A woman faked a brain tumor. Reddit docs are sending her to prison.

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  • @StrongMed
    @StrongMed  Год назад +536

    UPDATE VIDEO ( ruclips.net/video/8fhA6VrxbN0/видео.html ): Niceta and her mother were both indicted for additional crimes related to this scam. Niceta's new charges include: three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, two counts of forgery of a public record filed with a public office, tampering with physical evidence, criminal impersonation for benefit gain, and three counts of forgery. The charges for Niceta's mother, Janice Dudley, include attempting to influence a public servant, tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of forgery.

    • @Chichi-sl2mq
      @Chichi-sl2mq 7 месяцев назад +9

      I think her lawyers should be investigated by whatever Bar they belong to. Lawyers take oath, wilfully and knowingly obstructing the course of justice is definitely not right.

    • @nineteenfortyeight6762
      @nineteenfortyeight6762 7 месяцев назад +1

      How could you fight extradition between states?

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 7 месяцев назад +9

      The mother has a trial date set for March 2024, and Niceta's is set for April 2024.

    • @huma474
      @huma474 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@nineteenfortyeight6762 Due to the nature of the 10th amendment in the US constitution jurisdiction, basically the limit of the courts authority, from one state court doesn't automatically apply in another. So for example if you lived in Maine the police in Arizona can't just show up and arrest you as they don't have authority there. If a criminal is located in another state then what is supposed to happen is that a warrant has to be requested for that person from the Governor of the State where they want them, Colorado in this case, and then sent to the Governor of the State where the person is located. At that point the Governor of the state where the person is located has the ability to reject that request if they want to, though that's usually rare. Fighting the extradition would be to force the local police who might arrest them to prove they have that Governors warrant.
      Basically issues like that are part of the reason why the FBI exists - a criminal could live in one state, say Indiana, and rob banks in another, say in Ohio, and the Ohio police can't touch them because Ohio's laws don't apply in Indiana. The FBI could issue a federal warrant for the person because they crossed state lines to commit their crime, but the local police on either side wouldn't be able to do anything to the person if they didn't violate the laws in that state specifically

    • @casev799
      @casev799 7 месяцев назад +3

      I have not once heard of a person *actually* facing charges after something like this. It's nice to see a surprise, although it shouldn't have happened anyway

  • @missvidabom
    @missvidabom 7 месяцев назад +1180

    Was immediately sus when they claimed radiologists have time to photoshop.

    • @FeedMeSalt
      @FeedMeSalt 7 месяцев назад +25

      Ehhh if it's in Canada they likely do.
      I get booked for 1 hour of work and review. I'm done in 15 minutes.
      No fucking way my images need 40+ minutes to review.

    • @FeedMeSalt
      @FeedMeSalt 7 месяцев назад +20

      Let's not forget radiology is one of the fastest methods into medicine.
      With just two years of education which could actually start in grade 12 of highschool you can become a radio tech and run the machines.
      Usually the easiest routes are walked by the less motivated or capable.

    • @richmondvand147
      @richmondvand147 7 месяцев назад +1

      truth

    • @asmrtpop2676
      @asmrtpop2676 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@FeedMeSaltIt’s actually much simpler than that. If you have the money you go to the more expensive education the end.

    • @missvidabom
      @missvidabom 7 месяцев назад +52

      @@FeedMeSalt Radiology is actually really hard. Being a tech has nothing to do with anything. It isn’t a “path” to become a radiologist. You have to do all the prerequisites to then spend 4 years in medical school, then do a four year residency with or without a transitional year. And it’s extremely competitive. Radiology is not remotely easy.

  • @paigeharms1991
    @paigeharms1991 7 месяцев назад +396

    My husband actually had an ongoing court case when he was diagnosed with Leukemia & subsequently became paralyzed during his treatment. The amount of hoops & red tape we had to go through to prove he was actually ill in the hospital to get court dates postponed was INSANE. I can't believe she got away with this, even for one single second.

    • @KiKi-tf8rv
      @KiKi-tf8rv 7 месяцев назад +42

      Well, it was much easier for her to jump through the hoops since she was actually in great health. Sorry you guys had to go through that.🙏

    • @sammylincroft
      @sammylincroft 7 месяцев назад +30

      ​@@KiKi-tf8rv I feel like this is legitimately a huge problem with so many things. Like for instance I have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and am bedbound, but the illness has a broad range of severity. The patients who struggle the most to get adaquate disability supports are those who need the supports most because it takes a lot of competency to jump through all the hoops of getting the paperwork submitted, appeals (cause disability is almost always denied on first pass to "deter" people who don't really need it) etc. I am only managing to apply for NDIS because my family is helping me a ton and I am very mildly affected cognitively compared to physically. But if I had less family help and less cognitive ability I would be much more deserving of help and much less likely to recieve it. I know others in that position and it is heartbreaking.

