{"id":210321,"date":"2025-09-19T02:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=210321"},"modified":"2025-09-19T02:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:12:42","slug":"uclas-web-of-influence-paul-cook-carole-lieberman-and-eric-wexler-all-tied-to-the-5150-death-protocol-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/09\/19\/uclas-web-of-influence-paul-cook-carole-lieberman-and-eric-wexler-all-tied-to-the-5150-death-protocol-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA\u2019s Web of Influence: Paul Cook, Carole Lieberman, and Eric Wexler All Tied to the \u201c5150 Death Protocol\u201d Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here\u2019s a Shockya follow-up article draft<\/strong> that makes the UCLA connections explicit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Shockya Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles Superior Court is under fire after attorney Attorney Paul Cook<\/strong> filed a motion to recuse Judge Kalra in the elder abuse case of Kwon Whan Cook<\/em>. But as the motion shines light on judicial corruption, a deeper irony emerges: Cook, and two other controversial figures tied to the California 5150 psychiatric system<\/a><\/strong>, all share the same institutional root \u2014 UCLA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Eric Wexler \u2013 The Forensic Evaluator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Eric M. Wexler<\/strong>, MD, PhD, also trained at UCLA, now serves as a forensic psychiatrist in high-stakes evaluations for courts and government bodies. Like Lieberman, he sits at the intersection of medicine, psychiatry, and law \u2014 the same nexus that allows judicial actors to convert dissenting voices into \u201cmental health problems,\u201d paving the way for detentions and discrediting tactics.Paul Cook \u2013 The Legal Insider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Cook\u2019s biography is decorated with UCLA credentials: dual bachelor\u2019s degrees, a juris doctorate, and a stint as a visiting legal scholar. He cites his work and faith as the basis for challenging judicial corruption. But UCLA is not a neutral backdrop. It is the very institution that has incubated the psychiatric-legal protocols<\/strong> used to silence litigants and protect powerful interests in California courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Carole Lieberman \u2013 The Psychiatric Gatekeeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Carole Lieberman<\/strong>, a psychiatrist with an MPH from UCLA, has long been associated with the UCLA Medical Center. Known for her media appearances, Lieberman has also been central in cases where psychiatric evaluations intersect with litigation. Critics argue that Lieberman helped normalize the weaponization of the 5150 hold<\/strong> \u2014 the so-called \u201cdeath protocol\u201d \u2014 by reinforcing psychiatry as a courtroom tool to discredit or detain individuals inconvenient to entrenched interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UCLA: The Hub of the 5150 \u201cDeath Protocol\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The thread connecting Cook, Lieberman, and Wexler is not personal collaboration but institutional lineage<\/strong>. UCLA has become the ground zero for California\u2019s psychiatric-legal machine<\/strong>. From its medical center to its law school, UCLA has trained the judges, lawyers, and psychiatrists who operate the very system now being called a \u201cquiet coup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5150 protocol<\/a><\/strong>, housed and normalized in places like UCLA Medical Center, allows for 72-hour psychiatric detentions. But critics say it has been repurposed as a weapon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n