Dr. Jan Adams Shows Up To Court After Arrest Warrant Issued For Missing Hearing

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (November 16, 2007) – After a warrant for his arrest was issued earlier this morning, embattled surgeon Dr. Jan Adams showed up to court around 11:40AM, essentially turning himself in, Access Hollywood has learned.

As a result, the judge suspended his warrant for failure to appear at his morning hearing and the hearing has been rescheduled for 2PM today.

A spokesperson for Dr. Adams told Access Hollywood he missed his hearing this morning because Adams was “stuck in traffic.”

Earlier today, Dr. Adams, the surgeon who operated on Donda West prior to her death, failed to show up for a court hearing today, according to the LA Superior Court, and a judge issued a $30,000 warrant for his arrest.

This morning’s hearing was a “judgment debtor” examination, stemming from a $100,000 lawsuit brought by former patient Lori Ufondu, who claimed Dr. Adams left a sponge inside of her after a surgical procedure.

“It was quite large, quite large. It took up quite a bit of room in my breast,” Ufondu told Access Hollywood of the material left inside her body.

Ufondu said she went to see Dr. Adams in 1996 to fix a breast augmentation done by another doctor.

She says following the surgery performed by Dr. Adams, she was left with dents below both breasts.

However, it wasn’t until 2003 that Ufondu went to another doctor for reconstructive surgery to correct the problem and the new doctor discovered the sponge, or surgical gauze, that had been left inside for so many years.

“He said that when he opened it up, first of all the stench from the infected area, from the infection was really bad. He said his nurses started to cry. They couldn’t believe what they had seen,” Ufondu told Access Hollywood.

She sued Dr. Adams for medical malpractice and was awarded a default judgment of over $100,000. However, according to Lori, she has yet to receive a dime, thus the reason for Friday’s hearing.