New details have emerged in the case of a young female detransitioner who last week won a $2 million judgment against the doctors who performed a double mastectomy on her when she was just 16 years old.
Notably, the plaintiff, Fox Varian, had her healthy breasts removed about one year after she first started questioning her gender. The teen’s mother was also pressured into signing off on the surgery, as one medical professional effectively said Varian would kill herself without the surgery.
Varian was given the name Isabella at birth, but changed it numerous times during the fallout from her parents’ split, which included the estrangement of her father, independent journalist Benjamin Ryan said on X. Ryan was in the courtroom for the entire trial, and reported for the Free Press.
The young girl suffered from depression, anxiety, and social phobia and was diagnosed with autism and bounced around various schools, Ryan said. She also suffered from eating disorders and body-image issues.
However, at just 15 years old, she started to question her gender “during sessions with her psychologist,” who has been identified as psychologist Kenneth Einhorn. Just 11 months after Varian started to socially “transition,” the 16-year-old was on an operating table, where Dr. Simon Chin removed her healthy breasts.
In another shocking, yet unsurprising detail, Varian’s mother, Claire Deacon, was pressured by medical professionals, namely Einhorn, into signing off on her daughter’s surgical transition. Einhorn insisted Varian was going to kill herself without the surgery. Deacon was effectively presented with the option of having a dead daughter or a “son” who has undergone trans procedures.
The jury found that medical professionals failed to consider other possible explanations for Varian’s mental health issues — like depression, ADHD, autism, or body dysmorphia — and rushed to approve an irreversible surgery.
Varian, who recently turned 22, was awarded roughly $1.6 million for past and future suffering, and an additional $400,000 for future medical costs.
Claire Deacon, mother to Fox Varian, the detransitioner who won a $2M jury award after suing her care providers over the mastectomy she got at 16, testified that Varian’s psychologist, Kenneth Einhorn, browbeat her into consenting with threats of her child’s suicide.
I report… pic.twitter.com/3vCfk54FNT
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) February 2, 2026
There are more than two dozen cases still pending similar to Varian’s, with detransitioners suing medical professionals for irreversible harm. Varian’s verdict could be the beginning of the end of the mutilation of children in the name of transgenderism.
“The case could be a model for other lawsuits over such surgeries performed on minors,” legal expert Jonathan Turley said. “There are more than two dozen such lawsuits currently pending in various courts.”
The case could be a model for other lawsuits over such surgeries performed on minors. There are more than two dozen such lawsuits currently pending in various courts. https://t.co/78RuLrf1Q8
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) February 1, 2026
Activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole, who started to medically transition at just 13 years old, said Varian’s verdict gives her hope.
“Varian V Einhorn is the first detransitioner lawsuit to reach a verdict, and Fox Varian was awarded $2M Even better is that this was in New York!” Cole posted online. “I am going to trial as well against my doctors with the Center for American Liberty and this gives me even more hope that I will get justice for myself.”
Varian V Einhorn is the first detransitioner lawsuit to reach a verdict, and Fox Varian was awarded $2M
Even better is that this was in New York!
I am going to trial as well against my doctors with @Liberty_Ctr and this gives me even more hope that I will get justice for myself pic.twitter.com/TpbuFvFwuQ
— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChloeCole) January 31, 2026
Related: Detransitioner Awarded Millions In First Malpractice Verdict: ‘This Is How It All Ends’
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