Diane Menashe Beat 14 Murder Charges for Dr. Husel — Now She's Defending Michael McKee

Diane Menashe Beat 14 Murder Charges for Dr. Husel — Now She's Defending Michael McKee

Published: February 1, 2026

Duration: 49:43

Diane Menashe is a 27-year veteran of criminal defense in Columbus who specializes in cases that look unwinnable. In 2022, she co-led the defense of Dr. William Husel, the Mount Carmel physician charged with murdering fourteen ICU patients through allegedly lethal fentanyl doses. She called one witness. Husel was acquitted on all fourteen counts. She also kept cop-killer Quentin Smith off death row. Now she's representing Michael McKee—the vascular surgeon accused of driving 325 miles in the middle of the night to execute his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe while their two young children slept nearby. Mc...