proffer was was for the record only, to be used for appeal. She can testify in front of the jury only regarding the time she was not acting as the investigator for the CPS case. She acted in two different roles for the hospital. I think that’s why this case is so messed up legally. While it appears clear to many she’s was the problem, because she was also acting as a state agent, the judge has ruled she can’t be questioned about that aspect. That would be a different case.✌️
Conflict of interest.
@@Tread1775thank you for explaining and yes it is complicated.
I think between her and CB and the hospital, Maya was left with no care for her CRPS.
Imo she has some major unhealed childhood trauma in her own life that is her driving force. Her behavior is so hyper focused on one thing-proving her theory. She’s angry and controlling. Who in the world put her in this position of power? Every case she’s been a part of needs investigating. Extremely dangerous!
You're probably spot on. Dangerous, indeed.
I was thinking along the same lines. Exactly what is it that is the cause of all her anger?
I don’t think that’s her case. I think she’s an evil, egocentric, & narcissistic woman who has been allowed to exercise this type of behavior, for far too long, without ever being questioned or checked by anyone!!
This is scary! Anyone like her could attack your family and cause so much pain and abuse.
Someone like her got mine. My daughter has crps too. All proof I was innocent was left out just like this. I found out like this family, although my child never got treatment because her dx was delayed by lies and court orders they were unconstitutional, that my insurance was billed for conditions associated with crps.
Her job is to validate the accusation, not tell the truth.
@@Snicole14
May God bless you & your family.
@@Snicole14I’m so very sorry!!😢
Sounds like she had her opinion and only included data that supported her opinion, and deliberately left out anything that disproves her opinion.
If she believed the prescribed medication regime was medical child abuse, why didn’t she report the prescribing physician(s) as abusers?
Yes! This is my question to all of the doctors!
Very poignant observation!!!! 😮😮😮
I totally 💯 agree with you ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
This is exactly my question as well. If she disagreed so much with the treatment from the providers, why did they not investigate the provider, but instead went full force on the family? I can't believe they allowed her to omit all that information because she found the doctor's to be unreliable. Her line of thinking scares me for other families. Especially those living with chronic illness conditions. She could disagree with a variety of treatments and separate families.
I am a person that was taken away from my mother due to false allegations. It does happen and it creates life long trauma. My biological father abused me and my mother. When she left him he went nuts, horrible custody battle. This was in the 90’s when women still weren’t believed when it came to abuse. He accused her of abuse and I was put into CPS twice. Short stints, but it still happened and we were both forced to undergo court evaluations. My mother was hospitalized, had concrete evidence of his abuse, but this still happened to us. Eventually my mother won full custody and the abuse allegations against her were proven false. I have PTSD and anxiety, I’ve been living with it for 32 years and I haven’t spoken to my biological father since I was 4. Always ask questions before speaking to anyone about your personal business or life without knowing who they are. CPS is sneaky, don’t talk to them without a warrant or a lawyer present.
I'm sorry
I’m so terribly sad you and your mom went through that. Sending ❤
It is likely that on judgement day CPS “ will be weighed in the balance and found wanting”
That’s terrible. I’m so sorry that happened to you.
I am so very sorry that happened to you. ❤️
She horrifies me. It is so upsetting how much power she was able to exert with such tragic consequences. Total God complex. She has anointed herself as the ultimate expert. Meanwhile lives are being ruined. Dont know how she sleeps at night. Even now she is not the least bit reflective or able to acknowledge that maybe she got it wrong.
Just wish the jury had heard this. This woman was not there for the kids or the truth. Power gone to her head 🤬
She has like a savyor complex and thinks she is the only that can find this munch by prox. Isn't her office or whatever like 4x higher than any other office in diagnosing child abuse? Something is wrong with that.
I wish that too, because her testimony proved the hospital is guilty. She had no boundaries, she had access as an employee, as a provider with privilege, as the only trainer in child abuse for the residents and as the CPS agent. That has all levels of conflict and so unethical. She is drunk in power and they gave it to her.
