QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Women think if they do everything right, and they go to the hospital, and they say they were raped, that they would get the testing that is required to be given — it just doesn’t happen,” said her attorney, Andrea Hirsch. “We’re saying that serious mistakes were made and there was medical negligence and it had consequences.” With an incomplete rape test, the criminal case evolved into a he said-she said, and Childress’ alleged perpetrator was never charged with a crime, Hirsch said. The accused man, Nicholas Blake Moore, said the sexual encounter where he had choked her was consensual, according to the lawsuit.
Childress has turned to the civil courts to seek justice."
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QUOTE TWO OF THE DAY: "Moore’s DNA was found from vagina swabs collected from the rape kit, her lawsuit also said. But Orlando Health failed to collect her blood and urine for toxicology results, her lawsuit said. “Meanwhile the evidence is dissipating in her body because GHP metabolizes so quickly and seconds count,” her lawyer said. “It’s so rare for someone to actually get to the hospital within like two hours of being drugged and assaulted and that opportunity was wasted.” “We’re doing other litigation against eXp and reviewing her records and we can’t figure out where’s the toxicology? We’re looking for it in the medical records because she went to the hospital to get a rape kit,” Hirsch added. The Orlando Health lawsuit appears to be an example of where staff aren’t properly trained, Hirsch said. She also believes it’s a nationwide issue that is overlooked. “This is a problem noto Orlando Health and we don’t think anyone’s talking about this,” Hirsch said."
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STORY: "Orlando Health sued over botched rape kit in a case that has gotten international attention," by Reporter Gabrielle Russon published by 'Florida Politics, on February 20, 2026. (Gabrielle Russon is an award-winning journalist based in Orlando. She covered the business of theme parks for the Orlando Sentinel. Her previous newspaper stops include the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toledo Blade, Kalamazoo Gazette and Elkhart Truth as well as an internship covering the nation’s capital for the Chicago Tribune.)
SUB-HEADING: 'We’re not giving up. She wants her day in court.'
GIST: "A real estate agent said she believed her drink was drugged and she was raped at an Orlando conference in a federal lawsuit that received attention in The New York Times this year.
Now, Kirsten Childress has filed another lawsuit, this time against Orlando Health. She is accusing the hospital of botching her rape kit and failing to do toxicology tests that could have proven her drink was laced. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court’s Orlando division.
“Women think if they do everything right, and they go to the hospital, and they say they were raped, that they would get the testing that is required to be given — it just doesn’t happen,” said her attorney, Andrea Hirsch. “We’re saying that serious mistakes were made and there was medical negligence and it had consequences.”
With an incomplete rape test, the criminal case evolved into a he said-she said, and Childress’ alleged perpetrator was never charged with a crime, Hirsch said. The accused man, Nicholas Blake Moore, said the sexual encounter where he had choked her was consensual, according to the lawsuit.
Childress has turned to the civil courts to seek justice.
“We’re not giving up,” Hirsch said. “She wants her day in court.”
Orlando Health declined to respond to Childress’ allegations.
“We do not comment on pending litigation,” said Kevin Punsky, Orlando Health Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs and Media Relations.
Childress, who lives in North Carolina, was in Orlando for eXp’s 2023 Shareholder Summit.
In the evening, conference attendees gathered at International Drive’s Ice Bar for a special ticketed event to mingle.
Childress “recalls drinking 1-2 vodka cranberry cocktails over several hours while eating and socializing with colleagues. The next thing (Childress) recalls is being raped and strangled by defendant Moore in his hotel room,” according to her first federal lawsuit filed against Moore and eXp.
“(Childress) has only limited flashes of memory from that night and relies on witness statements, text messages, screenshots, law enforcement records, and medical records to piece together what happened.”
Moore had been a photographer at the summit, her lawsuit said.
Childress’ colleagues noticed Childress was slurring her words and acting belligerent as she ran off with Moore. They looked for her but couldn’t find her.
Hotel staff later reported seeing a disheveled and confused Childress, who lost her phone and didn’t know where she was since she was at the wrong hotel.
“At approximately 2:00 a.m., (Childress) returned to Rosen Shingle Creek by taxi. She was met by friends, collapsed into their arms, and cried out: “That wasn’t my husband … he raped me,” her first federal lawsuit said. “(Childress) was bruised, trembling, and confused. Witnesses noted bruise marks on her neck and that (Childress) was in visible distress.”
EMS was called and Childress was admitted to Orlando Health’s Dr. Phillips P. Hospital.
Her memory loss was documented, so were the bruises over her body, a red mark on her neck, and scrapes on her genitals, her lawsuit said.
Moore’s DNA was found from vagina swabs collected from the rape kit, her lawsuit also said.
But Orlando Health failed to collect her blood and urine for toxicology results, her lawsuit said.
“Meanwhile the evidence is dissipating in her body because GHP metabolizes so quickly and seconds count,” her lawyer said. “It’s so rare for someone to actually get to the hospital within like two hours of being drugged and assaulted and that opportunity was wasted.”
“We’re doing other litigation against eXp and reviewing her records and we can’t figure out where’s the toxicology? We’re looking for it in the medical records because she went to the hospital to get a rape kit,” Hirsch added.
The Orlando Health lawsuit appears to be an example of where staff aren’t properly trained, Hirsch said.
She also believes it’s a nationwide issue that is overlooked.
“This is a problem noto Orlando Health and we don’t think anyone’s talking about this,” Hirsch said.
Childress was the sixth woman to sue eXp in the last two years, the NYT reported this Spring.
“All have similar claims that they were given a laced drink and then attacked while attending an eXp event,” the NYT said.
The lawyers representing eXp did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday."
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
Lawyer Radha Natarajan: Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
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