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Monday, July 11, 2005Pearson's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's State Supreme Court on Friday, says Imus apparently became upset because he misunderstood the physician's response to a call around 7:40 a.m. on July 13, 2004, that a child at the ranch was in pain. Imus invites children who have been ill to visit his ranch in groups of 10 for one of eight summer sessions and one in the spring to have the American cowboy experience. Pearson left the main house and began the 4 1/2-minute, quarter-mile walk to the infirmary, court papers say. Because the nurse had said there was no emergency, he declined a ride offered by Imus' wife, Deirdre Coleman Imus. The doctor says he arrived at the infirmary at 7:45 a.m., gave the child pain medicine, and she resumed normal activities. About 45 minutes later, court papers say, Imus pulled up in his truck, jumped out and began yelling and cursing at Pearson. Imus, 'ashen, shaking and unstable,' and armed with a gun and a knife, screamed at Pearson for about 10 minutes, calling him 'an arrogant (expletive) doctor who doesn't mind letting a child suffer,' court papers say. Imus has no regrets: Imus said Pearson was called to treat "a 16-year-old girl from Afghanistan who had been up all night in abject agony and pain. The place was a quarter mile away and he refused to get in the truck. He said he wanted to walk down there." "He's about 80 years old, and the way he walks, who knows how long it would take him to get there?" the shock jock said. 'I thought it was just the most outrageous and repulsive behavior in a doctor. It's disgraceful." Apparently, he can walk faster than Imus. posted by Sydney on 7/11/2005 07:16:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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