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The Independent
5 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Secret lovers of man unite to keep him alive after brain bleed
A man in a 'vegetative state' will be kept alive after his secret lovers united to oppose a hospital's bid to remove his life support. Referred to as YD in court documents, the 60-year-old man entered what is called a prolonged disorder of consciousness after suffering from a bleed to the brain in October 2024. In August, the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust asked the Court of Protection for permission to remove his clinically assisted nutrition and hydration, which he needed to stay alive. Though YD has been breathing independently since March 2025, he received all of his nutrition and medications through a feeding tube. Without this life support, a doctor concluded he would die within one to three weeks. However, his two partners, both of whom he has known for over 20 years, have successfully stopped the hospital from doing so after telling a judge about his strong belief in the power of spiritual healing. The pair, referred to as JG and MB, told Mrs Justice Theis that YD would not have wanted his support to be withdrawn despite his doctors assessing he was in a 'vegetative state'. Despite not having known each other before YD fell ill, Mrs Justice Theis said: 'They were each able to independently confirm many common features about YD's wishes and beliefs. In particular, regarding the depth of his interest in the spiritual world and his limitless curiosity about such matters that he held strong beliefs about.' Mrs Justice Theis said these beliefs 'are likely to be relevant factors that would inform his decision if he had capacity and would be likely to be a factor in him wishing and feeling that he wanted to continue to be provided with clinically assisted nutrition and hydration'. In the court documents, YD is described by JG - who he has known for 20 years - as 'easy to get on with, humorous, determined and unique'. In her statement, she said she believed YD had not given up on life and 'would absolutely want to continue living, with any chance to improve (however small), until he passes away in a natural and unforced way.' Both she and MB visit YD for six hours each day, with the court documents describing the pair as providing emotional and physical care for him at his bedside. MB has known YD for 24 years, with the pair having gotten engaged seven years ago and lived with each other for four years. She described improvements she had observed and considered he was 'healing himself', noting he has been able to squeeze with his hand and lift his wrist. She said he opens his eyes when she gives him a kiss on arrival and that he can track her with his eyes. Refusing the trust's application, Mrs Justice Theis said: 'Whilst it is recognised that any awareness on the part of YD, if present, is extremely limited and there may be little or no further improvement and a trajectory of general deterioration it is far from clear that in the circumstances YD is in he would regard his continued existence as a burden. 'There is a strong presumption in favour of preserving life which, in my judgment, having carefully evaluated the evidence in this unusual case, the Trust has not discharged.'
The Sun
05-08-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Brit grandad in Greek ICU with £14k bill after failing to declare health issue GP told him ‘not to worry about'
A BRITISH grandad is on life support in Greece with a £14,000 medical bill after an insurance mix-up over a lung mass his GP told him 'not to worry about'. Alan Kirby, 67, from Somerset, is now on a ventilator and stuck abroad with no cover for a £45,000 flight home because he didn't declare a condition previously dismissed as harmless. 5 5 His stepdaughter Liza Whitemore, 40, said: 'There's a talk about him going into a coma, but we don't know if it's cancer or pneumonia doing the damage. "He's fine, then he's not, he's fine then he's not. He's really breathless, on the phone he can't say more than a few sentences. We're just desperate to get him home." Alan, a car valeter from Marston Magna, had been three days into a family holiday in Zante with his partner Helen Whitemore, 62, Liza and her three daughters when he fell ill on July 5. He had an aching pain all down his side during dinner, which he thought was from throwing his stepdaughter's children around in the sea. The next morning he woke up breathless and went to a local medical clinic. After tests, doctors advised he return to the UK for a biopsy on a mass spotted in his right lung. But before they could leave, Alan