Controversial business owner accused of faking cancer wins legal battle

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A business owner with a history of alleged fraud convinced a judge a terminal cancer diagnosis excused her from financial liabilities, but she did not provide proof.

Bridget O’Brien claimed in court records she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Attorneys said she couldn't provide any documentation to back that up.PHOENIX — A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has ruled in favor of the former CEO of a Phoenix children’s therapy clinic who used an unproven cancer diagnosis in her defense.

In 2019 the State of Arizona ceased Medicaid funding to O’Brien’s clinic, Head 2 Toe, once the largest of its kind in Arizona. The decision came afterto contracted therapists. A common allegation among more than two dozen contractors was that they could not trust what O’Brien told them. O’Brien testified in court the decisions she made in regards to the property were intended to protect her two children’s financial future because she knew she would likely die.Naturopath Wooten’s signature falsely claimed she was an “MD”

12News spoke with Wooten in December of 2022 by phone and notified her about the letter that was presented as a public record in court. Wooten declined to confirm on-the-record that she wrote the letter, but said she wanted to see a copy of it first. Wooten also told 12News that based on information O’Brien provided to her, Wooten was under the impression the letter was needed for an entirely different purpose. Wooten did not discuss on-the-record that alleged purpose.

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