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A former HBO health adviser, Georgia Hesse, is suing the company for wrongfully terminating her after she claimed a Covid-19 testing vendor endangered crewmembers by fraudulently using the wrong type of test on the production of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

The crew was falsely told they were receiving lab-based Pcr tests when they were actually receiving lower efficacy rapid tests, in violation of industry testing protocols, the complaint filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges. The lawsuit accuses HBO of knowing about the fraud and sweeping it under the rug to keep the production on track.

“It’s unknown to Plaintiff, at this point, why producers and HBO favored a vendor who lied to them, ripped them off, fabricated medical records, and put the lives and safety of cast and crew at risk by peddling overpriced, inferior tests,...