Woman goes for plastic surgery in Miami. Then something shocking happens to her while under anesthesia. Now she’s asking for help: ‘Get a lawyer’
A woman says she was assaulted while under anesthesia at a Miami plastic surgery clinic. She is now warning others in hopes that the same won’t happen to them.
To make matters worse, she alleges that after months of cooperating with investigators, police closed the case without explanation. Now she’s speaking out and getting lawyered up.
What happened during her plastic surgery?
In a TikTok with more than 2.2 million views, Miosha Watts (@elegance_monroe) describes what she alleges happened to her in September 2025. This is when she went to Vixen Plastic Surgery in Miami for a 360 liposuction procedure.
“I was [raped] by medical staff at Vixen Plastic Surgery in Miami, Florida,” the text overlay of one of her videos reads.
Watts says she went in for 360 liposuction, so there was nothing below the waist that was undergoing surgery. When she came out of anesthesia, she says she was still not fully conscious when staff put her in a wheelchair and sent her out to her wife, who had been made to wait outside the building.
“I woke up to them pulling on the straps of my [waist trainer] and just violently throwing me in a wheelchair and rolling me out the building to my wife,” she says in the video.
She says she was in immediate and severe pain, but not where she expected.
She quickly realizes something is wrong
“I had excruciating pain in my private areas, which was odd to me because I didn’t have any cosmetic surgery below the waist,” she says.
She also says she couldn’t speak without feeling like she was going to swallow part of her throat. She later learned, she says, that her uvula had been partially detached.
“I had to have my uvula removed literally less than 72 hours after going under one surgery.” She alleges her uvula was partially detached because of the severity of the sexual trauma her throat sustained while she was unconscious.
Four hours after coming out of anesthesia, Watts says she went to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where a rape kit was performed. She says the kit came back positive, with semen found in her cervix.
“I have proof of all of this,” she says, adding that she documented every phone call, text message, and email with investigators. She says she even recorded her conversations with detectives in case she needed to prove what was said.
The investigation begins
Watts alleges that detectives told her not to tell her surgeon, Dr. Valladares, about the investigation. They warned that he could attempt to leave the country if he found out. She says she complied, only to later learn that the police had gone and informed the surgeon themselves. She says they also repeatedly discouraged her from hiring an attorney.
“Like a dummy, me expecting the justice system to actually get me justice, I followed their instructions,” she says.
Watts adds that the Miami Police Department closed her case despite the positive rape kit. She says she was told she won’t be able to access her investigation file until late May or early June.
“I sat around for the better half of seven months waiting on the Miami Police Department to do their job,” she says.
They close her case
Watts says she’s now turning to TikTok because she believes she is not the first person this has happened to at Vixen Plastic Surgery, and she wants other women who may have had similar experiences to come forward and contact her directly.
“Please repost this video as many times as you can,” she says. “Please bring awareness to this.”
She also launched a GoFundMe to help cover civil litigation costs and attorney fees. As of April 27, she posted an update saying the fundraising goal had been met, adding that she has secured legal counsel and disabled donations.
“This is just the beginning of a challenging journey ahead.”
The Miami Police Department, Vixen Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Valladares had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publication.
Assault Under Anesthesia
What Watts is alleging is not without precedent. In a yearlong national investigation, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found more than 2,400 cases across the country of doctors accused of sexually violating patients while they were under anesthesia or sedation.
The AJC investigation also found that some accused doctors were allowed to keep practicing, and that institutional responses frequently prioritized the reputation of the facility over the patient’s account.
Why Do So Many Kits Go Untested?
A rape kit, formally called a sexual assault evidence collection kit, is a forensic examination performed in the aftermath of a sexual assault.
According to USAFacts, the kit contains supplies like swabs and test tubes used to collect potential biological evidence. For example, DNA from the perpetrator. This is during an invasive, hours-long examination. Once collected, the kit is transferred to a law enforcement agency. They are responsible for logging it and sending it to a crime lab for testing.
The problem is that kits routinely pile up before they ever get tested. In 2022, at least 25,000 untested rape kits sat in law enforcement agencies and crime labs across the country. That figure only accounts for data from 30 states and Washington, D.C.
The true national backlog is unknown, with estimates ranging from 90,000 to 400,000. The federal government has spent more than $1.3 billion since 2011 trying to address it.
The consequences are real. Untested kits mean missed opportunities to identify perpetrators—including serial offenders—and connect them to other assaults.
Viewers advise her to lawyer up
“I just cancelled my appointment,” a top comment read.
“Get a lawyer literally today,” a person suggested.
“As a compliance manager a lot of Miami providers have compliance and ethical complaints. this does not surprise me. Vixen is a surgical center and I am going to ask you to file a compliance complaint with AMA and Florida Board NOW. Get a lawyer immediately,” another wrote.
“1. LAWYER 2.NEWS 3.THERAPY – IN THAT ORDER. IM SO SO SORRY!!” a commenter suggested.
The Mary Sue reached out to Miosha Watts for comment via TikTok direct message and comment. We also reached out to Vixen Plastic Surgery via email, Dr. Valladares via Instagram direct message. The Miami Police Department was contacted via email.
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