@@changeminds2736she clearly doesn’t have a savior complex lol she’s more of an abusive narcissist type
Why can't jurors listen to her testimony ?could someone explain it please?
This mother was following what doctors gave her, she didn’t go seeking drugs illegally.
She's completely out of control! Incredibly dangerous woman to be treating children. What she did in Maya's CA/Custody hearing in family court was the equivalent of a Brady Violation in criminal court. She absolutely had information that could exonerate Beata of MBP and she kept it from the facts presented to the judge. As the medical director for CPS, I'm sure the judge expected that she was presenting ALL pertinent medical facts. She did no such thing. Having listened to her, I think any file that she was involved in for CPS needs to be re-evaluated. 300+ times she's testified??? How many families? How many kids has she caused Trauma to? How many kids were removed from loving parents (with no money to fight her, cause you can't fight cps) and tossed into the system??? This woman needs to be investigated!!! This is unbelievable!!!
I was just coming to say she’s dangerous.
Exactly
I think she amazing..... sorry you want someone like to fight for your child and because if her...Maya is alive today!!!!...Beata is not because knew this doctor caught on with the lies....
@@kimalbright-good7730 I will give you some leeway because you sound like someone with English not as their first language, but you are very incorrect. There is no evidence that Maya was in danger. There is evidence that Sally Smith went against the medical advice of multiple doctors in order to separate Maya and her family.
Beata was cleared of any possible MBP. The family was trying to find ways to treat Maya without the use of drugs before she was taken away by the hospital. The family was following medical advice from medical professionals. Maya was improving. The hospital refused to communicate with her doctors and instead immediately looked for ways to take her away from her parents with no proof. To this day, the hospital has no clear reason for why Maya should have been taken. Their reasons are contradictory, have no evidence, or are complete lies. The hospital's own witnesses contradict each other on what happened.
Once again, there is no proof that Maya was in danger. Only the claim that she was in danger without any evidence. The only evidence has been that Maya was being treated by professionals before the hospital took her away.
@@kimalbright-good7730do you realize all those treatments helped her at that point.
This lady makes my skin crawl. I hate how biased I am when it comes to her part in this but I cannot with this darn lady. Medical Prosecutor 100%
Same. I can’t help feeling her butt should be in jail. She drove a woman to suicide, leaving a sick child with no mother…I don’t even have adequate words for the disgust I feel for her. Imo, they could liquidate every single thing she owns, give every dime to the family she permanently harmed, throw her in prison forever….and I still wouldn’t feel it’s enough. I just can not with her. 🤬🤯🤢
I agree. I fee she is vindictive. & always looking for abuse. Instead of wholeheartedly reviewing the cases
She is prosecutor, judge and jury! So scary that she yielded so much power! Shame on her colleagues who never questioned her! She needs to get off of her high horse!
@@RileyRunsWithScissorsBull. No one is “driven “ to suicide. That mom was mentally unstable. I’ve had much more stress than this and never ever considered suicide. If the mom was so concerned about her daughter why would you kill your self and leave everyone in your life devastated and probably needing therapy the rest of their life ?
@@verticegirferd5069 having your child wrongly taken from you is beyond any type of “stress.” It’s a whole different level of excruciating and just trying to exist, and if you can’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, like this mom, I can totally understand not wanting to go on without your child. If you haven’t experienced it firsthand, you don’t understand.
Investigates means look at all angles and all sides. She is a prosecutor. The sad thing is- she thinks what she did was right!
Can you imagine the jury seeing everything that has been left out of this trial after it's all over with. I'd be appalled. 🤦♀️
Absolutely 💯 % totally agree ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
That has really been eye opening for me - all the behind the scenes- readact this, they cant see the whole video etc etc … fun to see both sides argue over what the jury does get to see
Right?! Especially if they don’t side with the plaintiff and then they see this proffer.
And yet, they should be proud that they could see thru some of the BS.