    • @KiKi-tf8rv
      @KiKi-tf8rv 7 месяцев назад

      @@sammylincroft It really is. I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through this. I recently had to go through this with my dad who had a stroke. It took two years and one denial to get him approved for disability just to cover him for a year until he was retirement age. He had to move in with me and his doctors wouldn’t release him to work at all. He really couldn’t. I thought the stress of it all was going to give him another stroke. Cognitively, it was so difficult for him to jump through the hoops. I worry for people who don’t have family, how on earth would they manage in that situation?! It really is a problem that it’s basically a full time job to get the help you need. You need health, strength, and a sharp mind to do that, the very thing people in this situation don’t have!

    • @quillclock
      @quillclock 3 месяца назад +1

      your area must have had several cases like this one. I cant imagine a prosecutor being so trusting. this case was def not the norm.

    • @paigeharms1991
      @paigeharms1991 3 месяца назад

      @quillclock I didn't think of it like that! I live in the Kansas City area, it would be interesting to find out if people had tried to pull this before!

  • @spazzyisopod8220
    @spazzyisopod8220 7 месяцев назад +605

    The fact that the prosecution didn't call for another impartial doctor or even verification is lazy on their part. No one wanted justice except the victims.

    • @johnnye87
      @johnnye87 7 месяцев назад +68

      Hey now, they phoned a cell number they were given by the defendant, and someone on the other end said they were definitely a doctor and the scans were totally real - what more do you want?

    • @spazzyisopod8220
      @spazzyisopod8220 7 месяцев назад +34

      @@johnnye87 you're right its the best they could do. Lol

    • @peppermintgal4302
      @peppermintgal4302 7 месяцев назад +12

      I suspect it was more a failure of imagination. And the prosecution's behavior since then has only indicated that they're fully invested in bringing justice down on Niceta. Though there's apparently a question of if they're going to be recused from the case, since they are themselves victims of Niceta's scam.

    • @marquisdelafayette1929
      @marquisdelafayette1929 7 месяцев назад +7

      Go check out The Thing About Pam. The story is even wilder with the amount of people she lied to who believed her after murdering them for an insurance payout. Even framing her friends husband for the crime (despite having LITERAL VIDEO EVIDENCE of his alibi!!).
      She would just change her story whenever caught in a lie and the cops, DA, judge (childhood friends of the DA) would act it wasn’t a big deal. Surely the woman who had bullied her friend dying of cancer into changing the beneficiary to her days before her death wasn’t worth looking into . Promising to take care of her daughters (which she absolutely did NOT do).

    • @PeterShipley1
      @PeterShipley1 7 месяцев назад +2

      "chain of evidence"

  • @anluu7626
    @anluu7626 Год назад +1659

    Niceta in handcuffs: “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you (med)dling kids!”

  • @snipoxkillo1099
    @snipoxkillo1099 Год назад +1140

    Brian maass didn't know nothin about Brain Mass :(

    • @BL-hw4mn
      @BL-hw4mn 7 месяцев назад +108

      Brian Maass didn’t use his brain mass

    • @renatatostada3318
      @renatatostada3318 7 месяцев назад +60

      Thank you for this, I didn't understand why the guy kept saying "yes that's actually his name." Wow you really can't make this stuff up lol

    • @4Mr.Crowley2
      @4Mr.Crowley2 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@renatatostada3318 why? This name is *not* uncommon (I have friends from Spanish backgrounds with this surname in their families)

    • @freshlybakedsporks
      @freshlybakedsporks 7 месяцев назад +44

      @@4Mr.Crowley2 it’s not about the actual name, it’s that “Brian Maass” looks really similar to “brain mass” which is a term for brain cancer. So it’s funny that this guy just happens to be a big player in a story about a brain tumor, when his name kinda looks like the phrase “brain mass”

    • @Matthew-xb1zn
      @Matthew-xb1zn 6 месяцев назад

      too soon 😄@@BL-hw4mn

  • @yessi7961
    @yessi7961 Год назад +352

    As a 4th year medical student that is terrible at reading images, the second I saw those images I wondered why the tumor moved around and didn't distort the ventricles. 😂

    • @jaybee2337
      @jaybee2337 7 месяцев назад +49

      As an accountant with no medical background, same. Those were so bad how could they fool anyone?

    • @rubievale
      @rubievale 7 месяцев назад +27

      I'm a musician, also with no medical training, and I noticed the lovely, symmetrical ventricles, with no midline shift, so it's baffling how no one involved noticed anything.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 7 месяцев назад +18

      It's... uhh... a new kind of tumor. Never seen before. Or since. 'tis a medical mystery! Honest.

    • @andan2293
      @andan2293 7 месяцев назад +19

      I've never examined an MRI image and I've noticed the photoshop. The "tumor" just looks like floating there, let alone different position and usage of the same picture.

    • @momopeachies
      @momopeachies 7 месяцев назад +5

      Also the resolution change between the "tumor" and the surrounding tissue. They used the really high resolution magnet in that one specific spot, apparently

  • @GamerSapss
    @GamerSapss 7 месяцев назад +224

    "the local news reporter, he isn't the focus of this whole saga"
    While true, I don't think it can be understated the harm he was causing with it. If the situation hadn't been probed further, there could have been very real issues with this. The fact he didn't think of asking a third party after having gotten concerns on whether or not it was true, and instead went back to someone who lied and didn't think they would lie again was insanely negligent of him, and honestly a fireable offence

    • @StrongMed
      @StrongMed  7 месяцев назад +65

      I can't remember if I mention this in the videos on this story or not, but I had multiple people from local Denver media who know him professionally reach out to me to express their confusion about this because he's usually a very solid and respected reporter.

