Ohio Doctor Who Said Vaccines Cause Magnetism Faces IRS Tax Suit

Sherri Tenpenny, a Cleveland-area physician who became a national lightning rod for claiming that Covid-19 vaccines magnetize people, is being sued for a tax bill by the IRS.

The IRS filed a complaint and summons in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio seeking to recover $202,000 in taxes, plus penalties, from the tax years 2001, 2012 and 2013. With the penalties, the balance owed to the government has grown to about $647,000, the complaint says.

At verious times over the years, Tenpenny and the IRS have agreed to installment plans for Tenpenny to pay what the ...