They should be able to send this to every judge in Sally's area to prove she can't be trusted
I wish the jury could have seen the proffer . Great job by Anderson
Did you see that stack of binders she set up on the witness stand? 5 or 6 to be exact. Look like a power play to me. She never referred to any of them. In fact, the plaintiff said something to the judge. Dr. Sally Smith is a legend in her own mind. Scary as a parent with a sick child that someone has that much power and you are helpless.
That was a weird power play on her part. She was actively attempting to intimidate the whole damn room.
This is why CPS should be abolished. It’s staffed by clones of Sally Smith who don’t care at all about families or parental rights
‘A legend in her own mind’
Exactly.
Her hedge of protection because she’s the only one who knows anything lol😂
I agree about the power play. Wonder if HIPPA would approve. She did look at two papers which were admitted to the clerk and Sally said the clerk could keep them. Judge called the books props, Smith also got lost on the way to the courthouse winding up at the Waffle House. A father who she had wrongly thrown in jail, yelled at her outside the courthouse.
I so want to know if this child abuse investigator has ever NOT found child abuse.
Same. She said she has testified in court over 300 times that is so many families that she most likely destroyed. Imo.
She actually is THE ABUSER
That's my thought.... Worked 30 YEARS, and testified in OVER 300 CASES???? THAT'S OVER 10 PER YEAR!!!! Her contract was once or twice per hospital per year. That's OVER 100 HOSPITALS.... I don't think there's that many children's hospitals in the surrounding area.... U.S. News has a story of a guy who spent over 300 days IN JAIL BECAUSE OF HER.... HOW MANY FAMILIES DID SHE DESTROY???? WITH ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY 😢
She clearly had an agenda to only prove child abuse. She didn't care about anything that showed this wasn't abuse. Her proffer was very eye opening in a disturbing way.
The ironic thing is she accused other parents and beata of abuse while abusing kids herself
Agree
@@N0N4M30Sally abused kids?! Others or her own? Horrible either way.
@@JanelDuRossI think the reference to her being guilty of child abuse herself is in reference to how cruelly separating children from their loving parents, families & friends and denying them and their parents the right to chose their medical treatment is, in itself, child abuse!!
I think it definitely showed the defense what a horrible witness she was. This def won’t help them on appeal.
She’s awful. I believe she has a history of being charged with child abuse. Also, this is not the only family she did this to.
Wow, if so, that needs to be spotlighted!
No it was Cathy Beaty that was charged for assault on a little boy.
However an innocent man spent 300days in jail for child abuse before he was proven innocent because Sally smith lied. He was protesting outside the court the day smith testified and approached her and demanded the sheriffs to justify why they weren’t investigating her
She was charged but it was later unfounded or something, I can't remember. I tried to look it up but all I could find was the case of Maya.
HOWEVER, there is a petition to get her fired. I did sign it.
She does. From what I can remember, I think it was when she was at sun coast and she held a child down where apparently they couldn’t breathe. Don’t quote me because I haven’t heard anyone talk the details in a week or so and so much has happened. But regardless of the details the charges were dropped.
@carolstevens1722 I believe it’s Cathi Bedy (the social worker-not this doctor) that had child abuse charges, which were later dropped. It involved holding down a child from my understanding.
So in other words she presumes every family is abusing their children when a suspicion is relayed to her and she just runs with that thought no matter what any specialist tells her, or mother or father for that matter???? She should definitely have all her cases audited!
Just because she didn't agree with the treatment Maya was receiving prior, she thought her evaluation was the only one that was right. She's awful, just so non caring, and a know it all. The whole unit was un professional.
She seems so assertive it’s scary
Maya's previous treatment was absolutely abhorent.
@@Shoonam the ketamine?
@@Shoonamher treatment at the hospital was abhorrent
@user-dx2kw1mf8e it is a legitimate medical treatment. It's in the n.i.h. as one. It said 85% of the patients reported complete remission after 6 months and 50% had a complete remission still 10 years later. It's for 5 days and very highly monitored. People are letting the name of a drug scare them. Modern medicine is still in the old ages for lots of things. If you have never been in or been close to someone in real, chronic pain that is debilitating, you really don't know the depths that you would go to in order to get or give them relief. Heck, for even 10 minutes, what some wouldn't give. I had my lung punctured in order to cut nerves to my pancreas because the pain and burning were so bad, and no amount of pain medicine took it away. Thank God that this treatment is available for the patients that decide its right for them.
