- The ex-wife of Michelin chef Jacob Bickelhaupt is suing a West Palm Beach hospital and its doctors for alleged medical mistakes.
- Nadia Bickelhaupt claims errors during her treatment for a brain bleed led to infection, more surgery, and permanent injuries.
- Her medical complications have delayed the criminal case against her ex-husband, who is awaiting trial for attempted murder.
The ex-wife of disgraced chef Jacob Bickelhaupt has sued the West Palm Beach hospital and doctors who treated her after her June 2025 assault, arguing that mistakes in her care led to more surgery, permanent injuries and a prolonged recovery.
Investigators say Nadia Bickelhaupt, 37, arrived with a brain bleed at St. Mary’s Medical Center after escaping a two-hour beating by her then-husband. Jacob Bickelhaupt, the chef behind the former Michelin-starred restaurant Konro, has denied the allegations.
Doctors performed emergency surgery, and she left the hospital nine days later. Weeks later, an infection developed around the surgical site, sending her back to the hospital for another operation…