Exclusive | Militant nurses accused of targeting billionaire health boss and daughter in disturbing campaign: He cant hide
A billionaire healthcare boss, his daughter and another top executive allege they were targeted in a menacing nurse union campaign that plastered their families’ exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood with fliers telling the public to ‘track them down’ and warning they ‘can’t hide.’Prime Healthcare founder, chairman and CEO Dr.Prem Reddy claims in a lawsuit the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United crossed the line from lawful labor protest into harassment by targeting executives’ homes and families in wealthy Brentwood.The lawsuit alleges union activists posted fliers featuring aerial photographs, square-footage details and other information about executives’ private homes, while banners and signs were attached to telephone poles, streetlights, trees and private vehicles.The campaign allegedly left families fearing for their safety and resulted in younger children being kept inside and unable to play in their own yard, according to the complaint.Prime is seeking a temporary restraining order as well as preliminary and permanent injunctions against the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United.The lawsuit comes less than two years after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on a Midtown Manhattan street on Dec.
4, 2024 – a killing that sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry.Luigi Mangione has since pleaded guilty to stalking and murdering Thompson and is scheduled to be sentenced Dec.18.Prime Healthcare is one of the nation’s largest health systems, operating 51 hospitals across 14 states, with 60,000 staff and affiliated physicians.The firm earns about $7.4 billion a year in revenue.The alleged intimidation campaign began on Sept.
3, when union activists descended on the Brentwood neighborhood where members of Reddy’s family and other Prime executives live, according to the lawsuit.Reddy himself does not live in Brentwood, the complaint states, but is an active member of the community thro...