Shes completely playing judge and jury and thinks her opinion is all that matters. Her job was to present the facts, not just the information that fit her narrative. Like what our media does to us lol
Had I been on this jury and had I seen this, I would have immediately decided the hospital was at fault.
YES!
It’s too bad it was outside the presence of the jury and they will never see it.
@@TrueCrimeFanGirlHoping they will after the case concludes, prayers for Maya and her families future ❤
It was a wild ride with her. I cannot believe she is still a doctor and that any parent would take their child to see her
No one does. She's such a poor doctor that she can't work in private practice. She's paid exclusively by the state to remove kids
@@hflaming7177she’s not on CPT anymore. She is only in private practice as a pediatrician.
Where did she get the idea she was allowed to be biased? She's supposed to investigate, not prosecute
After watching this woman, I pray for any family that comes across this alleged professional that IS a prosecutor. It’s quite clear how she approaches her duty and not for the benefit of patients. So sad.
Great presentation of this arrogant, harmful prosecutor-in-her-own-mind!! Hope she’s being sued by other victims!
I didn't think calling her a prosecutor was hyperbolic. Was a good analogy IMO.
The problem I have with this entire case is they make it seem like the parents were buying the K off the streets and medicating their daughter and not under doctor supervision.
YES!!! THANK YOU!!! How is the mother abusing the child by giving her prescribed medication!!!
And as an ex drug rep I can tell you Drs use meds off label and at extreme doses all the time. All they need is a study or two that shows that works. People w CPS have zero good options for pain relief…esp w the anti opioid push.
That is why I loved they called Dr. Hanna and the pharmacist today. I don’t know how the defense though those witnesses would help them, but for me it just showed Maya had a more compassionate team before and validates the way they felt in the hospital.
Exactly!!
@@michelehoward4113 Totally, I use a medication that is only approved for heart failure in US for my POTS. I had to fight the insurance, but the typical options get me more sick and my doctor recommended this one because is being used with success in Europe. I presented the studies and evidence, was hard to get it approved, but they did. I know about patients that didn’t get it approved and order it to international pharmacies in Canada or Mexico. As long as is prescribed and under medical supervision, is not something as rare as they want to make it appear.
She used her immediate access to medical records which others did not have to prosecute this case not investigate. Again, other investigators would have had to request the medical records not just log in and comment. Remarkable!
That was eye opening for me too. I hope the hospital revised their procedures to prohibit direct access by the CPT in the future.
This case and 12 other kids that have gone back to their parents after being proved they were never abused. 12 cases!!! And who knows how many others haven’t been able to get their kids back. She should be prosecuted.
Clear HIPPA violation that she looked at Maya’s medical records before formal CPS complaint. Don’t know that Peter covers that part or not
@@lhr8833WOW. Just wow, I just can not with this woman and her resting batch face...
@@eileentaylor787me neither, I accept as a chronic patient I’m biased, but also as a chronic patient I know the way they have described the treatment as black and white, is not true. That is not how chronic pain treatment works, they just all adopted a rigid position, probably enforced by this woman that shouldn’t have been in her care team in the first place. She is evil.
Sally Smith isn't remorseful in the slightest. Nothing is her fault, and only her opinion matters
This is absolutely Infuriating!!! My heart goes out to all the families lives she's affected and I hope Maya gets everything they are asking for.
Agree she set out to prove her theory as opposed to investigate the actual circumstances. I think she and the social worker were salivating at the possibility of actually handling a factitious disorder (aka "Munchausen" ) case.
Yes!!
They’ve “investigated” other medical abuse cases, one father ended up in jail for almost a year before being exonerated. Supposedly there is an unusual number of medical child abuse cases identified by JHACH. Medical child abuse is the rarest form of child abuse, most pediatricians see maybe one or two cases their entire career. It’s super, super rare. Physicians have a saying, when you hear hoof beats look for horses not zebras (which sucks for the zebras). Well, medical child abuse isn’t a horse *or* a zebra, it’s a unicorn. Smith should have considered a whole range of possibilities before latching onto the conclusion she came to.