    • @marshallc6215
      @marshallc6215 7 месяцев назад +22

      ​@@StrongMed i don't want to make any specific accusations, but i hypothesize that given the nature of actions which led to her alleged retaliations, he may have had a reason to willingly ignore the truth.

  • @HaveaBiscuitt
    @HaveaBiscuitt 7 месяцев назад +725

    As WILD as this all is, the thing I can’t get over is the name Brian Maass with this story lmaooo

    • @IrethAmandil
      @IrethAmandil 7 месяцев назад +23

      Can you explain why this is significant? I don't get it lol

    • @jaybee2337
      @jaybee2337 7 месяцев назад +146

      @@IrethAmandilBrian Maass looks a lot like “brain mass”, another way to call a tumor.

    • @IrethAmandil
      @IrethAmandil 7 месяцев назад +43

      @@jaybee2337 Oooh that went right over my head! Haha. Thanks :)

    • @fariesz6786
      @fariesz6786 7 месяцев назад +2

      🤦

    • @Eleanorscatmom
      @Eleanorscatmom 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@jaybee2337 Thank you. I was far too dumb to get it lol. Maybe I need a Catscan... (I am rebuilt with some metal so MRIs and I are not compatible lol).

  • @GhostofJamesMadison
    @GhostofJamesMadison 7 месяцев назад +44

    Any human that would steal a child from their mother out of spite should never he allowed to interact with this world on a human level ever again.

  • @danamummabear9799
    @danamummabear9799 7 месяцев назад +288

    This particular case disgusts me, my father actually died from this exact type of brain tumour back in 2001 when I was 9 years old, he died at age 43. I can't believe a person would fake something like this, watching what my Dad went through was the most horific thing I've ever witnessed and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy

    • @Annie_Annie__
      @Annie_Annie__ 7 месяцев назад +14

      My friend died around 3 years ago from glioblastoma. She was only in her early 30s.
      It makes me so angry that this woman faked having glioblastoma because I saw what it did to my friend, to her spouse, to her family, and to her friends.
      And I can only imagine how it affected you and your family.
      This Niceta woman is little better than a monster to me.
      I hope you and your family are doing well and that this video/event wasn’t too upsetting for you. 💜

    • @ir9567
      @ir9567 7 месяцев назад +1

      awww xxx

    • @drzerogi
      @drzerogi 7 месяцев назад +6

      Sorry for your loss. I had a brain tumor myself discovered less than 2 years ago; effecting my vision and equilibrium. Lukily the tumor was able to be safely removed, but yeah, it's serious business.

    • @l-train7876
      @l-train7876 7 месяцев назад

      People lie.

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@drzerogiglad your tumor was safely removed as that’s hard to do 💚

  • @literalantifaterrorist4673
    @literalantifaterrorist4673 Год назад +76

    i’m just an EMT and spotted how fucked up the MRI was in 2 seconds 💀

  • @andeggbreaks
    @andeggbreaks 7 месяцев назад +67

    Also, as a psychology grad, I loved that you mentioned how obstructions in the brain can lead to personality shifts. It's very interesting

    • @CatFish107
      @CatFish107 7 месяцев назад +8

      There is a different mechanism where obstructions in the bowel can also lead to changes in a person's irritability and aggression.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 7 месяцев назад +4

      The case of Phineas Gage is also super interesting.

    • @exosproudmamabear558
      @exosproudmamabear558 6 месяцев назад

      Autoimmune diseases that affect brain functions does that too I just woke up from a rage attack(I have no idea how to describe it since it is a weird shit. My family controlled the situation and put me to sleep since it usually helps) due to autoimmune enselfalits(fuck corona). I basically blamed my mother for giving birth to me, try to jump out of the window to kill myself, cried, screamed and scratched my face because there was dust smell in the room (Believe me it is not even psychological it is just smells,intense light, sounds and temperature changes cause attacks.) I am aggressive,grumpy and overly sensitive since the attack started. I literally fought with every doctor in the hospital in my city where I got my education( I am a doctor) because they were idiots(I still think they deserved, with or without my disease.I just regret I tried to control my emotions) Anyway I hope I get treatment soon or I am gonna do something shitty soon, I have already done a lot of damage truth be told. I need therapy after this shit.

  • @tyoung521
    @tyoung521 7 месяцев назад +558

    I heard about this situation from Ann Reardon on her How To Cook That channel. Niceta sounds like she’s a horrible person. I feel awful for all the ones she has wronged, especially with the children involved 😢🤬.

    • @Em22-wtf
      @Em22-wtf 7 месяцев назад +32

      😂 Same, just came here from Anns video, lol! It sounded like such a fascinating case I looked it up immediately... Matter of fact, I have to go back & re-watch the end of her video bc I was looking through Dr. Strongs chnl for the first video he did on this situation & I completely missed what Ann even said after she mentioned this case 😂

    • @cats1900
      @cats1900 7 месяцев назад +14

      Same here! I'm new to this channel, but Ann's recommendation brought me here.

