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Social worker fired for sparking Mariah CPS investigation
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A social worker claims she was fired by Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center after she refused
to "protect the image of a celebrity mother" when she called in a report to the Department
of Child and Family Services upon learning that the mom breastfed her premature twins while
drinking alcohol and taking medication. The social worker, Mela Ferrer, is suing for wrongful
termination, claiming that the hospital feared that her report would deter other celebrities
from using their facilities.
The complaint doesn't name Mariah Carey specifically, but she gave birth at UCLA to her
twins on April 30, 2011, and the investigation was widely reported in the media after
Carey's husband Nick Cannon gave an interview on Piers Morgan Tonight on May 12. He
dismissed the report as someone's attempt to make some tabloid cash, saying of the
allegations:
"It makes no sense. How would a hospital even allow that? It all started where a nurse
suggested to my wife that if you drink Guinness or a small amount of Guinness, the dark
beer, that the yeast improves breastfeeding. Then they were saying that my wife was
drinking beer and all that stuff. It's like people would do anything to conjure up a story."
Ferrer's complaint states: "Some of the medications the celebrity mother was taking were
not recommended and/or were contraindicated for use by nursing mothers and/or in combination
with alcohol."
After interviewing Carey in her home and spending time with the couple's twins, DCFS
ultimately concluded that the report was without merit. But Ferrer - who was working at
the hospital on temporary assignment - says she was "a mandated reporter" and was obligated
to report the matter to DCFS, which she did on May 10, 2011. She says that she was
reprimanded the next day by a hospital supervisor for not consulting anyone before
filing the report and was fired on May 12 "under the pretense of not following protocol".
Ferrer claims that the hospital did not have any rules or procedures regarding filing
complaints to DCFS and, in her complaint, accuses the facility of protecting the
reputation of its celebrity clientele over the interest of the infants. She's seeking
"punitive damages for wrongful termination, violation of several state laws, breach of
confidentiality and/or privacy, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress,
and age discrimination".
(Jezebel)
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