Physicians discovered a dead worm in RFK Jr.’s brain, according to

Physicians discovered a dead worm in RFK Jr.’s brain, according to the New York Times.

According to a deposition Kennedy delivered in 2012, The New York Times revealed that a dark area on brain scans obtained of 2024 independent presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s brain in 2010 was not a tumor, as physicians concluded, but rather a dead worm. While Kennedy was packed for a trip, his doctor at New York-Presbyterian Hospital called to inform him that the spot appeared to be a dead parasite.

Kennedy stated in the deposition that the spot “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” as reported by the Times. Kennedy claimed to have received a diagnosis of mercury toxicity in 2010 or so, which he attributed to overindulging in fish.

In the 2012 deposition, he stated, “I have cognitive problems, clearly,” according to the Times. “I experience both short-term and longer-term memory loss that impacts me.” Kennedy told the Times that he no longer experienced memory loss or fogginess, that the worm in his skull was not causing any additional negative effects, and that he didn’t need any medical attention. According to the Times, Kennedy’s second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, was present during the deposition, which took place during their divorce proceedings. He contended that his cognitive difficulties had reduced his earning potential.

Kennedy’s doctor at New York-Presbyterian Hospital phoned him, and after a battery of tests, it was discovered that the lump was actually a cyst containing the remnants of a parasite that Kennedy believed he may have picked up while traveling across South Asia. Experts on infectious diseases, neurosurgeons, and the Times all agreed in interviews that the parasite might have been a larval swine tapeworm.