Army Vet Sues MAGA Lettuce Grower Over ‘Explosive’ Illness

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An Army veteran is suing Taco Bell, lettuce supplier Taylor Farms and the franchise operator of an Ohio restaurant after he says a parasite-contaminated meal left him hospitalized for two days during what was supposed to be his summer vacation.

David Ott, who served 27 years in the U.S. Army, says he ate Taco Supremes from a Taco Bell in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 18 and June 20 before falling violently ill.

According to the lawsuit, Ott developed excruciating abdominal pain, severe gas and bloating, nausea, headaches, dizziness, a low-grade fever and what he described as “explosive watery diarrhea.”

His wife rushed him to Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center on June 22, where he underwent a CT scan, colonoscopy and extensive blood and stool testing.

Doctors eventually confirmed he had contracted cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness caused by Cyclospora.

Ott was hospitalized for two days before being discharged with a prescription for the antibiotic Bactrim.

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