UPDATE: Moms for Liberty Son Medically Kidnapped AGAIN - Radical LGBTQ Staff Weaponize OKDHS Against Oklahoma Values
Ongoing Govt Lies & Omissions to Court Reveal Political Targeting
A child welfare case in Oklahoma has garnered national attention as yet another Moms for Liberty leader’s child has been medically kidnapped by an increasingly rogue partnership between child welfare and the medical establishment.
Of the four (4) Oklahoma leaders of the conservative, parents’ rights group, both Dayna Mooney and Roberta Lewis have each had a son recently taken by the Child Welfare Services (CWS) division of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) and forced into unwanted treatment.
For context, approximately 1% of Oklahoma’s children are involved with a child welfare case each year. Far fewer are taken into state custody. At a recent 50% rate of both OKDHS involvement and loss of custody, Moms for Liberty families are measurably being targeted.
Mooney is a predictable target for government embedded progressives. On October 19th, at the Moms for Liberty National Summit, Mooney received the Mercy Otis Warren Award for her skills in shaping the narrative surrounding parental rights. Mooney could not accept the award in person. She was by her son Presten’s bedside at OU Children's Hospital under 24-hour supervision by OKDHS.
In addition, Mooney, Lewis and former Oklahoma State Rep Sherrie Conley (R) are co-founders of Broken Trust, an organization committed to stopping child sexual abuse within Oklahoma’s public schools as well as OKDHS overreach into families. It appears Oklahoma’s deep state of bureaucracies is unhappy about the advocacy of these organizations and the parents who represent them.
Presten’s Ongoing Battle: OKDHS Overrides a Family’s Right to Medical Autonomy
On October 16th, this outlet published the story of Mooney’s son Presten, an exceptional, autistic teenager from Oklahoma. After receiving unsuccessful, conventional treatment at OU Children’s Hospital for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), a slow-growing form of leukemia more prevalent among those with autism, Presten’s family opted for a more holistic, genetically-based strategy for restoring his health.
More than a year later, despite improvement in Presten’s well-being and due to an anonymous report of medical neglect, on October 3rd, OKDHS abruptly took emergency custody of Presten prior to meeting with his current medical provider to learn about his ongoing treatment plan.
Presten was immediately admitted to OU Children’s Hospital and forced to take both blood transfusions and multiple chemotherapies against both his and his mother’s wishes. During his two (2) weeks at OU Children’s, Presten’s health plummeted as a result of both the chemo and a massive infection introduced by an unwanted bone marrow biopsy performed by OU Children’s.
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On October 6th, during a show-cause hearing, Canadian County Special Judge Charles W. Gass returned Presten to his mother’s legal custody after ruling OKDHS had not met the statutorily required burden of proof showing the teen to be neglected, abused or deprived of medical care.
During the hearing, it was reportedly revealed Canadian County OKDHS worker Tanya Stephens, under the supervision of Nicole Warren, withheld critical information about Presten’s ongoing care from the court when asking for the emergency custody order.
Despite the return of Presten to his mother’s custody, the hospital and OKDHS informed Mooney criminal charges and/or a new investigation would be brought should the family attempt to remove Presten from the hospital “Against Medical Advice” (AMA). For eleven (11) additional days, Presten was held hostage by those threats.
On October 17th, Mooney chose to discharge her son from OU Children’s and provided documentation identifying a new medical provider for Presten, Dr. Robert Marsh, to treat the massive hematoma and infection caused by the bone biopsy.
Mooney had also scheduled an initial appointment with another doctor willing to provide concurrent, ongoing, genetically-based treatment of Presten’s CML. That provider requested Presten be off of chemotherapy for a minimum of two weeks before attending the initial appointment.
This mother was not going AMA. She was exercising her right as the custodial parent to seek other medical advice and treatment for her son from different, qualified, licensed, outpatient providers.
Despite Judge’s Order & Care Plan, OU Health Prompts New AMA Report: OKDHS Again Harasses Family at Home, New Doctor Withdraws Care
Within hours of leaving OU Children’s, a new OKDHS worker, Jennie White (also supervised by Nicole Warren), was banging on the Mooney’s front door with a new accusation of neglect in hand. That door displayed medical restrictions for entry ordered by Dr. Marsh within a letter presented to OU Children’s at discharge.
OKDHS continued daily attempts to make face-to-face contact with the family despite having ongoing communications with Daniel McClure, Mooney’s attorney, who repeatedly offered to answer the agency’s questions and provide medical updates.
