Feb. 27, 2020 – Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County Superior Court. The suit seeks special damages, general damages, punitive damages and attorney fees.
Carter could not be reached for comment. Vazquez, who has struggled with an addiction to heroin and amphetamines since her late 20s, said it took her nearly five months to get her insurer, Kaiser Permanente, to place her in a drug treatment center. A one-month stay at Serenity Knolls, which includes room and board, costs $27,000.
“I was at a crisis point,” Vazquez said in an interview. “My life was going in the wrong direction, and I wanted to change it desperately. I was willing to do whatever it took. I went to Serenity Knolls with high expectations.”
According to the suit, within a few days of her arrival at Serenity Knolls on March 8, 2021, Carter began making inappropriate comments to her, “including telling her she was beautiful and that all the men would make passes at her.”
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