EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Busted For Running "Pill Mill" Bragged About Celebrity Patients
Posted on May 11, 2010 @ 12:00PM
A doctor who was arrested by federal agents for suspicion of conspiring to illegally distributor highly addictive prescription drugs without a legitimate medical purpose in California bragged to many people that he was the doctor to an elite circle of Hollywood celebrities RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Dr. Nathan Kuemmerle was accused of running a "Pill Mill" where he sold prescriptions for Adderall, Xanax, Oxycotin and other medications to patients who did not show a need for the drugs, according to the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
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The documents said that Dr. Kuemmerle referrred to himself as a "fame monster," and RadarOnline.com has learned that he told other patients that he bragged about providing A-list celebrities with their prescription drugs. The celebrities he claimed to have given these prescriptions to range from a trouble actress to a famous singer married to an equally famous star to a teen singing sensation, RadarOnline.com can exclusively confirm.
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While under surveillance Dr. Kuemmerle suggested that he had a celebrity patient waiting in another room for an undisclosed treatment according to the court documents. RadarOnline.com has learned that he told his other patients of his celebrity clients, bragging that he was serving the top level of Hollywood stars with the prescription drugs.
Dr. Kuemmerle was the initial focus of the investigation, not his patients, Thom Mrozek in the U.S. Attorney's office told RadarOnline.com, but the authorities will look into his patients records and if there are any that have excessive prescriptions that is something that could be investigated leading up to the trial.
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Mrozek would not confirm if any Hollywood celebrities prescriptions were their focus. "We can't say if there are any patients we are investigating," Mrozek told RadarOnline.com.
Dr. Kuemmerle is being held without bond in Los Angeles awaiting his trial date.
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Dr. Kuemmerle was the number one prescriber of the most powerful dosage of Adderall in California in 2009, and the second largest prescriber of an entire class of federally regulated drugs including oxycodone and hydrocodone, federal authorities said.
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During my appt, he was surfing facebook, claiming he had developed a cure for AIDS and working on developing a new search engine, cock-aggrandizing about his A-list clientele, and was obviously high on uppers.
Can't beat the $85/visit though
Posted Wed, 05/19/2010 - 12:48am
Seems like this doctors taking his own meds if he's BRAGGING about giving out meds to clients who don't need them. I bet he knows Lindsay Lohan.
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 3:35pm
Britney Spears a few yrs back??
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 2:21pm
Tell me it ain't so! A teen singing sensation? Is the Biebster on the stuff???
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 2:01pm
He just threw away 10 years of schooling and internship as well as his 100 thousand dollar education only to rot in jail the rest of his days. What a stupid a s s ! I am amazed.
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 2:00pm
Geez, I'd like to know where to find all these crooked docs... Got my wisdom teeth cut out and they wouldn't give me anything stronger than ibuprofen LOL
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 11:26am
No kidding, LOL
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 2:22pm
Most of these physicians charge substantial fees for office visits, but people are more than willing to pay in order to get the prescription they need.
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 11:04am
You're so right... and celebs pay cash & don't use health insurance, no one keeps track of what they're doing
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 2:25pm
This sure isnt surprising. Fame is seducing and the money had to have been massive. This dr compromised EVERYTHING to be a big shot. He has created addicts and should have the book thrown at him.
Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 10:49am