Chelsea Clinton doesn't make the headlines as much as her mother and father typically do, but over the past week, that changed, as she now faces a legal predicament.
According to New York Post, Chelsea, who backed a multi-million dollar maternity start-up that promised to revolutionize the way women give birth, has been slapped with yet another massive lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which is the second in as many years, alleges malpractice, reports noted.
According to court papers filed in New York State Supreme Court in March, the plaintiff alleged the clinic was "negligently acting outside the applicable standard of care."
The plaintiff, Vantisha Knowles, a realtor who visited one of the midwife clinics, apparently suffered the incident while attempt to give birth to her second child.
The Post noted:
Oula — which provides midwife care from four boutique clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Norwalk, Conn. — is being sued by Vantisha Knowles for “negligently acting outside the applicable standard of care,” according to court papers filed in New York State Supreme Court in March.
Vantisha claimed that the clinic was good on the prenatal side, but when it came time to actually give birth to the child, it turned into a "traumatic experience."
"They basically rushed me through labor and did a C-section," she told the Post in an exclusive interview.
The outlet added:
In her complaint is says Knowles “sustained grave and permanent injuries” during the C-section, without going into specifics.
Speaking to The Post, Knowles says after getting home, after she called Oula to describe her injuries “they just told me to go to emergency. They had not solutions for me. Why couldn’t I just go through them?”
"They just don't care," she continued, adding that she ended up needing a blood transfusion.
Court documents added, "The defendants, their agents, and/or employees failed to provide reasonable medical care and deviated from accepted medical practice in the care, treatment, evaluation, management, and services provided to the plaintiff."
The clinic was hit by a lawsuit in 2023 "by a Brooklyn couple who claimed its negligence led to their baby being born badly brain-damaged. That lawsuit is ongoing, court records show."
One source familiar with the inner workings of the clinic reportedly said, "They’re growing fast, but they don’t seem to understand their own business."
Midwives keep leaving the clinic as they're reportedly scared of being hit with malpractice lawsuits.