    • @ungarischfsikurs743
      @ungarischfsikurs743 7 месяцев назад

      Same here :D

    • @nursenightmare6245
      @nursenightmare6245 7 месяцев назад +1

      Same!

    • @celeca7
      @celeca7 7 месяцев назад +2

      Same lol

  • @wa11ie
    @wa11ie 7 месяцев назад +101

    photoshopping the mris is the most bonkers thing i‘ve ever heard. my aunt and my sister are radiology nurses and they do not have the time to sit down and photoshop mri images for patient concinience for every patient.

  • @drmollycules
    @drmollycules 7 месяцев назад +19

    As a former resident, Aurora is forth circle or lower in uncanny police hell. The police chief prior to the one mentioned here was the fifth in 4 years, and left possibly because the whole force covered up for a fellow officer found drunk on duty in his cruiser, who of course was later promoted. Also, the Elijah McClain tragedy happened shortly after I moved and was just ineffably horrific on so many levels, not to mention the cops fired for “jokingly” re-enacting his death and taking some selfies to commemorate their totally bizarro lack of humanity. Now this, too.

  • @Aurora3242
    @Aurora3242 7 месяцев назад +47

    It would be very simple to find the truth - both lawyers take her for a fresh brain scan, it's either there, or it's not.

  • @Maker0824
    @Maker0824 7 месяцев назад +239

    Just came here from Ann Reardon on the channel How To Cook That. This is a pretty well made video. Good job.

    • @awakenthechosen
      @awakenthechosen 6 месяцев назад +1

      Spore Galactic Adventures! Nice!

  • @snipoxkillo1099
    @snipoxkillo1099 Год назад +142

    Brain maass must be the most funny thing out of this all 🤣🤣

    • @vizluv
      @vizluv Год назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @atrapdr6251
      @atrapdr6251 7 месяцев назад +2

      I think I’m missing something, why is that funny?

    • @krispyso
      @krispyso 7 месяцев назад +5

      ⁠@@atrapdr6251it sound and looks very similar to saying “brain mass” 🧠

    • @auroriangore
      @auroriangore 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@atrapdr6251the reporters last name is maass which is similar to mass; like a brain mass such as a tumor! it's a pun sort of

  • @Virdice
    @Virdice Год назад +175

    Sure, Radiology deleted necrosis, Also the Cardiologiest drew with a crayon on the ECG to straighten them ST so that they won't look as elevated.
    Sure, why not?

    • @llcdrdndgrbd
      @llcdrdndgrbd 7 месяцев назад +17

      Doesn’t your local hospital alter patient records to look less scary? They must not care about patients mental well-being /s

    • @exosproudmamabear558
      @exosproudmamabear558 6 месяцев назад

      Gotta make it look proper or someone will be sad

  • @maybelore
    @maybelore 7 месяцев назад +7

    as someone who has lived in fear of CPS growing up due to them knocking on our door far too many times, this one hit close to home.
    I don't believe there were any outright malicious CPS callers, (like this person) rather it was people "just trying to help" because my parents refused to abide by their social standards while raising me and my siblings. I'm sorry that treating kids like fellow human beings and letting them make their own choices like what they do or do not want to wear looks like abuse to you!
    Man, I love my parents and am super glad that they are very protective and also smart.

  • @thecaptainsnark
    @thecaptainsnark 7 месяцев назад +16

    As soon as I saw the MRIs I was like '....is the tumor in different spots?" I wonder when AI will be used to fake things like this

    • @lazchurchyard1229
      @lazchurchyard1229 7 месяцев назад +5

      Me in court, 5 years from now, in a fascist sliding government, watching an AI video of me doing crimes I did not commit. 🙃👈

    • @davidfortier6976
      @davidfortier6976 7 месяцев назад

      AI can also be used to detect AI forgeries. I don't know exactly how effective it is, but if we need it will get better pretty quickly.

  • @nj8375
    @nj8375 Год назад +35

    Brian maass and CBS Colorado seem to be in it with Niceta. That article and interview was a puff piece to help niceta's cause..... as they seem overly eager to amp sympathy for her condition, willfully denying all the red flags even when pointed out by multiple experts. Niceta's muck is more deep and goes more wide. I hope in the next chapter of Niceta's story, Brian maass's and CBS Colorado's relationship with her is also uncovered.

  • @Nyx_ofthenight
    @Nyx_ofthenight 7 месяцев назад +26

    It is very concerning to think about what could be slipping through the cracks in court cases that don't get publicized. I'm not a medical professional at all, don't have anything beyond first aid training, and those images were so blatantly, glaringly fake even to me. Though I am a researcher who uses CT scans and 3D modeling to do digital dissections, so I'm more familiar sure, but what I work on aren't brains, or even humans. It's hard to imagine so many people falling for it.

  • @kelsiemcveety999
    @kelsiemcveety999 6 месяцев назад +5

    Okay this HAS to be a netflix documentary. What a trail of trauma shes left behind

  • @cake_for_breakfast
    @cake_for_breakfast Год назад +48

    Doesn't surprise me as a healthcare professional and published researcher. I've got stories for days of reporters getting down right nasty, or just ignore you, if you try to privately explain to them they've made a mistake. They're lack of integrity goes without consequence to their career but is affecting their own audience and the public at large.😢

  • @sammygirl6910
    @sammygirl6910 7 месяцев назад +24

    I'm a lay person, and it looked like the tumor had moved position to me. TBF, I've had cancer twice, so have seen a series of MRI images of my own tumors (not brain images).

