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Detransitioner Camille Kiefel WINS settlement in malpractice suit against therapists who signed off on double breast removal
ThePostMillennial ^ | 5/21/26 | Hannah Nightingale

Posted on 05/21/2026 4:13:36 PM PDT by CFW

Just days before the case was set to go to trial, a settlement was reached between detransitioner Camille Kiefel and a pair of Oregon mental health providers who she claimed had ignored serious mental health problems and instead referred her for a double mastectomy.

A confidential settlement was entered into by the parties days before the malpractice lawsuit, in which Kiefel sought $3.5 million, was set to begin a jury trial in the Circuit Court in Multnomah County, in January, per reporter Benjamin Ryan, who was the first to report the existence of a settlement.

Kiefel’s attorneys, Josh Payne, of Campbell Miller Payne, and Zac Hostetter, of Hostetter Law Group, told Ryan in a joint statement, "We are proud to have represented Camille Kiefel in her pursuit of justice. It was our privilege to fight for her, and we are pleased the parties were able to resolve the matter shortly before the trial was set to begin. We are not at liberty to disclose the terms of the settlement as they are confidential."

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The suit claimed that Kiefel had one telehealth meeting each with Ruff and Burmeister lasting around an hour, and after each appointment, they issued a referral letter for her mastectomy, despite the two workers being made aware of her mental health diagnoses. Kiefel underwent a double mastectomy in August of 2020, however, her mental health symptoms and feelings of body dysmorphia did not improve. In 2022, she realized that she did not have "gender identity disorder," and that the double mastectomy had worsened her mental health and well-being, including increased suicidal ideation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: detransitioner; lawsuit; malpractice; mutilation; mutilations; oregon; physicians; quackdoctors; trans; transcrazies; xyxx

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Smart move on the Defendant's part. Even in Oregon, I bet she would have received a large sum. I hope it was millions!
1 posted on 05/21/2026 4:13:36 PM PDT by CFW
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GOOD!


2 posted on 05/21/2026 4:15:03 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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In 2022, she realized that she did not have “gender identity disorder,” and that the double mastectomy had worsened her mental health and well-being, including increased suicidal ideation. No shit lady?


3 posted on 05/21/2026 4:19:33 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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i think this is the SECOND detransitioner lawsuit won by a child who was maimed by medical Mengeles ...

these lawsuits should put the fear of God into the hospitals, clinics, and physicians who’re participating in this butchery of children ...


4 posted on 05/21/2026 4:19:55 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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> referred her for a double mastectomy <

Case closed. Kind of like telling a person that his health would improve if he jumped off the 10th floor of a building.

Indefensible.


5 posted on 05/21/2026 4:25:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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Covered by the malpractice carrier no doubt. While it would be nice to bankrupt these evil bastards, getting the carrier not to cover this butchery gets to the place of shutting down these atrocities


6 posted on 05/21/2026 4:28:10 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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These are going to start coming fast and furious as the first wave of mutilated kids get older and find out that the surgeries didn’t do what was promised.


7 posted on 05/21/2026 4:31:02 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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Sad day when doctors think that cutting the T!!% off a kid will help them. Are the doctors the really insane people in this scenario.


8 posted on 05/21/2026 4:39:25 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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these lawsuits should put the fear of God into the hospitals, clinics, and physicians who’re participating in this butchery of children ...>>>> Thank you. I wouldn’t have said this so nicely. Somewhere they are getting a risk assessment or risk evaluation that allows them to think they are risk averse.


9 posted on 05/21/2026 4:42:48 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Covered by the malpractice carrier no doubt. While it would be nice to bankrupt these evil bastards, getting the carrier not to cover this butchery gets to the place of shutting down these atrocities..>>> Agreed, there is some kind of risk aversion that drives the hospital lawyers to continue this mutilation.


10 posted on 05/21/2026 4:45:22 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Good. Now, let’s hope this opens a floodgate of a lawsuits against parents, therapists and butchers pretending to be docs.


11 posted on 05/21/2026 4:53:29 PM PDT by LouAvul (Cleaning your home with a dog in the house is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos.)
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Covered by the malpractice carrier no doubt. While it would be nice to bankrupt these evil bastards, getting the carrier not to cover this butchery gets to the place of shutting down these atrocities

Probably the doctors would not have had the resources to pay the full settlement. However, their malpractice insurance premiums should go up for the future, possibly driving them out of practice. One can hope.

The next thing that should occur is criminal prosecution of these butchers.

12 posted on 05/21/2026 4:57:50 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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Won’t they just grow back?


13 posted on 05/21/2026 5:07:44 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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If more of this happens, it will become prohibitive to pay for malpractice insurance for these procedures. That would be justified and wonderful.


14 posted on 05/21/2026 5:15:21 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: T Ruth

I didn’t read your post before mine. You are entirely correct.


15 posted on 05/21/2026 5:16:14 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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.............”The next thing that should occur is criminal prosecution of these butchers.”
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I’d like to see their parts hacked off, same parts they took from” trannies”, who are obviously all crazy.


16 posted on 05/21/2026 5:17:05 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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huge indictment against the APA and their fluid DSM diagnostic criteria and invention of disorders, in my opinion. These people have way too much power in our system.


17 posted on 05/21/2026 5:21:31 PM PDT by vmpolesov
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If you believe that sexually mutation of children is ever medically necessary, you are a monster.


18 posted on 05/21/2026 5:38:32 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( )
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“If more of this happens, it will become prohibitive to pay for malpractice insurance for these procedures. That would be justified and wonderful.”


I’m hoping that malpractice insurance will soon refuse to insure them at all.


19 posted on 05/21/2026 6:11:50 PM PDT by CFW
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Once these butchers start getting sued this BS will stop.


20 posted on 05/21/2026 8:17:39 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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