News · October 9, 2004
New York Times
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Published: October 9, 2004
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 - A Superior Court jury cleared a prominent Beverly Hills dermatologist of medical malpractice on Friday after finding that Botox injections did not cause the severe ailments that a patient complained about in a lawsuit.
The patient, Irena Medavoy, 45, wife of Mike Medavoy, former [...]
News · October 9, 2004
Los Angeles Times
October 9, 2004
By Gina Piccalo
Times Staff Writer
After a colorful trial that pitted a Hollywood socialite against her longtime celebrity dermatologist, a Los Angeles jury ruled that the Botox treatments she took for migraine headaches did not cause myriad illnesses or the four-month migraine she blamed on the wrinkle cure. Irena Medavoy, 45, said [...]
News · October 8, 2004
Los Angeles Times
October 8, 2004
By Gina Piccalo
Times Staff Writer
Stephen Fraser, the younger, more energetic attorney on dermatologist Arnold Klein’s legal team, paced around the courtroom like the leading man on opening night. “Let’s do this thing!” he shouted. “Let’s get this show on the road!” It was Week 5 of the so-called Botox trial
News · October 8, 2004
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 8, 2004
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors on Friday rejected the claims of a Hollywood producer’s wife who said Botox treatments caused breathing problems, fever, fatigue and severe muscle pain.
Irena Medavoy, 45, said she suffered the symptoms after a Beverly Hills dermatologist gave her three injections of the drug in March 2002 [...]
News · October 7, 2004
New York Post - New York, N.Y.
October 7, 2004
THE Botox trial of the decade - which pitted Hollywood wife Irina Medavoy vs. “dermatologist to the stars” Dr. Arnie Klein - reached such a crescendo during closing arguments this week that the defendant lost control of his bladder.
Medavoy, 45-year-old wife of producer Mike Medavoy, has accused [...]
News · October 3, 2004
By MIREYA NAVARRO
New York Times Staff Writer
Published: October 3, 2004
He is a Beverly Hills doctor known for pioneering work in cosmetic dermatology and for a star-studded patient list, where “Michael” is for Jackson and “Elizabeth” is for Taylor.
She is an A-list Hollywood wife, active in the right philanthropies and Democratic Party politics, and married to [...]