Michael McKee Tepe Case Update: Nevada Malpractice Lawsuits Exposed
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Breaking down the legal troubles Michael McKee was facing before he was charged with killing Monique and Spencer Tepe. Court records reveal two active lawsuits in Nevada that paint a picture of a doctor allegedly running from accountability long before the murders.
In Clark County, a patient named Guilherme Schwanz is suing McKee and Las Vegas Surgical Associates over a July 2023 procedure gone wrong. The lawsuit alleges a catheter sheared during surgery, leaving 8.6 inches of plastic inside the patient's body. He required emergency surgery. The complaint claims defendants concealed the error and failed to provide truthful medical records. A jury trial is scheduled for July 2027.
In federal court, an incarcerated man alleges McKee served on Nevada's prison medical review panel and repeatedly delayed specialist care for a serious condition. The result, according to the lawsuit: permanent injury, including the loss of a testicle. McKee and the other defendants deny the allegations.
What's striking isn't just the allegations—it's what happened when attorneys tried to serve McKee. Fake addresses. A fax number instead of a phone. Colleagues telling process servers he "just disappeared." The attorney handling the malpractice case says it was only the second time in his twelve-year career he had to serve someone by newspaper notice.
McKee has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of the Tepes. He has indicated he will plead not guilty. The malpractice cases remain pending. Today we break down what these lawsuits reveal.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.6 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:07.3 | Here's the thing about the Tapi murders and Michael McKee that hasn't gotten enough attention yet. |
| 0:14.0 | Before he already, or allegedly rather, drove 300 miles to kill his ex-wife and her husband before the manhunt, before the mugshot. |
| 0:25.2 | He was already running. |
| 0:27.3 | Not from murder charges, from lawsuits. |
| 0:30.9 | Two of them. |
| 0:31.9 | Both in Nevada, both of them, still active. |
| 0:35.5 | When Monique and Spencer Tepe were found shot dead in their Columbus home. |
| 0:38.8 | They're still active to this day. |
| 0:41.6 | Now, we'll see where all of this goes with him facing pending murder charges. |
| 0:49.2 | They're civil suits. |
| 0:51.2 | So we'll see what kind of assets he has if he had insurance for those suits because |
| 0:56.2 | some are alleging that maybe that lapsed. And when that lapses, well, then any personal assets |
| 1:03.1 | you have are on the line. We'll see what exists of that. We know we had that apartment in Lincoln |
| 1:10.0 | Park. That's not cheap. |
| 1:11.4 | One asked to assume maybe there's something, but who knows what the spending habits were |
| 1:15.5 | like as well. |
| 1:19.7 | We're going to go into all of this, the way he ran. |
| 1:28.6 | Because it wasn't sloppy. |
| 1:30.7 | It was methodical. |
| 1:31.8 | It was practice. |
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