deteriorated. His oxygen levels dropped to 36 per cent and he began fitting in his hospital bed. Doctors placed him on a non-invasive ventilato and have warned he may need to be put in a coma, but feared he wouldn't wake up due to his fragile lungs. Liza said: 'He looked dreadful, grey and pale. Everyone was petrified. Nobody knew what was going on.' The signs and symptoms of cancer Alan was airlifted by helicopter to a private hospital in Athens because he was too sick to fly commercially. But days later, the insurance company told the family they had checked Alan's UK medical records and discovered the lung mass had been noted by doctors back in December 2024, though they believed it was benign fatty tissue. That made it a 'pre-existing condition', something the family hadn't declared, because they thought it was harmless. Liza said: 'We know we've made the mistake, that's the problem. 'My mum had gone into the bank that she had insurance with and they said, 'just go on holiday, you don't have to do anything'. 'They didn't know about the mass. And he was well before, he was working as a car valeter the day before the holiday.' The insurance company agreed to cover the first five days of care in the Athens private hospital, racking up a £14,000 bill, before refusing further support. Alan has since been moved to a general hospital where treatment covered by his Global Health Insurance Card. This is a free UK card that lets travellers access state healthcare in EU countries on the same terms as locals. 5 5 But it doesn't cover private hospitals or the cost of getting home, such as an air ambulance. He remains on a ventilator battling pneumonia, and doctors still don't know if the lung mass is cancerous. His family have returned to Somerset and are now desperately raising £22,000 on GoFundMe to help cover a medical flight to bring him home. Do I need health insurance to travel? Yes. Travel insurance is essential, even within Europe. It can cover unexpected medical bills, cancellations, lost luggage and other emergencies. Your GHIC (Global Health Insurance Card) lets you access state healthcare in EU countries, but it does not cover private treatment or medical repatriation, such as an air ambulance back to the UK. Failing to declare any pre-existing medical conditions can invalidate your policy, leaving you liable for all costs. Always check the small print before you travel. Source: UK Government and NHS
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Daily Mail
90 Day Fiance star Eric Rosenbrook's baby dies after he is arrested for hitting his wife as she held the child
90 Day Fiancé star Eric Rosenbrook and his wife Leida Rosenbrook have lost their baby girl Alisa Eleanor Rosenbrook. The newborn died after being placed on life support for five days. This follows his arrest for slapping his wife Leida on the 4th of July when she was holding the child. It is not known if Eric's violent altercation with his wife and baby led to the child being placed on life support and dying. 'It destroys me and shatters my world to announce that over the weekend, tragedy has struck,' he wrote on Facebook on July 10. 'Yesterday at 12:53 PM, after 5 days on life support, my beloved daughter, little Alisa Eleanor Rosenbrook, slipped the surely bonds to join her grandfather Tom.' Eric added that he isn't looking for 'well wishes or questions,' but instead, 'just prayers' for Alisa. He is scheduled to appear in court July 21 for an injunction hearing, and for his criminal domestic violence, disorderly conduct, and battery case, he has a pre-trial conference hearing on August 11, has learned through court documents. Leida reportedly wrote on July 5, 'Dear God… You can take away my life, but do not take away my daughter's life…' 'She just born,' the 36-year-old continued, 'God… If this is going to be my lesson to appreciate life since I've been struggling with suicidal thoughts then take away my trauma… Help. Me. Find. Peace. Help. Me. Forgive.' Soon after she deleted the post, according to UsWeekly. has reached out to Leida and Eric for comment and has not yet heard back. His arrest took place on the 4th of July in Adams, Wisconsin, reported TMZ on Friday. Eric confirmed the accusations to the site. The victim - Leida is not named in the document and the victim has gone under LNM but the site believes it's her - reportedly told authorities that Eric had been drinking when he went to pick up food, but did not return in a timely matter. The victim then noticed that Eric was 'passed out' in his car outside the apartment, which she allegedly videotaped, the site claimed. When she woke him, he came in the house and slapped her when she was holding their