Kathryn Knott, the 24-year-old former Catholic schoolgirl charged with violently beating a gay man unconscious in an unprovoked attack in Philadelphia on September 11th, has been fired from her job as an ER technician at Lansdale Hospital in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
The spoiled police chief’s daughter may have received special legal treatment from her daddy in the past, but her superiors at Abington Health are much less willing to stick their necks out for her.
In a statement released by the hospital yesterday, Knott’s employment was terminated:
“Effective today, September 25, 2014, Kathryn Knott has been terminated from her employment at Abington Health. Abington Health takes patient privacy and confidentiality very seriously and is fully investigating this matter.”
The public became outraged this week when Knott’s Twitter account displayed massive breaches in the hospital’s physician-patient privilege policy — she tweeted at least five X-rays containing sensitive patient information with complete disregard of the privacy Abington’s patients are guaranteed.
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Earlier this month, a 25-year-old Catholic high school basketball coach named Fran McGlinn was also fired from his job for his alleged involvement in the assault.
Knott, along with 24-year-old Philip Williams and 26-year-old Kevin Harrigan, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and criminal conspiracy for her involvement in the brutal assault that left a Philadelphia gay couple with severe injuries earlier this month.
All three were released on bail yesterday and continue to maintain their innocence.
To read more about Knott’s extreme homophobic history and the initial assault, check out our previous coverage.
Cy
Comeuppance is sweet. One way or the other assholes aways get their’s.
Bauhaus
Good.
All three thugs reside at their mommy and daddy’s homes. At least that is where the police department has them on file as residing.
I hope there is a civil case against all three. I hope the victims take everything from this scum.
Bauhaus
She lost her job.
She lost her eyebrows.
She’d loose her digity and decency, if she had any to begin with.
Billy Budd
She must go to jail.
redcarpet30
The animals, the animals
Trapped, trapped, trapped ’till the cage is full
The cage is full
Stay awake
In the dark, count mistakes
The light was off but now it’s on
Searching the ground for a bitter song
The sun is out, the day is new
And everyone is waiting, waiting on you
And you’ve got time
And you’ve got time
Think of all the roads
Think of all their crossings
Taking steps is easy
Standing still is hard
Remember all their faces
Remember all their voices
Everything is different
The second time around
The animals, the animals
Trapped, trapped, trapped ’till the cage is full
The cage is full
Stay awake
In the dark, count mistakes
The light was off but now it’s on
Searching the ground for a bitter song
The sun is out, the day is new
And everyone is waiting, waiting on you
And you’ve got time
And you’ve got time
And you’ve got time
pavel
She is a real c*unt.
Cam
Interesting how the Catholic school fired a guy and yet the police didn’t even charge him. Why only 3 charged?
Also, look at her with her hair pulled back. Amazing how she looks without the blond hair hanging down.
YYCwae01
Worthless piece of crap. As the saying goes, time wounds all heels.
Enjoy unemployment, bitch!
Dawson
Good. Compassion? Not a chance. We all know she will get community service and we will hear and she all three of them parade all their gay friends. They can’t be anti-gay because uncle/auntie John/Mary are gay. Forgiveness? Not today.
Dakotahgeo
It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if her despicable Keystone Kop dad got a good swift kick in his ass, where his brain is located, either!
DickieJohnson
Everyone involved in this crime should suffer consequences and have justice served, even the cop-chief-daddy, with his favoritism for the bitch princess. Do we still not know why only the three have been charged? And, please tell me some gay pit-bull lawyers are going to represent the victims.
rickhfx
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, daddy must be so proud. Why has he not spoken on the matter about his sweet daughters innocent or that gay bashing can not be tolerated, and the perps should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Bob LaBlah
@DickieJohnson: There is a pretty good chance the parents of the rest have more money and influence than the parents of these “working class” idiots who have been caught. It only takes one phone call from a “higher up” to the local radio and tv stations, along with the newspaper, to “gradually tone it down to oblivion”, shall we say.
DarSco
@pavel: you got that right! she’s a dumb effin c*unt, so are her buddies
vonric
will be interesting to see how this plays out… Pennsylvania is often described as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Arkansas in between. Warminster is an older “white flight” middle class suburb, not a home of power mommies and daddies, but blue and white collar workers. The kiddies come into “da big city” to see the night lights, booze it up and then retreat to the relative pedestrian suburbs… which speaks to these kids being alumni of the local “power school”, a Catholic school…….
not much love lost between a city that has an openly gay state rep, a city where the “gayborhood” is now, essentially all of downtown Philly and – an article a few years ago that spoke of the “gay power clique’ at the august Union League (which broke the gender segregation and can now accept women, and – presumably – lesbians, so long as they are powerful, well-positioned and affluent enough to pay the staggering dues), speaks to the reality that most folks in Center City don’t care about gender orientation.
that cultural clash will play out in court… While this “angry girl” may have her power daddy in her tiny circle of friends in the burbs, that ain’t gonna cut it in the big, dark, evil city….
as for her losing her job, hospitals are remarkably humorless about staff who violate HPPA Guidelines for patient privacy and with good reason… those five patients whose Xrays were blasted across the internet can sue, sue and then sue some more…. (and should, IMHO). Firing this twisted sadistic and cynical “bad girl” was an act of sel-preservation. As it is, the hospital will (rightfully) take a reputational hit. . She should have been fired the instant her heinous activities were discovered by administrators at the hospital where she was (formerly) on staff.
