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| ONEAL RON MORRIS AKA DUCHESS |
The transgender nurse pleaded guilty on Thursday to practicing medicine illegally, a Miami-Dade prosecutor’s spokeswoman reported.
Oneal, 30, was accused of injecting unknown substances, including super glue and Fix-a-Flat, into her patients’ rumps during black-market butt implant procedures.
Two Miami-Dade victims suffered painful, festering wounds as a result. They reluctantly checked themselves into hospitals, but were too embarrassed to immediately tell doctors what happened.
Prosecutors said the women gave their blessing to a plea deal largely because they feared the publicity of what was sure to be a high-profile trial.
“It’s very sad, because people got hurt,” prosecution spokeswoman Terry Chavez says.
There was also the problem of evidence. Prosecutors said they didn’t have any samples of the toxic concoctions Morris used.
Doctors collected tissue samples from at least one of the women, but only to diagnose an infection.
Morris is due to surrender in January and serve 366 days in state prison.
An assistant, Corey Eubanks, previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to a year of probation.
Eubanks reportedly funneled patients to Morris, who went by “Duchess,” and allowed her to conduct her procedures in his house.
Morris faces more trouble ahead. She is charged in several other Broward County cases, including a manslaughter count in the death of 31-year-old Shatarka Nuby.
Morris told Nuby’s aunt she injected her with silicone from Home Depot, according to the Broward sheriff.
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