  • @liserjones8465
    @liserjones8465 7 месяцев назад +104

    Ann from How To Cook That sent me - fascinating story - well done!

  • @Omnis2
    @Omnis2 Год назад +25

    Brian Maass LMAOOO. That's the best part

  • @s.v.2796
    @s.v.2796 7 месяцев назад +5

    This is sick. My husband is suffering a brain lesion. It's located right next to the amygdala. He is almost completely physically incapacitated and has memory problems. It's devastating.
    Also his CAT scan, and MRI, was clear and focused when presented to me. All shots were included.

  • @criticalmoss
    @criticalmoss 7 месяцев назад +67

    I appreciate that you didn't elaborate on everything suspicious about the records to avoid sophistication in falsifying documents. There are a lot of videos online that directly teach people how to do elicit things and I appreciate the people who avoid contributing to the issue.

    • @mushyroom9569
      @mushyroom9569 6 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t praise him for contributing to the already overwhelming amount of ignorance in the world with his censorship. You don’t make people less evil by denying them knowledge, you just make them stupider.

    • @criticalmoss
      @criticalmoss 6 месяцев назад

      @@mushyroom9569 🤣 find something valid to get upset about.

  • @michelenichele294
    @michelenichele294 Год назад +9

    The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Aurora, appears to have been somewhat negligent in their handling of this case. But, Mass’s articles caught your attention, which resolved this fraud. Bravo! Thanks for sharing.🙏

  • @kataseiko
    @kataseiko 6 месяцев назад +4

    The biggest problem to date probably is that there isn't any actual oversignt to child protective services. For a lawyer, you can go to be board and raise an issue with them. For a doctor, there are places where their license can be invalidated. CPS has zero oversight and they have to actually break a law to be held accountable. If this woman would have stayed at a single case, nothing would have ever happened.

  • @cthult7856
    @cthult7856 7 месяцев назад +4

    As a BMS with previous histopathology experience, this is infuriating.
    Not only is the photoshop job poor with the lack of visual interference of the tumour, but this act of faking something that is almost always fatal, just to escape the consequences of your own actions, is deplorable... face accountability and justice, coward.

  • @JohnSmith-ef2rn
    @JohnSmith-ef2rn 7 месяцев назад +3

    Niceta is a monster and a fool. To think the prosecutor did not even think to check if these records were true, is shocking.

  • @loras507
    @loras507 7 месяцев назад +82

    mad respect for not giving all the details on photoshopping the images.

    • @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
      @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 6 месяцев назад +2

      I disagree. The information would be as useful for those in relevant professions to determine modified medical imagery.

    • @loras507
      @loras507 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq I would like to think the relevant professionals would be able to identify such things of their own volition, especially considering this entire video is about how a group of such professionals were easily able to do just that.

    • @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
      @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@loras507Likewise.

  • @babeandbaba
    @babeandbaba Год назад +16

    Do we suspect Mr Maasse previously knew Niceta? It is hard to understand why he would have pushed this clearly very made up dx so hard.

    • @NachoPlumb
      @NachoPlumb Год назад +9

      Colorado politics. All of the news agencies in Colorado have a strict agenda against everything Danielle is fighting for.

  • @psycam
    @psycam Год назад +71

    This was a very well written and well produced video. I've enjoyed your usual content, but you could potentially branch into investigative medical journalism. 😂

  • @yourresume373
    @yourresume373 7 месяцев назад +47

    That brain scan… even as a layperson how does one let that slide?? It looks superimposed, they didn’t even try to fit it into the scan. I’m no doctor but I’ve seen MRIs before. That doesn’t even look natural.

  • @hida1998
    @hida1998 7 месяцев назад +5

    This whole case is so bonkers. The guys name being Brian Mass feels straight out of Ace Attorney.

  • @Likes_Trains
    @Likes_Trains 6 месяцев назад +2

    My uncle died of a glioblastoma tumor a few years ago, and seeing how his personality completely deteriorated in the last few weeks was so sad. He became a complete recluse and alcoholic, his house was so pilled up with cans you couldn't walk. I am lucky that he left me a saxophone when he passed away

  • @BobCrochets
    @BobCrochets 7 месяцев назад +20

    Thank you for the fantastic investigation and video essay. Made my way here from HTCT, but will likely stick around for some good ol' "Standford" education. :)

  • @jillcullis4649
    @jillcullis4649 Год назад +12

    That was outstanding. Danielle and others indeed deserve Justice. Those of us who know and love Danielle are so very thankful for your assistance in this case.

  • @LoudWaffle
    @LoudWaffle 7 месяцев назад +2

    Having the timeline on the side while telling this story was absolutely perfect, made it sooo easy to follow along, great video!

  • @hidgik
    @hidgik Год назад +13

    Soon Hollywood will be ready with a blockbuster medical thriller. with photoshop as the main villain and a murderous maniac as the second villain.

