Justina Pelletier’s lawsuit may have ended in 2020 when she and her family lost a civil suit against Boston Children’s Hospital, but the battle for the now 23-year-old Connecticut woman to stay healthy continues. increase.

“My understanding is that she is recovering well,” said Peltier’s attorney, John Martin. It is certain that he continues to face significant mental and emotional trauma.”

Pelletier, her family, and Martin appear in Peacock’s new documentary The Battle of Justina Pelletier.

This four-part documentary series chronicles Peltier’s puzzling health problems when he was admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital in 2013.

“Physicians at Boston Children were concerned about the issue of Munchausen surrogate Munchhausen and medical child abuse,” said David Metzler, director of the documentary.

The state took Justina, who was still a child at the time, into custody for over a year.

“There were many protests, one of which was started by Anonymous and a man named Marty Gottesfeld who attacked and destroyed the Boston Children’s Hospital server in protest,” Metzler said. increase.

A native of Massachusetts, Metzler heard the story from a friend.

“I felt it was a good story,” he said.

family was on board.

“We wanted to make sure it was a true and legitimate story that dealt with a very serious issue in a very serious way,” Martin said.

Boston Children’s Hospital commented on the documentary.

The hospital said, “As was the case with Justina Peltier, we strive to act in the best interest of all children who come to us for care.” It is confirmation that clinicians have provided Justina with high-quality, compassionate care and always put her health and well-being first.”

Metzler hopes viewers will be able to see both sides after watching the series.

“I hope people can see it and see it with empathy — empathy for everyone involved,” he said. There’s a lot more to it, and there’s a lot of very human parts to it.”