Joan Rivers' voice doctor refutes 'abandonment' claims

The attorney for Joan Rivers' voice doctor Gwen Korovin has denied allegations that she left the room when the comedian went into cardiac arrest.

The lawyer William Lewis said that what happened was she never left the room and not only did she never leave the room, she was the last doctor to leave the room after Rivers was taken away by E.M.S. in an ambulance, the ABC News reported.

Melissa Rivers claimed in her lawsuit that Korovin performed an unauthorized transnasal laryngoscopy on her mother, even though she had no right to perform any medical procedures or render any medical services at the clinic.

She also alleged that Yorkville Endoscopy's former medical director, Lawrence Cohen, took cell phone photos with the sedated comedian and Korovin and said Rivers will like to see these in the recovery area.

Jeffrey B. Bloom, Melissa Rivers' attorney, quashed Lewis' claims by saying that she may have stayed at the facility, but she clearly wasn't in the procedure room and offered/provided no assistance.

Bloom added that on the other hand, leaving the room when you're the airway specialist is tantamount to abandonment.