Douglas Kennedy sues nurses whom he 'kicked in the crotch' as he fled hospital with his newborn son

(UK) Daily Mail ^ | January 9, 2013

[Zakeet]

A son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, who was acquitted of criminal charges in a maternity ward scuffle, is suing two nurses who publicly said that he kicked them in the crotch during the assault.

Douglas Kennedy is alleging defamation and malicious prosecution by nurses Cari Luciano and Anna Lane. He said their statements to police and on NBC's Today show held him up to 'ridicule and scorn' and led to his prosecution.

The lawsuit, filed on Friday in White Plains, New York stems from Kennedy's attempt a year ago to take his newborn son from Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. He said he wanted the two-day-old boy, Anthony Boru Kennedy, to get some fresh air.

[Uncle Chip]

Was he charged with assault??? If not then why not [other than the fact that he is of royal Kennedy blood]???

[gnarledmaw]

I really despise the Kennedeys...I also think more hospital staff deserve to be beaten and sued by enraged fathers. Its extremely unfortunate that the newborn infants cant remember their time in the wards of the new hospitals because if they did they would mature with an ingrained fear of government and the police state.

None of us really know what happened here, of course this situation was probably just a member of royalty throwing a tantrum but, I nearly did the same thing.

I think far too many dont understand how things have changed in the last few years.

There were no incidents in the hospitals with our first two children. Some years later the third healthy child was under constant threat of vaccinations, tests and procedures not authorized by our pediatrician or ourselves. We wound up having to keep her in our room just to protect her from the hospital staff. Then we learned that the patient id band on our child was actually a security bracelet, installed "for our safety and to protect the baby from kidnapping", and there was an automated security system that sealed that wing into a series of locked chambers if we tried to leave the hospital unless we first filled out the infants Socialist Slavery paperwork!