baby girl, it has been claimed. Rosenbrook was arrested and booked around 2am on July 5 and has been charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct. The victim went into detail about the incident. She had said that when she woke Rosenbrook up in the car, she had their baby with her in her arms and he woke the child up, the site claimed. He reportedly then wanted to hold the baby but the victim said no because he was too drunk. That is when the reality TV star allegedly slapped the victim. The victim said she had been abused since they wed in 2018, the site reported. Eric went back to his car and fell asleep again, police told the site. The authorities said he admitted to hitting the alleged victim, the site added. TMZ spoke with Eric who admitted he did hit her when she was holding their daughter. But he said that he did not strike the child. However, he then decided to leave the apartment. And he shared that the fight has led to their split. Rosenbrook married Leida after meeting on 90 Day Fiancé during season six of the show. She filed for divorce last year, but her petition was withdrawn, it has been claimed. In 2019 he was linked to another ugly situation when he was accused of hitting Leida. The victim - Leida is not named in the document and the victim has gone under LNM - reportedly told authorities that Eric had been drinking when he went to pick up food, but did not return in a timely matter He explained his side of the altercation during an Instagram Live video for fans but denied he struck her. The wife claimed her husband pulled her hair and scratched her scalp during their fight. In the text messages, Leida claimed that Eric 'pulled my hairs really hard and grab it until I can stand up and grabbed my wrist both of them and put me on the corner.' In his video response, Eric disputed some of the details, but his account hued fairly close to Leida's original allegations. 'Leida and I had an altercation,' the reality star admitted. 'She was threatening self-harm, I wrestled a knife from her. But my training took over, it triggered my I went too far,' he explained. 'Nothing serious was caused, other than emotional trauma, which is severe. I may have scratched her scalp, I did not realize I did that. After I wrestled the knife from her, my training took over and the only thing I could think of was to restrain her.' 'It went too far,' continued Eric. 'I attempted to stand her up on her feet so I could look her in her face and restrain her wrists, but I pulled her up by her hair. She did not resist, had she resisted it may have snapped me back to reality and I would not have done it. I like to believe that I would not have continued to do it that way.' 'I do not excuse how it happened, I know I should've handled that differently,' continued the former Marine. 'After I stood her up I had to restrain her wrists, I was afraid of her hitting herself or myself. We argued and fought a little bit, not physically after that. 'I kept her against the wall in the kitchen, the corner as she says, it's not really a corner, it's just the end of the kitchen. And I kept her there because she would've had to pass the sink again and the knife, and knives, so I kept her there, I did not let her pass.' Eric went on to say that he had called the police at Leida's request, and that she had been taken to a hospital for an evaluation. He said he had offered to stay at a hotel to give her space, though it wasn't clear what their current living situation is. Neither Eric nor his wife seem to be disputing the most explosive part of the allegations, that Leida had a knife and was threatening to kill or harm herself. Leida's Instagram account posted an Instagram story referencing the fight. 'A domestic incident did take place between Eric and Leida on 1/20/19,' it read. 'The couple asked that you please respect their desire to keep things private at this time. #privacy #respect.'
Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- Daily Mail
90 Day Fiance star Eric Rosenbrook's baby dies after he is arrested for hitting his wife as she held their child
