BREAKING NEWS: New allegations filed in ‘Take Care of Maya’ case | News

VENICE — Maya Kowalski, the Venice woman at the center of the Netflix documentary “Take Care of Maya,” has filed a sworn declaration in court proceedings, accusing former family attorney Greg Anderson of inappropriate comments and interactions while he represented her.

These are allegations that could reshape the next phase of the long-running case arising from her treatment at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.

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