The anti-chemotherapy opinions of the mother influenced the death of Paloma Shemirani

A high -level conspiracy theorist influenced his daughter to reject chemotherapy in favor of alternative treatments, which finally led to his death, judged a coroner.

Paloma Shemirani, from Uckfield to East Sussex, died in July from last year – seven months after her diagnosis of non -Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Ms. Shemirani, 23, had refused chemotherapy in favor of juice juice and coffee enemas pleaded by her mother, Kate Shemirani, a former nurse who was struck for her anti-vaccination opinions.

The Coroner Catherine Wood said Thursday before Kent and Medway Coroners short: “The influence that was put into service on Paloma … contributed more than little to his death.”

After her diagnosis in December 2023, Ms. Shemirani went to live with her mother and started taking five coffee enemas a day, according to her brothers.

In July 2024, she collapsed at home and was taken to the County Hospital of Royal Sussex in Brighton, where she died five days later.

An osteopath who saw Ms. Shemirani in the morning when she collapsed told the investigation that he had “never seen” a lymphoid mass like hers in 43 years of practice.

Wood said that Ms. Shemirani died of the progression of a curable but untreated disease.

She added that the treatment would have given Ms. Shemirani 80% of the complete healing chances.

The Cambridge graduate had initially agreed to treatment, said the coroner, adding that “doubts about consent only surfaced after Ms. Shemirani got involved”.

The Coroner said that Mrs. Shemirani was influenced by her own beliefs, her mother, that of her father and by those of a family friend – all those who recommended the alternative treatment she used.

“I found Ms. Shemiani’s care of her incomprehensible daughter but not illegal murder,” said Wood.

Ms. Shemirani’s mother tried to blame medical staff for the death of her daughter and previously qualified chemotherapy as “mustard gas”.

The staff of the Maidstone Hospital, where Ms. Shemirani was diagnosed, the County Hospital of Royal Sussex and the paramedical paramedics all acted in an appropriate manner, the investigation discovered.

Neither his mother nor his father – the non -medical doctor Faramarz Shemirani – attended the conclusion of the investigation.

His brothers, Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani, assisted and said that the state had “failed” by not classifying the death of their sister as an illegal murder, despite the recognition of a violation of the duty of diligence of their mother.

Gabriel told the investigation: “I completely blame my mother for the death of my sister”, adding that she had “obstructed” her sister to receive treatment.

The coroner noted the “striking” family dysfunction, which, according to her, had been “very publicly exposed” during the investigation.

“The dynamics within the immediate family were complicated and dysfunctional at the time of Paloma’s death,” she said.