Charlie in Charge
She deserves to be fired from her job – complete lack of sense would be needed to think it’s ok to share patients medical records and x-rays.
Side note: why do you keep showing the picture of her drinking whiskey? Are we saying she’s a bad person for drinking because if so you need to take down the Stoli guy articles.
That said, chugging fireball seems like a bad idea, it’s better in cider or OJ.
seaguy
@redcarpet30: WTF?
seaguy
@YYCwae01: She might not be able to get unemployment being she was terminated with cause.
frubino
I can not believe that such humanity finishes reason to be like her and you are a disgrace itself paternal mentality education for low variants. American shame.
frubino
Catholics go to bury our heads in the channel and clear your mind until the last clean
lykeitiz
Queerty is really doing an amazing job staying on top of this story. Sad that the same can’t be said for the mainstream media.
I hope now that this girl has been properly dissected, Queerty will go after the guys. Where do they work? What do their social media accounts look like?
Blackceo
What a bunch of savage thugs. Acting like park apes instead of human beings.
onthemark
@Charlie in Charge: “Side note: why do you keep showing the picture of her drinking whiskey? Are we saying she’s a bad person for drinking because if so you need to take down the Stoli guy articles.”
No no no – drinking hard stuff right out of the bottle is so low class! (And it’s not even a pint.) Although I guess most people who do that are harmless homeless people instead of thugs like her.
mcflyer54
@YYCwae01: @seaguy: You can be pretty sure that if she files for unemployment the hospital will deny the claim and, since they have more then sufficient evidence to support “just case” termination, the claim will be denied. I’ve handled dozens of these claims for my company and this one, at least in Ohio, would be a slam dunk for the hospital.
IcarusD
@mcflyer54: When YYCwae01 said “Enjoy unemployment,” I didn’t take it that he was suggesting that she would be collecting unemployment insurance, just that she would not be employed.
Also, I’m not certain what she did at the hospital, but if it was a job requiring special medical training (as opposed to a file clerk or something with skills that could translate into other fields), I have a feeling she’ll have a hard time getting employed in any hospital or medical setting anywhere.
Dakotahgeo
@IcarusD: As a retired Hospital/Hospice Chaplain, I can assure you that she will never get a job in any medical/dental occupation in her future, having violated the governmental HIPPA laws of patient disclosure. A Dr. can saw off the wrong leg and still be employed, but patient information theft is non-forgivable.
Desert Boy
I hope this little heffa enjoys being Midge’s ‘pink’ in an all-female prison.
martinbakman
@lykeitiz: I know I’ll sound like Debbie Downer but this has to be a wake up call to health care entities on how employees may violate patient privacy on social media. She can’t be the only effing numbskull doing this.
Unfortunately since the mainstream media doesn’t track LGBT news closely this might all fly under the radar.
But definitely agree lykeitiz , kudos to Queerty for staying on top!! 🙂
SteveDenver
Let’s hope charges are brought in her violation of patient privacy.
After reading her Twitter activity that was published earlier this week, it’s clear she is spoiled and lives without consequences. I blame idiot parents for not having equipped her with a knowledge of and concern for such things.
Cam
@SteveDenver: said… “I blame idiot parents for not having equipped her with a knowledge of and concern for such things.”
__________________________
You nailed it. Remember in the original article it said that her neighbors who were interviewed were not surprised by her arrest. Sounds like she had been a menace and her Dad has kept her out of trouble for years.
Harley
This experience will follow her the rest of her life. Even if daddy gets her off with a wrist slap, every time she goes anywhere the internet and Google will follow. She will have all this thrown in her face till she’s old and in a nursing home, with the aids laughing at her as they are cleaning shit from her ass.
Dakotahgeo
@Harley: Your comment is graphic, but true. Unfortunately I won’t be around for the joyous occasion of her getting her ass cleaned up, preferably with a stick of TNT!
cvdixon29
I am glad they took action against her! What bothers me about this article most is, why do they always have to bring religion into it in some form? So she use to be a catholic school girl? Who cares? Just like a lot of articles always seem to bring race into it! Really? When do we stop looking at people by their religion or race?? I just hate the way media plays on both those issues.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Gives one a small amount of satisfaction to see that these subhuman vile noxious pieces of thit with arms,legs and an empty head suddenly realize that the internets never forget……….
Virtually every employer at the very least uses the Googles to take a looksee into any potential hire. 99.9% of employers will never even consider hiring any of these scumbags. Two have already been fired and the rest soon will find out that there are many life long consequences for their hate filled disgusting vile act…….
And even this little witch’s Father is now most likely feeling the heat for not reeling in the vile posts and rants she made on social media……..
Gay Karma is a bitch!
PS: Kathryn: C U Next Tuesday!
redcarpet30
@seaguy: It’s the theme song to Orange is the New Black.