Stella Immanuel, the doctor in the Trump-endorsed COVID-19 disinformation video, was sued for medical malpractice in 2019 after one of her patients died

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• The doctor in the COVID-19 disinformation video endorsed by President Donald Trump was sued for medical malpractice in 2019, the Houston Chronicle reported.
• Citing court documents, the Chronicle said that Dr. Stella Immanuel was sued in Louisiana after a woman died shortly after leaving her care. 
• Immanuel shot to prominence on Monday after the president, his son Donald Trump Jr., and Madonna shared a video of her touting an unproven coronavirus treatment.
• In the video, Immanuel said that masks aren't effective and that hydroxychloroquine could cure COVID-19. Scientists have for months proven both of those assertions wrong.
• There is no available cure for COVID-19, and the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for use on coronavirus patients. 
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Stella Immanuel, the doctor in the COVID-19 disinformation video endorsed by President Donald Trump, was sued for medical malpractice in 2019.

Citing court documents, the Houston Chronicle reported that Immanuel was sued in the state of Louisiana after a woman died shortly after leaving Immanuel's care.

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