Felicia Armstrong filed a lawsuit, claiming Jacob Cuellar, a former Laurel Ridge CEO, groped her during a staff meeting in 2024. Armstrong says the company did nothing to handle her complaints about it. Laurel Ridge denies the allegations.

As of Thursday morning, Laurel Ridge officially was cut off from Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Patients using those forms of coverage will now have to seek treatment elsewhere.

Laurel Ridge Treatment Center announced that 648 employees would be laid off, effective June 26. Some are worried about the impact it will have on the availability of mental health treatment in San Antonio.

Nearly 650 employees at a San Antonio behavioral health facility are being laid off later this year, according to a letter obtained by KSAT.

A San Antonio behavioral healthcare and addiction treatment center will soon be unable to treat patients covered by Medicaid or Medicare after federal health officials ended its agreement.

A state investigation recently found a list of violations at Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, which it said put patients in immediate danger. The center says, since then, it has taken corrective action.

Jacob Cuellar, 45, was denied a medical license in North Carolina because of a prior conviction related to pornography.

Jacob Cueller, 45, is accused of sexually assaulting a girl on an ongoing basis.