Oh my goodness, we use the zebra statement all the time in my family but I've never heard anyone else say it!
I concur on the rest of your statement also.
This woman is dangerous and still employed! She’s so dangerous. How the hell can she still be employed in ANY capacity? She has an agenda, (even in others cases!!!!) and chooses whatever information she wants to support the outcome she wants. If any parent gets in her bad side or she takes a disliking to are screwed. Wow she totally disregards all other Drs involved and goes as far as to say they are quacks. She needs to be sued for more than $2million and needs to be fired.
I do want to correct, that thankfully, she is not employeed in this kind of role any more. Hasn't been for a year. Now I believe she just practices as a pediatrician. She no longer works as a child abuse investigator.
That being said. She was confronted at the courthouse by a father that was cleared after 300 days in prison for... you guessed it... medical child abuse. Confronting her was wrong. But it shows that Maya was not her first time doing this. A man was wrongly imprisioned because of her.
@@jessirararaconfronting her was wrong? Why on earth was that wrong?
@@ashleypg1708 Because he could have been arrested is the big one. The other is that if he has an on going case against her it could hurt his case that he confronted her the way that he did.
Also I don't know the details of HOW he confronted her. But if he had done so in a way in which she felt threatened she could file assault charges (you do not need to physically hurt someone for assault charges, only make them feel that they are in danger). Imagine if after getting out of jail after being wrongly put there for child abuse, then going back to jail because he confronted her and losing more time child with his kid?
Having worked with administrative types within the DCFS system, there are a few personalities who speak so quickly as if they're in a fierce race to their own declarations. This woman is a perfect example of what that looks like.
She absolutely thinks she knows more than anyone about everything. She's stone cold evil. Im sure she cashed in off Maya and her family. Too bad she didn't have to pay out of her own pocket for this evilness she did. I hope she got fired and lost her license for good.
She did this to other people too, who were forced under duress to sign away thier rights to sue
😮terrible!
She was horriabley unfair everything the parents did they were told to do by a docter and yet she makes jt seem like they got drugs off the street
She totally left out credible information so that everything fit her opinions. I feel she had tunnel vision and wanted to prosecute Maya's Mother at the very least. This case is horrifying and shows how easily it could happen to any one of us as we fought for our own children's well being. Its maddening and sad that Dr, Smith was given this much power that was able to destroy a family for years to come.
to be fair, doctors would normally just say their view in a report
@@mrsthatcher9815 sure. Although I have no interest in being fair to Dr Smith 😜
the woman is vile and wrong but she has a point@@ang2067
If Johns Hopkins sees this proffer and doesn’t terminate her, and if the Florida BoM doesn’t initiate an investigation, I have lost what little hope I have left in our healthcare system. To completely omit information from her report is appalling. If she didn’t agree with any of her findings, she still needs to include it along with her justification for disagreeing with it. Her actions are completely unethical.
Shes already been terminated there, shes in private practice and i hope the public is thinking twice about taking their children to her.
@@cindymoeller4262Apparently she still has privilege at John Hopkins??? Unbelievable.
Any staff or contractors would be quietly let go because the hospital seems adamant that they're right...
I watched her being questioned and she repeated said she was not part of the treatment team. However the prosecutors showed documents that showed she had input than is part of treatment
She’s off her rocker, it’s sad but all she wanted to do is separate the child from her parents and call it a win!!!
I hated the jury didn’t get to see her true personality! At best nothing that doesn’t fit her confirmation bias comes into her report. At worst, she is a sadist on a power trip.
This woman is sick!!!! She is the abuser!!!!! She deserves prison!!!!!
This case is heart breaking 💔 people like Sally Smith should be held accountable and her actions should be judged by people... Maybe after one person would be put in jail for this, it would make all other so called ca people (I say people not doctors because doctors take a vow to cause no harm) more in line!!!!