On October 20th, Presten was examined by Dr. Marsh at his office. Labs were taken which concluded Presten’s white blood cell count (WBC) had dropped to a healthier level since leaving the hospital. According to Mooney, Dr. Marsh stated Presten “looked good” and said the family was “doing a good job”.
On the following day, under reported pressure, Dr. Marsh entered a letter into Presten’s hospital records withdrawing himself as Presten’s provider. V1SUT contacted Dr. Marsh for comment and asked if he was pressured by OKDHS or anyone else to terminate Presten as a patient. Marsh has not responded.
On October 22nd, when requesting and obtaining yet another emergency order to again take custody of Presten based on medical neglect, OKDHS informed the district court Dr. Marsh was no longer willing to provide care but failed to identify Presten’s remaining and more primary provider. OKDHS claimed Presten was near death and without medical care despite evidence to the contrary.
On the same day, Presten was readmitted to OU Children’s against his will, under a new emergency order and amid the threat of his mother’s arrest. Upon admittance, Presten’s vitals were stable and no immediate interventions were needed. Nevertheless, he was placed in a hospital bed to await a second show-cause hearing.
OKDHS Culture Intolerant of OK Values: LGBTQ Supervisor Again Caught Deceiving Court
From medical kidnapping #1 to #2, the assigned Child Protective Services (CPS) worker from OKDHS’s Canadian County office changed from Tanya Stephens to Jennie White, but supervisory responsibilities remained with Nicole Warren.
Sitting outside the second show-cause hearing on Friday, October 24th, Warren was overheard telling an OU Health representative she was now both the worker and the supervisor on the case. Despite five (5) OKDHS representatives being present inside the hearing, only Warren is reported to have provided testimony.
Warren’s publicly available Facebook page is much like a digital No Kings rally. Public records show Warren (formerly Brown) has entered two (2) same-sex marriages since such unions were federally legalized by the US Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015.
During the second show-cause hearing, Warren’s second request to the court for emergency custody of Presten was again found to have omitted critical information while falsely characterizing Mooney as not cooperating with the second investigation despite the agency’s ongoing contact with her attorney.
Shortly after those hearing revelations, Warren renamed herself on Facebook as “Nikki Ray” but all content connected to the account remained the same.
Warren’s publicly espoused politics suggest she has little respect for the masses in a state where abortion is illegal and most voters, like Mooney, identify as conservatives.
Warren also uses her public-facing, social media to recruit the like-minded as child welfare workers in Oklahoma and Canadian Counties.
Court records show Warren (previously Brown) had back-to-back DUI charges in Cleveland County (2004 deferred DUI 1-yr sentence with dropped marijuana possession charge; and 2005 deferred DUI 2-yr sentence). Public records show Warren was hired by OKDHS as a child welfare worker in 2015, then promoted to CPS supervisor in 2022.
Despite Revealed Deception by OKDHS, Judge Gass Puts Teen in Permanent State Custody Based on Conflicting OU Health Testimony
Despite the court’s recognition of OKDHS’s deceptive tactics, Judge Gass, himself a former Assistant District Attorney (ADA) in the same court, sided with current ADA Eric Epplin based upon the testimony of multiple OU Health physicians. During the second show-cause hearing on Friday, October 24th, those experts provided contradictory statements about Presten’s need for hospitalization and medications administered during his recent admission.
Words Matter: OU Health Called it Chemo, Documented it as Chemo, Advised it was Chemo…Until Court, Then it was Never Chemo
It is reported both Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologists Dr. Rene McNall-Knapp and Dr. Kisha Beg testified, on October 24th, that Presten was never given “chemotherapy” but rather a class of drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI).
Just ten (10) days earlier, this journalist was in Presten’s hospital room waiting to interview him when Dr. McNall-Knapp entered with two other staff members and informed Mooney they would be starting a “third chemotherapy” on the following day.
According to Presten’s medical records at OU Health, he is currently prescribed dasatinib which is labeled on OU Health’s own portal as a “chemo tablet”.
Presten is also on multiple medications to control the many, serious side effects of dasatinib, and his online records include a page entitled “Chemotherapy Effects Education (Presten)”.
It appears OU Medical is playing with words in court as they deny giving Presten chemotherapy while verbally referring to the same drugs as “chemo” or “chemotherapy” in all other settings, including in consultation with the patient and parent as critical decisions were being made.
Readers may remember how the CDC quietly altered the definition for vaccines to bring the Covid mRNA shots under liability protections that apply to immunizations. Calling drugs TKIs only while in court appears to be an attempt to soften pharmaceutical language, thus separating OU and OKDHS from liability for damages done to Presten and others.
