Lawsuit against hospital where nurse taped sexual abuse of unconscious patients for his ‘Dexter collection’
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO: Two women who claim a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care have filed a lawsuit against the Colorado hospital where they were receiving care, claiming the institution's administration did not take sufficient steps to stop the abuse. Nurse Christopher Peter Lambros, 61, was arrested on October 25 and charged with sexual assault.
A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday, December 20 outlines years of alleged sexual assault that was recorded and photographed on the phone of a Lambros, a registered nurse at Saint Mary’s Hospital, SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare. He allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted, and took lewd photos and videos of patients for at least 10 years while he was a registered nurse, primarily in the Intensive Care Unit in Grand Junction, it alleged.
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The lawsuit alleges that the hospitals are liable for the alleged acts committed at their facilities over the last 10 years and should be held accountable for the “numerous corporate failures that permitted Lambros to abuse patients and invade their privacy.” Moreover, the lawsuit points out that "the hospital did or should have noticed trauma to patients, including but not limited to bleeding, bruising, and redness" and that they should have "noticed Lambros drug and assault patients in plain view of the hospitals’ surveillance cameras." There are surveillance cameras in each room of the hospital, according to the lawsuit.
In the investigation, four terabytes of data with 700,000 cellphone photos and 65,000 hours of cellphone video were uncovered from Lambros’ cellphone related to his alleged drugging and sexual assault of patients at the hospital. According to the arrest documents, on June 24, 2022, Lambros whispered to the camera and said, “don’t ever get rid of these videos” and “you need to keep them forever . . . this is your Dexter collection,” as per FOX31.
The arrest affidavit said an employee allegedly saw Lambros taking photos of a patient’s genitals when she had gone into the ICU room to check on a patient. Once Lambros noticed the other employee had entered the room, he dropped the phone and re-covered the unconscious patient. When a GJPD officer went to Lambros’ house to ask him about the incident, Lambros responded by saying that "he was giving the patient an injection for blood clots, which is administered in the stomach area, which was why the patient was uncovered," reports FOX31.
However, the officer seized Lambros’ phone, in which photos and videos of Lambros posing with a number of unconscious victims and participating in lewd acts were discovered during the investigation. They further found that 168 photos and videos were deleted between April 30 and July 9. Police have identified at least three victims during the investigation. Several more victims are suspected. FOX31 spoke with one of the victims, who wished to stay anonymous, “I just want the public to be aware of what’s going on there, Saint Mary’s needs to change their policy,” the victim shared.