Case Files 22: Rady Children’s Part 6

Nobody Should Believe Me

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week on Nobody Should Believe Me, Andrea and Dr. Bex dive further into the allegations against Dr. Paolo Bolognese, discussing the whistleblower complaint that exposed unnecessary medical treatments as well as sexual harassment accusations. They explore how deceptive marketing and the glamorization of medical authority can lead to real harm—especially for patients with complex or misunderstood conditions. *** Andrea’s June 28th event with Lisa Jewell: https://townhallseattle.org/event/lisa-jewell/ Andrea’s August 1st event with Gregg Olsen: https://www.libertybaybooks.com/event/west-sound-crime-con-2025-local-authors-gregg-olsen-and-andrea-dunlop Follow Dr. Bex on instagram: @secretdoctorbex Order Andrea's new book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy. Click here to view our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! Subscribe on YouTube where we have full episodes and lots of bonus content. Follow Andrea on Instagram: @andreadunlop Buy Andrea's books here. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True Story Media.
0:09.5	Hello, it's Andrea, and today we are sharing part six of our coverage of the lawsuit against
0:15.3	Rady Children's in San Diego. We are jumping back into the middle of my conversation with
0:20.5	Dr. Bex about a neurologist,
0:22.9	Dr. Paolo Bolognese, who came up in this lawsuit who has quite a colorful history.
0:29.4	So in the previous episode, we went through some of the main themes of the 45 malpractice
0:35.3	lawsuits that we found that he is named in.
0:38.0	And today we're going to dive into his connection to the case we've been discussing, as well
0:42.1	as another case of suspected munchausen by proxy abuse in California.
0:46.5	We'll also be covering the lengthy whistleblower complaint against him.
0:50.6	It is a lot.
0:52.7	This is our final episode of Case Files for the season because next week, Thursday, June 19th, we are launching season 6 of Nobody Should Believe Me.
1:01.0	The team has been working so hard on this season, it is our most ambitious yet, and I really think it's our best.
1:07.0	So if you are a subscriber on Apple or Patreon, you are going to be able to binge
1:11.2	all eight episodes on the launch day. Though genuinely, please take care while listening.
1:17.1	This season's story is very captivating, but it is also extremely heavy. I wanted to add just a
1:22.7	quick note about subscriptions. For the most part, it is the same content on Apple and Patreon. You get the
1:28.7	full seasons at launch, you get access to our twice monthly Nobody Should Believe Me
1:32.6	After Hours show. However, we have two additional tiers on Patreon that I wanted to make sure
1:37.8	to shout out. We have a free tier where you can sample some of our exclusive subscriber content
1:43.0	and participate in weekly episode discussions.
1:45.6	And we have an all access Patreon tier
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