  • @djrockssss
    @djrockssss 7 месяцев назад +5

    Ann Reardon sent me here! Happy to hear that Reddit and people like yourself are doing the right thing

  • @darthplagueis13
    @darthplagueis13 7 месяцев назад +2

    I'm amazed that apparently, you don't need the doctor who diagnosed whatever condition allegedly makes someone incompetent to stand trial, to appear as a witness in court.

  • @erodriguez6604
    @erodriguez6604 Год назад +15

    Truly one of the best videos I’ve seen while on my way to clinic 😂
    My PD definitely will be hearing about this while they precept me lol thanks Dr. Strong for providing me with the story of the week 😂

  • @misterbrickest
    @misterbrickest 6 месяцев назад +3

    Side note: Charles Whitman also was to found with Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine) and I absolutely believe stimulant use, at the very least, exacerbated the situation.

  • @ajstramaski6211
    @ajstramaski6211 6 месяцев назад +1

    I used to work for a personal injury lawyer. Medical records from hospitals and doctors all come with signed and notarized documentation. The prosecutors should have been really aware there was an issue and Jurinsky was the only one to question why those things weren’t there.

  • @whackjjob1972
    @whackjjob1972 Год назад +11

    Fascinating story. Thanks for making this video. As to CBS news and why they haven't owned their mistakes...follow the money...

  • @Matthew-xb1zn
    @Matthew-xb1zn 6 месяцев назад

    As an MS patient, I find this a *great* way to discover your channel~ Thanks for putting this up!!

  • @aristideregnier4883
    @aristideregnier4883 Год назад +8

    that is absolutely fucking insane that those records weren't....literally examined.
    Is this part of the incompetency crisis?

  • @jennamartell3910
    @jennamartell3910 7 месяцев назад +20

    Here from Anne Reardon's channel. Interesting case!

  • @sandinelpaso
    @sandinelpaso 7 месяцев назад +2

    What is the saying, " You can fool some of the people, all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

  • @andeggbreaks
    @andeggbreaks 7 месяцев назад +4

    Great video. I loved the timeline graphic you included, it made the events easy to follow. I wish all videos recapping any past events would do this as I can have trouble in particular remembering who's who in a narrative. Thanks for your work.

  • @animeluchia5405
    @animeluchia5405 6 месяцев назад +1

    As an Austinite born and raised, and as the daughter of a UT of Austin graduate, I knew I heard that name somewhere, and when you said he was having issues, I started to think… and I was right. Did not expect to hear about the UT Tower Shooting today. Been a while since I thought about it… I think that tower is still off limits… of course this all took place before my father was even born, but even he knew of the story and told me one day when I was… probably a kid too young to grasp the gravity of it. Didn’t leave any damage though… in fact, to this day, my dream is still to make it into UT. Been my dream since I was a child, and my dad was still in school. My dad doesn’t really sing UT’s praises anymore, he realizes they’re really elitist and focused more on forcing students out of classes so that the only that stay are the determined ones, but still… it’s still my dream to go…

  • @nothing4mepls973
    @nothing4mepls973 7 месяцев назад +1

    It's a miracle that someone working for the government was held accountable. Usually, they use their position to abuse with impunity.

  • @hellomello258
    @hellomello258 7 месяцев назад

    This is the first video I've ever seen from. Only a few minutes in and you have a fan due to your factual and straightforward coverage and logical analysis

  • @Spamhard
    @Spamhard 7 месяцев назад +2

    Its wild to me that NO ONE in the court could tell these were fake, or at least be suspicious enough to look deeper and get second opinions. As someone who has 0 medical knowledge, and only knows about photoshopped images from general internet usage, even I saw the images and was like "the tumour is the same in image 2 and 3...." Surprising to me that it's not standard procedure for any claim of illness to be confirmed by court mandated specialists tbh, otherwise what's stopping this sort of thing from happening over and over? So easy to pay someone off to say whatever you want.

  • @barbh1
    @barbh1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank goodness for the intelligent, competent judge. I hope Colorado has to apologize and pay all those parent who had their children taken away. To me, that's the biggest crime and somebody should be held responsible. Really great report here. Thank you. Subscribed.

  • @aff77141
    @aff77141 6 месяцев назад +1

    I don't think there's anything as satisfying as a medical doctor saying, outloud, uncensored, "total bullshit" in a case like this

  • @Pashinator1
    @Pashinator1 Год назад +4

    Everything about this is crazy. What a story!