This woman is a monster! You have to read the USA Today article Bad Medicine! It's incredibly eye opening
I just read it. Heartbreaking, and disgusting.
I mention DeSantos only because Sally Smith works out of FL
Thank you, I’m going to look for it.
I have CRPS type 1 in my dominant hand from a work injury. I am currently in the middle of a lawsuit. We had a compensatory hearing where I was accused of malingering (Munchausen's) by a psychologist from the other side. Right after my 3 top hand specialists testified with all their findings. My heart absolutely breaks for Maya & her family. This trial has been so hard to watch.
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Good luck! I'm so sorry you have this dreadful condition. I hope you win your case!!
😢 Terrible, I hope you win ❤
I have it as well. I hope win your case.
I’m a pediatric nurse in the Tampa Bay Area and I work with patients in home. I take them to this hospital. It is not unusual for parents to monitor a pulse oximeter. They learn how to care for their sick child. For her to include that was just like ???? Along with many other invalid points SS made. Would not want to work with this person. Disgraceful and biased
Well, we should remember that her mother who was the one monitoring things was... a nurse. She just said things were monitored 'by a family member' and failed to mention what said family member did for a living.
I love that someone who is suing her ran into her in the way to this. I mean I know that it shouldn’t happen, but she is so horrible that I don’t care. She should be in jail. Shame on her and Shame on JCRAP for allowing this. Unreal.
Is he suing her? Thank god! They ALL need to sue her. Every single one.
@@ashleypg1708 not 100% sure, I feel like right before she started making her binder wall, Rob was saying how that had happened. She has several cases going on…..go figure. Stealing kids away from their families for wrong reasons. Idk I could be wrong. But she needs to be in jail, have her license taken. IMO. ❤️
I hope the guy can use this information to win his case.
My jaw dropped. This hospital needs to update and retrain the staff on procedures. Besides of firing some of them.
I think she was completely out of line not including other professional investigations and diagnosis. She had some personal vendetta against Maya and her family and used her position to leverage the narrative the way she wanted it. Why isn’t Sally held accountable for this? Why wasn’t the jury allowed to hear her on the stand? Why was she on the stand if the didn’t get this info?
Thank Peter for your insights, I was very frustrated by her conduct.
Well, very sorry this wasn’t in front of the jury but at least millions of people saw her unprofessionalism. To say the least. Great article in USA Today about Bad Medicine and Sally Smith. Worth a read.
Great coverage Peter! Thank you! She's a grade A+Narcissist.
💯%! Even I as a layperson can easily see it.
Absolutely
The truly sad part is this is NOT the first child she's done this to! 💜🤬💛🙏🏻💜
This was really hard to watch. As a mother the thought of this woman or someone like her having a role in my child’s care is truly terrifying. Her position as an investigator is to present ALL of the evidence and information. She intentionally left out the information that was in support of Maya’s diagnosis. I agree with you Peter, it is ok to disagree with another doctor’s medical diagnosis, however it is 100% wrong to EXCLUDE that information because she disagrees with them. I wish Anderson had asked if she was an expert in CRPS. Maybe he did in front of the jury?
Thank you Peter for going over Dr. Sally Smith’s testimony with all of us. 💗 I can see why the jury wasn’t allowed to witness this proffer because imho, the Kowalskis would have won the entire case just from her testimony. I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend. 💞
She was absolutely unfair. Investigation presents both sides. She’s done this to many families. It’s all her opinion.
Her job was to investigate abuse not both sides Maya had her own lawyer to speak about the other side in court.
@@MyMomo17are you stupid? How is she investigating abuse if she ignores the things that point to it not being abuse? There is not a single area of investigation where it would be ok to ignore the things that support the other side.
Judge, jury, and executioner. 😢
@@MyMomo17you know as well as everyone else that you have to provide ALL the information, then argue your position. She did not. She acted as judge, jury, & executioner
@@MyMomo17Her job is to investigate, not prosecute. Investigation means collecting all evidence and presenting it. By cherry-picking evidence, especially when your role is treated as fair, you can facilitate any case you want, which is exactly what she was doing here. There were two CPS calls. The first didn't find any abuse. Then information was adjusted and the second narrative triggered the court order. So somebody decided the right outcome and then, based on their experience just constructed the right narrative for the court.
