A controversial Missouri prosecutor has come under fire for bringing charges against a semi-paralyzed stroke survivor accused of hitting a nurse during an alleged moment of delirium in hospital.
Stephanie Karr, the Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Creve Coeur in St Louis, is doing everything in her power to level an assault charge against Norman Fishel, 85, a retired research scientist who can barely walk, his attorneys have said.
Fishel allegedly grabbed and kicked a nurse when she tried to stop him from removing a catheter inside the ICU of Mercy Hospital in November 2025, according to court documents seen by the Daily Mail…