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Nurse Sues Doc After Bizarre 'Job Interview'
By JAMIE ROSS
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A nurse claims the chairman of a hospital's surgery department injected her with "truth serum" during a job interview, then "pulled his pants down ... and injected himself in the groin area," proceeded to ask her about her sexual fantasies, and offered her $1,000 to strip.
She sued Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital and Dr. Jeffrey W. Kronson, for assault, battery, sexual harassment and other charges, in Superior Court.
Bettina La Savio claims that Kronson, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, contacted her in December 2009 and asked her to apply for a nursing position at Gia Laser Aesthetic Center, which he claimed to own. La Savio says she had worked as a nurse at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital since September 2008.
He explained to her that this was 'truth serum,' and stated this had to be done to ensure that all employment questions would be answered truthfully. Defendant Kronson made it very clear that injecting plaintiff with sodium pentothal was absolutely necessary and a condition precedent to plaintiff's consideration as an employee.
"Defendant Kronson assured plaintiff that the questions he would be asking involved proper issues of ethics and how she would respond in certain situations. Plaintiff agreed, believing defendant Kronson was a trustworthy physician.
After defendant Kronson injected plaintiff with the alleged sodium pentothal, he proceeded to ask questions about her person life and her sexual preferences.
"In the midst of his questioning, defendant Kronson pulled his pants down in front of plaintiff and injected himself in the groin area. He represented the injection was also sodium pentothal.
Plaintiff became extremely alarmed given the highly inappropriate course of conduct of defendant Kronson at this purported job interview.
By JAMIE ROSS
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A nurse claims the chairman of a hospital's surgery department injected her with "truth serum" during a job interview, then "pulled his pants down ... and injected himself in the groin area," proceeded to ask her about her sexual fantasies, and offered her $1,000 to strip.
She sued Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital and Dr. Jeffrey W. Kronson, for assault, battery, sexual harassment and other charges, in Superior Court.
Bettina La Savio claims that Kronson, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, contacted her in December 2009 and asked her to apply for a nursing position at Gia Laser Aesthetic Center, which he claimed to own. La Savio says she had worked as a nurse at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital since September 2008.
He explained to her that this was 'truth serum,' and stated this had to be done to ensure that all employment questions would be answered truthfully. Defendant Kronson made it very clear that injecting plaintiff with sodium pentothal was absolutely necessary and a condition precedent to plaintiff's consideration as an employee.
"Defendant Kronson assured plaintiff that the questions he would be asking involved proper issues of ethics and how she would respond in certain situations. Plaintiff agreed, believing defendant Kronson was a trustworthy physician.
After defendant Kronson injected plaintiff with the alleged sodium pentothal, he proceeded to ask questions about her person life and her sexual preferences.
"In the midst of his questioning, defendant Kronson pulled his pants down in front of plaintiff and injected himself in the groin area. He represented the injection was also sodium pentothal.
Plaintiff became extremely alarmed given the highly inappropriate course of conduct of defendant Kronson at this purported job interview.
