McKee Pleads Not Guilty — His Lawyer Just Beat 14 Murder Charges for Another Doctor
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The surgeon accused of killing Monique and Spencer Tepe in their Columbus home entered a not guilty plea Friday. Michael McKee stood silent while his defense attorney, Diane Menashe, spoke for him. That choice of attorney tells you everything about how this case is going to be fought.
Menashe is the same lawyer who defended Dr. William Husel in 2022 — the Mount Carmel physician charged with murdering fourteen patients through allegedly lethal fentanyl doses. She called one witness during the entire defense. Husel was acquitted on all counts. Now she's representing another doctor facing murder charges.
The prosecution includes Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor, taking on her first felony case after a career in property code enforcement. She'll be supported by veteran homicide prosecutors, but the matchup raises questions about experience and strategy in a case drawing national attention.
Today we break down what the not guilty plea signals, how Menashe's defense philosophy could shape the trial, and the new details emerging about McKee's pattern of evasion — including a malpractice lawsuit that couldn't locate him for months before the killings. Process servers found fake addresses, TVs turning off when they knocked, and colleagues who said he "just disappeared."
The battle lines are drawn. This is how it begins.
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| 0:00.0 | Tony Brewski. |
| 0:02.3 | Michael McKee stood in front of a camera just the other day wearing tan prison scrubs and a name tag |
| 0:08.9 | and didn't say a word. |
| 0:11.6 | His attorney said it for him. |
| 0:13.3 | Not guilty. |
| 0:15.3 | The whole thing took less than two minutes. |
| 0:19.3 | Two minutes. |
| 0:20.6 | They would think that was the story, the plea, the formality, the box being checked, |
| 0:24.5 | you're missing what actually happened here because what happened is the battle lines just got drawn. |
| 0:33.5 | And they tell you everything about how this case is going to be fought. We are about to get into it. We're going to start with the defense. But first, I want to make sure that you have pressed subscribe. So you're not missing any of our coverage of this case. So wherever it is, hit subscribe right now. And let us know your thoughts as we go through this in the comment section on YouTube, |
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| 1:16.1 | Let's start with the defense here. |
| 1:17.6 | McKee, he didn't grab a public defender. |
| 1:22.1 | He retained Diane Menishy. |
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