90 Day Fiance star Eric Rosenbrook and his wife Leida have lost their newborn daughter. Alisa Eleanor Rosenbrook died after being placed on life support for five days. It comes following his arrest for slapping his wife on the Fourth Of July when she was holding the child. It is not known if Eric's violent altercation with his wife and baby led to the child being placed on life support and dying. He wrote on Facebook on July 10: 'It destroys me and shatters my world to announce that over the weekend, tragedy has struck. 'Yesterday at 12.53pm, after five days on life support, my beloved daughter, little Alisa Eleanor Rosenbrook, slipped the surely bonds to join her grandfather Tom.' Eric added that he isn't looking for 'well wishes or questions,' but instead, 'just prayers' for Alisa. He is scheduled to appear in court on July 21 for an injunction hearing, and for his criminal domestic violence, disorderly conduct, and battery case. He has a pre-trial conference hearing on August 11, has learned through court documents. Leida reportedly wrote on July 5: 'Dear God… You can take away my life, but do not take away my daughter's life. 'She just born. God… If this is going to be my lesson to appreciate life since I've been struggling with suicidal thoughts then take away my trauma… Help. Me. Find. Peace. Help. Me. Forgive.' Soon after she deleted the post, according to UsWeekly. has reached out to Leida and Eric for comment and has not yet heard back. His arrest took place in Adams, Wisconsin, reported TMZ. Eric confirmed the accusations to the site. The victim - Leida is not named in the document and the victim has gone under LNM but the site believes it's her - reportedly told authorities that Eric had been drinking when he went to pick up food, but did not return in a timely matter. The victim then noticed that Eric was 'passed out' in his car outside the apartment, which she allegedly videotaped, the site claimed. When she woke him, he came in the house and slapped her when she was holding their baby girl, it has been claimed. Eric was arrested and booked around 2am on July 5 and has been charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct. The victim went into detail about the incident. She had said that when she woke Eric up in the car, she had their baby with her in her arms and he woke the child up, the site claimed. He reportedly then wanted to hold the baby but the victim said no because he was too drunk. That is when the reality TV star allegedly slapped the victim. The victim said she had been abused since they wed in 2018, the site reported. Eric went back to his car and fell asleep again, police told the site. The authorities said he admitted to hitting the alleged victim. TMZ spoke with Eric who admitted he did hit her when she was holding their daughter. But he said that he did not strike the child. However, he then decided to leave the apartment. And he shared that the fight has led to their split. Eric married Leida after meeting on 90 Day Fiance during season six of the show. She filed for divorce last year, but her petition was withdrawn, it has been claimed. In 2019 he was linked to another ugly situation when he was accused of hitting Leida. He explained his side of the altercation during an Instagram Live video for fans but denied he struck her. In text messages, Leida claimed that Eric 'pulled my hairs really hard and grab it until I can stand up and grabbed my wrist both of them and put me on the corner '. In his video response, Eric disputed some of the details, but his account hued fairly close to Leida's original allegations. He said: 'Leida and I had an altercation. She was threatening self-harm, I wrestled a knife from her. But my training took over, it triggered my I went too far. 'Nothing serious was caused, other than emotional trauma, which is severe. I may have scratched her scalp, I did not realize I did that. After I wrestled the knife from her, my training took over and the only thing I could think of was to restrain her. 'It went too far. I attempted to stand her up on her feet so I could look her in her face and restrain her wrists, but I pulled her up by her hair.' The former Marine continued: 'She did not resist, had she resisted it may have snapped me back to reality and I would not have done it. I like to believe that I would not have continued to do it that way. 'I do not excuse how it happened, I know I should've handled that differently. 'After I stood her up I had to restrain her wrists, I was afraid of her hitting herself or myself. We argued and fought a little bit, not physically after that. 'I kept her against the wall in the kitchen, the corner as she says, it's not really a corner, it's just the end of the kitchen. And I kept her there because she would've had to pass the sink again and the knife, and knives, so I kept her there, I did not let her pass.' Eric went on to say that he had called the police at Leida's request, and that she had been taken to a hospital for an evaluation. He said he had offered to stay at a hotel to give her space, though it wasn't clear what their current living situation is. Neither Eric nor his wife seem to be disputing the most explosive part of the allegations, that Leida had a knife and was threatening to kill or harm herself.