  • @devangoad
    @devangoad 7 месяцев назад +1

    Modern journalism in a nut shell

  • @Alphacentauri819
    @Alphacentauri819 Год назад +5

    I really enjoy your channel and this was an interesting, well-researched, well put together, story.
    I worked in cardiac nursing and remember reading news reports that had glaring inaccuracies, misinformation. The issue often is that people don't know what they don't know. It's usually only when you're very knowledgeable (in a given area) that you know what to look for and what is obvious nonsense. Many people are unaware of their own blind spots (or that they even have them), cognitive distortions, biases, and therefore can't consider what needs to be further questioned.
    Also, the reporter, not admitting his errors and lack of proper, deeper, investigation, points to a larger societal issue of shame causing us to do anything but admit that we sometimes fail. His "correction" in an attempt to not lose face, made it worse, due to that aforementioned ignorance. Humility and vulnerability are lacking in many realms in society (not that society makes those easy) and are ways to take ownership without falling prey to self flagellation.
    Additionally, the woman responsible for this chaotic, domino effect of hurting so many, sounds very much like she's in the cluster B wheelhouse. Definitely narcissistic (which I know is way overused nowadays, but she actually fits the DSM-V criteria).
    People in general, courts, reporters, are ill-equipped to understand, fully comprehend, the lying, manipulation, at any cost, to meet whatever "need" they have. The person is often operating in a very distorted reality, with them as the egocentric center, and others are merely avatars, who are in their way or supply for their needs. Their moral compass is not the same, and they can appear quite "together" at times, and believable at times. Many people think that mental illness will be obvious, and often it is not presenting the way you might think. Also, many project the way they would be onto others. So, if they wouldn't lie so grievously, falsify medial records, they can't comprehend that someone else would.
    Humans are very complex, multifaceted, nuanced, and also blind to our own blindness. Developing introspection and metacognition, deep ongoing curiosity, would behoove us all.

  • @julietofthebriar
    @julietofthebriar 7 месяцев назад +1

    “That’s not an accusation- it’s a hypothesis.” why is this such a badass line

  • @lutra-lutra
    @lutra-lutra 6 месяцев назад

    that was a facinating story, thank you very much

  • @syntaxerorr
    @syntaxerorr 7 месяцев назад +4

    Fist time watching a video of yours. I really like how you lay everything out & explain everything.

  • @olgar.6604
    @olgar.6604 4 месяца назад

    Also props to Jurinsky for being so steadfast and adamant in her pursuit of justice. Sounds like she's taking her job as a councilwoman very seriously

  • @barbjalcorn
    @barbjalcorn 7 месяцев назад +7

    Wow you received some traffic from Anne Reardon in Australia with yours truly also. “Don’t skewer me “. I’ll have to remember that one! Great job mate 🇦🇺❤️

  • @BL-hw4mn
    @BL-hw4mn 7 месяцев назад +17

    Shoutout to Ann Reardon for sending me here!

  • @CristalianaIvor
    @CristalianaIvor 7 месяцев назад +2

    I am not even a doctor, just an AuDHD person with a hobby of medicine and a friend who's training to become a surgeon and my first thought was... that looks fotoshopped.
    Especially the point you also made about how it does not shift surrounding tissues, but also it just looks... pasted...

  • @SR-fu7ty
    @SR-fu7ty 7 месяцев назад +2

    Sooo....am I the only person wondering what Niceta was going to do about the mortality portion of the alleged glioblastoma? As in, people who actually have this die from it and they don't let terribly long.
    So again, if she was willing to be that committed to the charade, what was her game plan about that?

  • @nomduclavier
    @nomduclavier 6 месяцев назад

    The thing about people like this is that lying doesn't phase them. Most of us are nervous about even small deceptions, so when someone pulls out something that is verifiably false, that carries significant ramifications if discovered to be false, with complete confidence, we tend to think it has to be real, because we wouldn't take that risk, and certainly not with such confidence.

  • @balensyamend5404
    @balensyamend5404 Год назад +6

    their photoshopping is really bad, but comparing it to their explanation with regards to the criticisms, it doesn’t seem that bad 😂

  • @k.mcdonald1960
    @k.mcdonald1960 7 месяцев назад

    This is really disgusting and infuriating! It’s people like this who make it so difficult for people who are actually sick with rare and/or chronic illnesses that are not well understood. Medical professionals treated me and others with my condition with suspicion and wanted to make my illness about something else rather than focusing on what was wrong and helping me find treatment to be able to function again in life. It causes so much additional suffering to not feel like the only people who you are stuck asking for help seem to be choosing not to help when your whole life has already been upended. Medical professionals want to accuse people with rare/poorly understood conditions of being anxious and depressed and attribute symptoms to being all in our heads. It’s like dude, I’m anxious because you are judging me in every way that is not warranted if you knew me! It took six years of this until I was finally diagnosed. 🙄 It’s great to know about these rare cases of manipulators abusing the system for an obvious benefit, but how about equally amplifying the harm that does to real patients.

  • @kiwo579
    @kiwo579 7 месяцев назад

    yo props dude this video is super well put together

  • @pembrokelove
    @pembrokelove 7 месяцев назад +2

    16:56 potentially, fireable offense? My dude, that sounds like a potentially prosecutable offense, at bare minimum because of the potential for insurance fraud. That’s before we even get into something as wild as what you were talking about here, that is some insane shit to say that a radiologist would digitally manipulate a photo to make a tumor less clear would digitally alter a brain to look more healthy and lacking the compression of a glioblastoma? No. No ma’am. Did not happen, would not happen, and if it did happen, it would lead to more than just them losing, their job.

  • @AlyceMalyce
    @AlyceMalyce 7 месяцев назад +2

    I am not a medical professional, but even I figured out it was fake. But then my family didn't hide all the medical books they'd collected because we are book collectors, so as a kid without friends or cable, I spent a long time reading them.