Jules called in RA yesterday and shared how the dad who she had locked up approached her before she entered court and expressed himself!! He served 8 mos In jail from her false accusation.
That doctor terrifies me. She has a huge superiority complex.
LOVE your commentary! So balanced and easy to understand! I’m a RN x 27yrs. She seems very un-likable to a jury. I testified once in a deposition against my workplace. Thank GOD my documentation was on point…pointed the finger at the multi-million dollar FOR profit company that covered up a sexual assault of an elderly demented woman that wasn’t protected from a patient who would go seek her nightly! I was nursing supervisor. Every 12 hr shift a 1to1 was assigned to the sexually aggressive male. Well that CNA didn’t switch off with another CNA on his lunch break at 3am to 4am. The woman was assaulted. He thought it was his wife. I documented my physical findings, reported it to the state abuse hotline and…got fired. BEST decision I made!
Wtf? But you’re a mandated reporter! What was the outcome?
I agree with you, some things are more important than even a job, such as doing the right thing.
@@basicallyno1722 I heard from employees that I was fired because I didn’t KNOW the CNA didn’t switch off. Even though I was the House RN supervisor and made sure I assigned staff to the 1:1. The corporation downplayed the sexual assault because there was light touching only. I don’t know the truth in that. The ombudsman told family. This is after the fact. The family sued and the company settled. I went on unemployment for 6 months. I won at my UE hearing.
WOW
She is exactly like those people in the comments that think because they watch court videos and true crime they are the best lawyers and detectives.
Things Smith never did during her "investigation":
- Never met or examined Maya
- Never administered the test for malingering
- Never administered a parental fitness exam
- Never explained how Beata, following Dr.'s orders, caused Maya's presenting symptoms
- Never observed Maya & her mother together
- Never reviewed the 48 hrs of covert video footage of Maya
- Never gave any weight to the opinions of the 5 CRPS specialists who diagnosed Maya with CRPS & are also mandated reporters, required to report suspected child abuse, who never reported such concerns
19:39 Dr. Smith openly admits it isn't her job to share all the information, only the information that helps HER SIDE. 19:58 "their side".
She seemed very very arrogant to me! I would never want her to “ treat “ my child or anyone else’s!
I feel like if she truly cared about the kids she WOULD look at both sides.
She definitely acted as a prosecutor. Based on this case, the process needs to change in two ways. 1. Reports from "child abuse specialists" need to include a mandatory exculpatory info section. 2. DCFS and hospitals need to have a time limit on evaluating cases and starting any needed therapy. I don't care what Maya's actual illness was. What I care about is that the hospital did not provide psych treatment or quality physical therapy. What they did do was inadequate and not consistent. They were more interested in proving Beatta evil and Maya crazy than actually helping the poor child.
I also think the medical investigation part should be handled by a non-interested third party.
And the specialist(s) over rules child abuse people!!!
Thank you Peter. I believe that she had the duty to present both opinions that just hers.
This is extremely troubling. It really seems that she had/has an agenda paired with limited insight into her own personal biases creeping in and clouding her professional judgment. It worries me that she still has access to vulnerable patients
Edit - Wow her arrogance is extraordinarily off putting
It reminds me of when people accuse police officers of having monthly speeding ticket quotas. Does she get a bounty or a kickback for every family whose life she destroys?!
@@texasandersshe probably does. It seems like she went into her cases with the goal of _proving_ child abuse, no matter what.
@@texasandersmy father is a retired police officer. They most definitely do have a quota for average tickets written in specific areas, plus bonuses for most written... plus for every ticket they write, the officer received $52.50 bonus if they showed up in court for each hearing. The dollar amount was in early 90's but I'm sure it's higher now.
Regardless, this lady needs mental help. Anyone can see, narcism written all over her soul. No true compassion within her realm. It's all about her high and mighty self that will unfortunately never see herself doing wrong. She is what we should call a bad seed living amongst us.
