'SUFFERED FOR YEARS'

‘Dance Moms’ Star Says Doctors Left Medical Device Inside Her

The former choreographer is suing Cedars-Sinai hospital for malpractice.

Abby Lee Miller is embroiled in even more legal drama. Miller, who rose to fame as a fiery dance instructor on Lifetime reality series Dance Moms and later spent 10 months in prison for fraud, is now suing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, alleging medical malpractice. According to the suit, Miller received surgery at the hospital for a spinal cord injury in 2020, during which she alleges two doctors, Hooman Melamed and Paul Dwan, left a catheter inside of her. Miller, 59, says the catheter was not discovered until nearly four years after her surgery, but that she “suffered for years” with “chronic pain” in the interim, and the device necessitated an “emergency procedure” to remove. Now, Miller is seeking a minimum of $1.4 million in damages for medical malpractice, professional negligence, and medical battery. The Dance Moms star, who left the series in 2020, has faced serious health issues in recent years, including being diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma in 2018. The former choreographer has also been sued several times herself, including by two of her former Dance Moms co-stars, who in 2014 accused her of assault, defamation, and inflicting emotional distress.