2008-05-13 23:35:03 -
LATEST: California health watchdogs are investigating another 14 staff members at UCLA Medical Center in their ongoing scrutiny on celebrity snooping at the Los Angeles hospital.
More than 50 physicians and medical workers have so far been investigated after claims of improper viewing of celebrity medical records first surfaced, and one former administrative specialist, Lawanda Jackson, has been indicted for allegedly selling outpatient records to the media.
The medical records of Tom Cruise, Farrah Fawcett, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Britney Spears are believed to be at the centre of the ongoing investigation, which was launched after a Los Angeles Times newspaper expose earlier this year (08).
Officials have already faulted UCLA Medical Center bosses for failing to maintain patient confidentiality and report the breaches, which date back to 1995, to regulators.
According to the latest documents, Lawanda Jackson reviewed the records of actress Farrah Fawcett on 104 days in 2006 and 2007, as the former Charlie's Angels star was battling cancer.
She also allegedly snooped into Spears' medical records.
Jackson is not mentioned by name in the records, nor are the celebrities involved, but the Los Angeles Times has confirmed their identities.
Fawcett sparked the Times report when she complained to her UCLA doctor about a suspected breach, shortly after tabloid the National Enquirer reported the actress' cancer had returned last summer.
The actress claimed she had yet to tell members of her family and her closest friends about her health crisis when the publication ran its story.