Rehab Covering Up A Client Staff Relationship

Location: Utah

I am looking for legal perspectives on institutional stonewalling and the withholding of records following a severe case of therapy and rehab abuse.

Background

Several years ago, while I was a resident at a large nonprofit rehab in Utah, a clinician employed by the facility entered into a highly inappropriate relationship with me. That relationship resulted in the birth of our son.

Five weeks after our son was born, the clinician died by suicide in front of me. Since then, I have been trying to obtain my full treatment records and documentation showing how the facility internally handled this boundary violation and the events that followed.

The problem

For years, the facility has resisted producing records. They are now represented by large outside counsel, Wilson Sonsini, and are claiming that many records either do not exist or are not subject to disclosure.

Based on what I have uncovered, that position does not appear accurate.

Evidence raising concern

1. Contradictory statements about federal involvement The facility COO recently stated in writing, quote for the record, that the facility has had no contact with the Office for Civil Rights regarding my records. However, I have a formal letter from OCR confirming that a federal investigation occurred and that OCR provided technical assistance to the facility only months ago.

2. Audit logs versus record denials The facility claims there are no applicable records related to me after spring 2019. However, my UWITS clinical audit log shows staff accessing my file as recently as August 2025, including my discharge screens and profile information.

3. Billing discrepancies My Medicaid billing records show claims for psychotherapy services on dates where the audit log suggests the work may have been performed by unlicensed staff or by the clinician I was involved with.

My questions

Does a written misrepresentation by leadership denying known federal OCR involvement potentially qualify as affirmative concealment under Utah law sufficient to toll the statute of limitations

Is it common for facilities to withhold or minimize the importance of internal meeting notes or incident response discussions by claiming they are not part of the designated record set even when those notes could reflect supervision failures

Have others encountered institutional silence following staff patient boundary violations where the facility appears to prioritize protecting Medicaid funding or liability exposure over patient safety

I have already retained counsel for a False Claims Act matter related to the billing issues. I am trying to understand the best path forward on the personal injury or malpractice side given the level of record withholding and contradictory statements.