Fox News
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Gary Coleman's ex-wife defends taking him off life support, admits she 'could have helped him more'
Shannon Price believes she "had no choice" but to take her ex-husband Gary Coleman off life support. In May 2010, the former child star suffered an intracranial hemorrhage from a fall at his Utah home. Two days after he was placed in a medically induced coma, Price instructed the hospital to take Coleman off life support. People magazine reported that the former "Diff'rent Strokes" star had a will requesting that he be kept alive for 15 days before terminating treatment. "He had gone into cardiac arrest, and that is ultimately what took his life," Price claimed in the upcoming A&E special, "Lie Detector: Truth or Deception," as quoted by People magazine. When host Tony Harris asked Price, 39, if she could have given Coleman, 42, more time, she replied "No." "They called me Thursday morning and said, 'Does Gary have a DNR [do not resuscitate order]?'" she explained, as quoted by the outlet. "And I said, 'Yeah, resuscitate him.' I tried. I tried to do everything in my will." "Thursday I go visit him, speak with the doctors, and they are like, 'Shannon, we do not think that he is going to make it until Friday,'" she said. "Meaning his condition is not going to get any better. I made the right decision." "I asked the questions, I saw the condition he was in," she insisted. "I just knew. I mean, he was basically already gone. And I said, 'Okay, are his eyes dilated?' And they said, 'Yes.' And I said, 'OK, can I see?' And they showed me, and that's when I knew." Price and Coleman married in 2007 and divorced the following year. She was still living with Coleman at the time of his fatal fall. "It was my decision. He did not want the divorce," she claimed. "I was just still at the house. My stuff was there, everything was there, we were still together… There's two things I regret - divorcing him and not being able to save his life." According to the special, Price presented a document to the hospital that named her the decision maker on Coleman's medical directive. Price claimed she found Coleman in a pool of blood after she heard a loud thud in their home. In a recording of her 911 call, Price is heard refusing to listen to the operator's instructions to help him, saying that she couldn't cope with the amount of blood present. "As far as rendering aid, I could have helped him a little bit more." "As far as rendering aid, I could have helped him a little bit more," Price admitted in the special. Price maintained her innocence regarding the incident. She has also never been charged in connection with his death. In 2010, Santaquin Police Chief Dennis Howard told People magazine that "there was absolutely nothing suspicious about [Coleman's] death" and there was "no [criminal] investigation going on." According to the outlet, Coleman's death certificate also listed his manner of death as an "accident." For the special, Price took a polygraph test administered by retired FBI special agent and veteran polygraph examiner George Olivo. She was questioned about the details surrounding Coleman's fatal fall. The lie detector showed "deception indicated" when directly asked if she physically caused Coleman's fall. WATCH: 'BEWITCHED' ACTRESS ERIN MURPHY SAYS SHE'S PART OF SECRET GROUP WITH FORMER CHILD STARS A statement from Price was shared with Fox News Digital. "We were extremely disappointed with the overall experience of both the polygraph testing and dealing with A&E. Many promises were made and not kept. The testing situation was unfair and very uncomfortable, and the testing was performed non-verbally--which I should have refused. From the beginning, it was apparent they cared more about ratings than finding the truth." Olivo was adamant about the results. "When I say that she failed the exam, I'm not saying that she deliberately, with willful intent, killed him in cold blood – I'm not saying that at all," Olivo told Fox News Digital. "I don't know what happened in that house. All I know is that she knows why she failed, and there's more to the story than she's telling." "It could be that maybe she was there when he fell," Olivo shared. "Maybe they got into a heated argument, and it turned into a shoving match, and he slipped and fell… I don't know what it is. I'm not trying to say that I know what happened. I just know that there's more to the story. It could still be an accident, but an accident that she doesn't want to show her involvement in." Olivo has conducted thousands of polygraph examinations for the FBI. Notably, Olivo administered a lie detector test to Casey Anthony's parents in 2024 for the A&E and Lifetime special, "Casey Anthony's Parents: The Lie Detector Test." "There's this idea or notion that if someone tells a lie long enough, then they begin to believe it – I don't really believe that," Olivo explained. "I've tested folks that were crimes committed 20, 30 years ago, and they've been saying the same story." "When someone gets very, very confident… they don't believe they're going to get caught. They're so confident now that the lie is accepted. [So], they're just as confident as if they were telling the truth. But [Price] knows why she failed my test. I'm very confident about that." "I don't purport to know what happened in that house," Olivo stressed. "Only she knows. She's the only one alive now who knows what happened in that house. But I maintain that she knows exactly why she failed my test." In the episode, Price is heard saying, "I know where I'm at. I'm at peace. There is a reason I am not in prison. There is a legit reason for that. It's because they did a thorough investigation." "Lie Detector: Truth or Deception" premieres July 10 at 9 p.m. on A&E.