I think your opinions on this proffer are spot on. She has a God complex. I think she truly believes she is better than everyone else in her assessment. She had way too much power with no accountability.
Why was the mother considered abusive? The medications were all by prescription. Why were the “abusive” doctors not investigated.
She disagreed with all drs who went against what she was looking for.. child abuse, period!!
She is absolutely vile, and 100% backed herself as the only person who knew what was going on in this case. She was a prosecutor, how can a judge decide without all of the information?! Surely she is supposed to be impartial, not on either side but there to find the facts. I was so shocked seeing her excuses, Maya's whole family were let down by her. Thanks for covering as always x
She does not have a solid & valid reason why she "happened" to exclude all of the opinions that did not agree with her
It really just shocked me how she could say that she found the other doctors to be unreliable. Not just one or two, but all of them. Then when asked if any doctors agreed with her she said yes, but couldn't provide names. Her attitude was "I am a medical doctor! Don't question me!"
I am amazed that she said all that stuff out loud on live TV broadcast. Millions were watching her say all that horrible stuff. She should be ashamed.
I’m glad so many people saw it and will continue to see it.
I wonder if saying what she did about specific doctors is slander? Saying that she disagreed with their treatment is one thing but discrediting their professionalism is definitely not OK.
I wouldn't let her care for a fake potted plant.
If I were a donor or investor, that hospital wouldn't get a single cent until she was fired and her license removed.
I'm retired but somehow always busy. I would never be able to watch these trials all day. So grateful for the recaps! ❤
I can't do the child victims cases. They hurt my heart. I am an emergency foster parent because I realized how great the need was in my area. And I actually love when families are reunited. I see more bad social workers than abusive parents, and I am not one who stays silent when I see problem.
@@mjgbabydragonlet , we need more like you. I was happily ignorant of how many deranged people are out there until I found Peters channel! Now I can only handle the recaps.
I am regularly appalled by the behavior of humans when they have unchecked power. @@luannewalshmatthew2929
This is how innocent people are imprisoned. Investigator/law enforcement deciding the conclusion and building your case to support that decision.
These “professionals” need to be prosecuted for child abuse at the very, very least
I nominate that woman for “deflector of the year”, she absolutely didn’t answer any of the last questions, taking no responsibility.
Gah! 💯 agree with LYK. I would not bring my kids anywhere near that woman for fear she would find a reason to accuse me of CA! Sounds like she had way too much power and authority. One person was all they needed to “investigate” and provide findings? Loved Anderson’s questions to her!
That court judge should be recalled for being ignorant.
She is a MONSTER....it is her way or the ONLY way and she made sure things went her way. How was she not stopped? HORRIFIC that one person, who seems to have a god complex, can ruin SO many lives.
This woman needs to have her license pulled. Makes me wonder how many families were broken apart because of her powerplay.
Shouldn't the jury have seen this? I'm not quite sure if keeping this from the jury is fair to Maya's side. What am I not understanding?
This goes back to the first case, which has been kept out of this case. Unfortunately, it is too predatory to show the jury. It’s great for an appeal, though.
The Kowalski's were paid $2.5M by her insurer
It's becouse they already sued her and won
@@kimbobby3046ohhh, thank you, I had no idea.
It was a proffer for appeal purposes. The dependency case has to stay out of this one.
She had it out for Mya's Mom!
Just so you know, I've been living with CRPS for 12 years now. I spoke to Beata on several occasions about Maya and her treatment in patient groups. Maya saw *every* CRPS specialist. Kirkpatrick, Hanna, Chopra, and Spiegal are the absolute best in the world for CRPS. CRPS patients travel from all over to see and get treatment from them. ACH completely wrote off the best doctors in the world because they, as doctors who rarely interacted with CRPS, somehow knew better. I'm so glad the family is getting justice. RIP Beata.
That SHOULD have been in front of the jury, her actions are a big piece of this case. The jury needs all the information.
I think parts legally had to be withheld because she settled.