And Tina Carbone, a nurse at the Renown South Meadows medical center when Higgs was hired, said she filed a complaint with the Nevada state Ethics Committee against Augustine because she “felt in jeopardy” by Augustine’s actions.
“She was writing letters to the administration, waiting in the parking lot, making phone calls,” during a time that she and her husband had offered Higgs a room to rent in their house because of his marital problems, Carbone said.
“I wanted her to stop,” Carbone said.
But when asked by Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hicks whether she encouraged Higgs to end the marriage if it was that bad, she said, “yes.”
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