Roger Marshall Alleges Defamation in New ad About Former Kansas Patient Arrested While in Debt
The ad features Meischa Zimmerman, who says she was arrested over a $50 medical payment and cites lawsuits against more than 700 patients.
- On Friday, Kansas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton released a campaign ad featuring Meischa Zimmerman, who recounted being arrested in 2011 while eight months pregnant after missing a $50 payment to incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall.
- Earlier this month, a New York Times report revealed Marshall sued more than 700 patients for medical debt while working as an OB-GYN in Great Bend, leading to at least 81 arrests for outstanding bills.
- Lawyers for Marshall sent a cease-and-desist letter on Monday, labeling the ad 'defamatory' and demanding its removal, while arguing Zimmerman's arrest occurred for failing to appear in court rather than missing the $50 payment.
- The ad gained significant traction, viewed more than one million times on X, while political observers noted the attempt to block publicity may trigger the 'Streisand Effect' by amplifying attention to the original issue.
- Hamilton and Marshall are scheduled to meet again on October 21 at a FOX4 debate hosted by John Holt, as the race for the Kansas Senate seat has tightened into toss-up territory for national forecasters.
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Marshall sends cease-and-desist letter to Hamilton over ‘defamatory’ medical debt ad
Lawyers for Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) sent a cease-and-desist letter to his Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton for an ad focusing on a woman who was sued over medical debts to the Kansas Republ…
Sen. Roger Marshall alleges defamation by ad about former Kansas patient arrested in debt
An ad for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rev. Adam Hamilton begins with a patient who said she was arrested while eight months pregnant for missing a $50 payment to Marshall. She was one of more than 700 patients whom the Republican senator sued while a practicing physician.
Roger Marshall alleges defamation in new ad about former Kansas patient arrested while in debt
TOPEKA — Lawyers for a Kansas Republican U.S. senator running for reelection sent his opponent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the Democrat stop airing an ad featuring one of the senator’s former patients. The lawyers for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas,…
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