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‘My mum’s cancer conspiracy theories killed my sister’ | LBC
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15:22Now PlayingAn inquest is due to open in July to establish the circumstances surrounding the death of Paloma Shemirani, who died aged 23 in 2024, several months after her diagnosis with cancer.
Her brother, Gabriel, says their mother and conspiracy theorist, Kate Shemirani, is to blame.
Speaking to Ben Kentish on LBC, Gabriel claims Kate Shemirani 'coerced' Paloma into rejecting chemotherapy, which doctors said had a good chance of saving her life.
Kate Shemirani has a substantial following on social media, where she shares anti-vaccine and anti-medicine content and advocates for the use of 'natural medicine' including 'IV nutrient therapy' and supplements to cure disease. Her videos, some of which attracted millions of views, were recently banned by TikTok.
Gabriel and his brother Sebastian are calling for social media companies to take stronger action to combat the spread of medical misinformation on their platforms.
“I wasn’t able to stop my sister from dying. But it would mean the world to me if I could make it that she wasn’t just another in a long line of people that die in this way,” Gabriel said.
Kate Shemirani and her husband Faramarz have stood by their views, claiming that “Paloma died as a result of medical interventions”.
The brothers believe their mother's conspiracist views began in their childhood when they listened to recordings that claimed terror attacks in the US were staged. They say her anti-medicine views were strengthened in 2012 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Her tumour was removed through surgery, but Kate Shemirani credited alternative therapies for her recovery.
On social media, she attributed her recovery from cancer to juices and coffee enemas.
Paloma was advised against receiving chemotherapy
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