Man who claimed to have cure for cancer, AIDS cited
A man who claimed to be a doctor and purported to have a cure for terminal illnesses such as cancer and AIDS has been cited for contempt of court after he violated a judge’s order to remove the claims from his Web site.
Judge Barbara Haynes ordered Oludare Samuel Olomoshua to pay $38,000 in civil penalties and $1,275 in attorneys’ fees for violating the temporary injunction she issued in the case last month, the Tennessee attorney general’s office said Tuesday.
The state sued Olomoshua last month and sought the injunction, saying he was practicing medicine without a license and “making unsubstantiated claims about his products’ ability to cure individuals of illnesses.”
The attorney general’s office got involved after some consumers complained that they had tried Olomoshua’s treatments but weren’t healed.
Olomoshua, a Nigerian immigrant who lives in Nashville, is president of Wisdomite Spiripathology Healing and Music Mission Inc., a group that advocates spiritual methods for healing over practices such as chemotherapy. The group is registered in Tennessee as a not-for-profit corporation.
The state said Olomoshua violated the injunction by failing to remove all claims of being able to cure terminal illnesses from his Web site, http://www.spiripathologyhealing.com.
The site included the claim, “100% perfect healing of cancer and HIV/AIDS is available now.” Those interested in curing cancer were directed to the “First Class Terrible Disease Registration Page,” where they were advised that it would cost $1,000 to $5,000 to receive “perfect healing from the terrible disease(s).”
The state also said Olomoshua did not deliver any of the required patient records and continued to pose as a medical doctor, a PhD, and a cancer and HIV/AIDS specialist.
“This shows that there are very real consequences for violating a court order,” Attorney General Bob Cooper said in a news release. “We will remain vigilant in ensuring consumers are protected from purveyors of false hope and in reining in unfair and deceptive commercial conduct.”
Olomoshua’s Web site was unavailable Tuesday morning.