  • @aluminiumknight4038
    @aluminiumknight4038 Год назад +6

    That Maas guy thinks he's saul goodman

  • @magikdust2095
    @magikdust2095 7 месяцев назад

    I just saw this on a video from How to Cook That. So, I came to see the story.
    I hope this woman goes to prison for a long time. Separating parents from their children for such stupid reasons is just sick, and I hope the office this woman worked in is looked into as well. One person shouldn't be able to take children away without any proof of wrongdoing by the parent, and someone from this woman's office probably should have been checking up on her, and they probably even got reports about what this woman was doing from the parents this woman harassed, investigated, and stole the children of. The whole office should be looked into, especially to see if they were getting reports about what this woman was doing from the mothers she was investigating, to see if they actually looked into those reports. These women and children deserve justice.

  • @zombieregime
    @zombieregime 6 месяцев назад +2

    "...Is total bullshit."
    Aaaaaaaand thats a thumbs up.

  • @tendiesoffmyplate9085
    @tendiesoffmyplate9085 7 месяцев назад +2

    All my MRIs are tiff files.

  • @janegael
    @janegael Год назад +6

    Excellent sleuthing by both you and r/medicine. You need a deerstalker hat. Oh, and get a little one for Max Rebo or he'll get jealous.

    • @StrongMed
      @StrongMed  Год назад +5

      Lol. My kids were wondering if anyone would notice Max Rebo...

    • @MahouYousei
      @MahouYousei 7 месяцев назад

      @@StrongMed I noticed! You can let them know!

  • @coryc9040
    @coryc9040 7 месяцев назад

    Wow this is wild. Well presented.

  • @fransinigiraldo4695
    @fransinigiraldo4695 Год назад +1

    This post was better than a Colombian SOAP (not notes) opera with the exception that I learned some very interesting useful info. Thanks Dr. Strong, you’re amazing. Love your content. Keep us on our toes

  • @nerdsam4825
    @nerdsam4825 7 месяцев назад

    Those poor parents and children

  • @dantescalona
    @dantescalona Год назад +8

    Hopefully the judicial system makes an exemplary punishment out of herself and also her collaborators, as to deter anyone else ever again from attempting anything of the sort.

  • @TheAmazingfulOne
    @TheAmazingfulOne 7 месяцев назад +2

    The headline should have been Brian Maas reports on Brain Mass

  • @cheeseguru1017
    @cheeseguru1017 7 месяцев назад +1

    It’s nice to see Cam doing well after his adventures with Ferris Beuller

    • @StrongMed
      @StrongMed  7 месяцев назад +1

      I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it.

  • @wendydevereaux4282
    @wendydevereaux4282 7 месяцев назад

    My husband passed away of glioblastoma in 2021. he was diagnosed and treated during Covid, which added complications and delays. My point is that his first brain surgery was a biopsy, which initially graded him as grade three astrocytoma. his second surgery to remove his tumor revealed the pathology which confirmed grade 4 glioblastoma. During that month we were still hopeful, but that diagnosis was effectively a death sentence. It took a month to get that pathology report in part due to Covid delays. He had a lemon size tumor, and that alone on an MRI did not dictate the type of cancer., it was necessary to have two pathology reports to confirm.

  • @Varooooooom
    @Varooooooom 6 месяцев назад

    Jesus Christ, up to 4:18 is one of the most despicable things I’ve ever heard a person do

  • @murphyville
    @murphyville 7 месяцев назад

    I am so glad there are doctors like you! Doctors who are just and righteous!

  • @OhhCrapGuy
    @OhhCrapGuy 6 месяцев назад

    I'm a programmer, and just looking at the images, it's quite clear that the side view scan is obviously a slice of the brain that is close to the center of the brain, as you can see the empty spaces (ventricles i think?) near the split between the halves.
    But in the front/back view, it's too far to the left for the ventricles to be visible in a slice that also includes the tumor.
    Like, you can tell from looking approximately what slice the front view is from, these MRI images simply can't be of the same brain and tumor, as far as I can tell.

  • @KironKabir
    @KironKabir Год назад +30

    this is why you medical students need to learn and maintain your anatomy knowledge :)

  • @quinnzykir
    @quinnzykir 7 месяцев назад +2

    You couldn’t tell if you were a lay person
    Me who flunked out of bio because I could write a research paper to save my life:……. That looks like a pizza bubble photocopied onto a healthy brain

  • @ianm1462
    @ianm1462 7 месяцев назад +1

    My first thought when I saw the brain tumor pictures was ‘it’s moving through her brain’. And I’m definitely not even a tiny bit a doctor.
    If you want to do crimes, apparently it’s quite easy to get away with them in Colorado. Unless you make a certain city councillor mad!

  • @ceallaig1
    @ceallaig1 Год назад +1

    This was a wild ride all the way along -- and a shoutout for Max Reebo!!

  • @faithykitty
    @faithykitty 7 месяцев назад +1

    Brian Maass...that can't be real, but it is. I'm floored

  • @spookypineapple
    @spookypineapple 7 месяцев назад

    Holy shit!! What a roller coaster of a ride.