According to Mooney, every nurse caring for Presten at OU Children’s referred to the three (3) medications in question as chemo or chemotherapy. Given now conflicting testimony from Presten’s OU physicians, many questions concerning informed medical consent are arising from this case.
OU Health Experts Provide Conflicting Testimony Concerning Presten’s Condition: Described as “Near Death” While Preparing for Discharge
In both the OKDHS findings letter and in her testimony to the court, Warren is reported to have described Presten as “near death”. Dr. Beg reportedly stated Presten was in “imminent danger”. Conversely, Dr. McNall-Knapp is reported to have conveyed Presten was not in any imminent danger.
Within an hour of leaving the courtroom, Mooney was informed Preston would likely be discharged from OU Children’s within 48 hours and placed, not at home with her, but in foster care. It appears Presten’s condition was not as dire as some OU experts and OKDHS espoused just hours earlier in court, and the collective system’s goal may have been to separate Mooney from her child when he needs her most.
Ultimately, Judge Gass placed Presten in the permanent custody of the State of Oklahoma under OKDHS control based upon which care he felt was best for Presten, not the family’s inherent right to make those choices.
Presten’s Case Moved to OKDHS Permanency Supervisor Steeped in Gay Bear Culture
With permanent custody now held by the state, Presten’s child welfare case moved from Nicole Warren’s CPS unit to a permanency unit under supervisor Pierce Addison Nix. Prior to joining OKDHS in 2019, it appears Nix was a substitute teacher for Putnam City Public Schools.
According to publicly available social media, Nix and his husband fly the American flag upside-down, support the No Kings movement and are part of the bear culture within the LGBTQ community. Nix has B-E-A-R tattooed across his fist.
Within his Instagram profile, Nix describes himself as “Oklahoma, moonshine, tattoos, dogs, bears, cubs”. According to LGBTI News, bears are large, hairy, gay men and “a ‘cub’ is a younger, perhaps smaller, less experienced bear, sometimes interpreted as a bottom sexually”. Bear couples often reflect a significant age difference.
To celebrate his birthday in 2019, Nix created a fundraiser for Free Mom Hugs, a group that replaces the biological families of LGBTQ individuals should those connections fail to, in Nix’s words, “not only affirm the LGBTQ+ community but to celebrate them”.
With Nix and other radically left OKDHS employees disproportionately being promoted with OKDHS, bias has become evident concerning anyone with beliefs outside of their own. The Mooney case remains in hands observably hostile to the family’s values and rights.
OKDHS Supervisor’s Advocacy Connects Web of Unaccountable LGBTQ Foster NGOs & OKDHS Workers: Infant Xander Bruntmeyer Paid with His Life
OKDHS CPS supervisor Nicole Warren publicly espoused support for PFLAG Oklahoma City, an activist group that worked directly with former OKDHS Adoptions and Foster Care Recruitment Specialist Comfort Keidel to recruit LGBTQ+ foster care providers.
During 2023, V1SUT reported concerning the now defunct non-profit The Village Fosters, established by Keidel to recruit same-sex fosters while she worked for OKDHS. The Village Fosters Bartlesville chapter collaborated with LGBTQ activist group Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) and board member Jessica Pitts, then also an OKDHS worker (CPS).
Keidel’s organization helped recruit same-sex foster parents like Tracy Dawn Nelson and Anissa Marie Bedard. Pitts then investigated and failed to substantiate abuse in the Nelson-Bedard foster home related to a child’s broken arm. Shortly after, infant Xander Bruntmyer was placed in the home and abusively murdered by Nelson who is now serving a life sentence for the crime.
After Bruntmyer’s murder, law enforcement re-investigated the previous accusation of abuse involving the other child’s broken arm resulting in Nelson’s second conviction. No one at OKDHS was ever held responsible for failing to protect either child. Qualified immunity protected the agency and its actors within a failed, wrongful death, civil suit.
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After Xander’s death, OKDHS made Keidel the host of the agency’s new podcast called Waypoint. She then became a manager for Tulsa Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Pitts was hired as a Bartlesville police officer and has been involved in multiple fatal shooting cases. In 2024, she was promoted to sergeant.
An online fundraiser has been established to help pay for the Mooney’s legal expenses.
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Thank you V1SUT for your continued coverage of this travesty. What is being done to the families at the hands of OKDHS is absolutely criminal and all those involved in this nonsense need to be sent to prison for this.
Phenomenal job as usual Katy. So thankful you're covering this! ❤️