Colorado man fell from 4th-floor window during unsupervised psilocybin therapy session, lawsuit alleges

A Colorado Springs man fell from a fourth-floor hotel window during an unsupervised psilocybin therapy session last year after his counselor served him psilocybin tea and then left him alone, the man alleged in a lawsuit filed this week.

Jacob Ramirez survived the fall but spent nearly two months hospitalized with serious injuries to his head and chest after the May 16, 2025, incident at the Spark by Hilton Hotel on Commerce Center Drive in Colorado Springs, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in El Paso County District Court.

He is seeking damages from the counselor, Rachel McGuire, as well as from her husband, Sheldon McGuire, and from the two therapy companies they run, A Sparrow’s Way and Restoration Counseling. Rachel McGuire could not be reached for comment Thursday and a message left with Sheldon McGuire was not immediately returned…

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