Lexi Kuenzle, a 33-year-old nurse at Englewood Health in New Jersey, was suspended from her job after confronting bariatric surgeon Dr. Matthew Jung for his alleged comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
According to her testimony, Jung celebrated Kirk’s death, claiming he “deserved it," during a discussion at the nurses' station in front of colleagues and a patient on a stretcher. But when Kuenzle reported the incident to hospital management and shared the story on her personal Instagram account, she was immediately suspended without pay and urged by a union representative to seek other employment.
On September 13, Kuenzle filed a lawsuit against Englewood Health, Dr. Jung, and others, alleging religious discrimination based on her Christian faith, retaliation for whistleblowi