Four hospital employees have been fired after serious accusations of misconduct surfaced last month.
Disturbing and sexual images of at least eight patients were allegedly taken inside their rooms at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg.
Court documents accuse Peter Castellano, 36, Melissa Tompkins, 36, and two other hospital employees, who have not yet been charged, of deliberately antagonizing several elderly patients while taking pictures and videos of them naked.
The inappropriate images were allegedly then shared between the four former employees in a group text.
Tompkins has worked as a nurse for a number of years. Casey White is her lawyer. He said she denies any wrongdoing.
“She’s adamant that she was not the one taking any pictures of any patients in any state of undress,” White said. “We’re not denying that she’s part of a group chat. We are denying that she took any photographs of any patients that she cared for.”
Castellano also denied the allegations. In court paperwork, Castellano said he believed the patients were clothed.