Steward CEO Sues Senate Committee Over Contempt Finding (1)

Ralph de la Torre, the embattled chief executive officer of the bankrupt Steward Health Care System, sued a US Senate committee that subpoenaed him to testify about his role in the hospital chain’s financial collapse.

De la Torre alleges that the Senate has violated his Fifth Amendment constitutional protections against government overreach and self-incrimination. The lawsuit names the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions as a defendant, as well as 20 senators on the panel.

Ralph de la Torre

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

The Senate voted last week to hold de la Torre in criminal contempt for declining to testify. The bipartisan vote means ...