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The Dr. Kenneth Pettine drug case: 'I was destroyed'

Last year, Dr. Kenneth Pettine was arrested on a handful of charges related to prescription fraud. Now, he can never practice medicine again.

<p>Kenneth Pettine, a spinal surgeon who was accused last year of forging prescriptions, says the accusations against him were part of a scheme designed by his business partners</p>

In hindsight, Sherri Kaspar feels weird about the Fudgsicles.

Nationally renowned spinal surgeon Kenneth Pettine bought them for her after he performed a procedure that Kaspar said left her without use of her legs and triggered relentless, debilitating infection.

Pettine stowed the treats in a freezer at McKee Medical Center in Loveland, scrawling her name on the box he bought for her to enjoy post-surgery.

Kaspar used to think the gesture meant Pettine was her friend. Now that Pettine is a convicted criminal barred from practicing medicine, she considers the ice cream a symbol of the doctor's knack for manipulation.

Read more at the Coloradoan: http://noconow.co/2sjFsZC