Dr. Urine Cuts Pee Deal With Prosecutors

MARCH 7--In a plea deal, a Florida doctor has admitted to dumping gallons of urine on the front door of a medical practice and has agreed to perform community service, pay restitution, and write a letter of apology to the targets of his body waste bombardment, records show.

A judge has approved a pre-trial intervention agreement struck by prosecutors with Giovanni Baula, a 59-year-old internist arrested last year for criminal mischief.

A copy of the agreement was filed in court on March 5. If Baula successfully completes the 12-month PTI program, the felony count will be dismissed by prosecutors.

The agreement states that Baula “acknowledges and accepts responsibility” for the urine attacks, and that “such acknowledgment is the first step in rehabilitation.”

Baula, seen at right, was busted for twice dousing a St. Petersburg doctor’s office with “gallons of fluid, which had the odor of urine,” according to an arrest report. The office was occupied by Dr. Dylan Dinesh, who had purchased Baula’s medical practice in 2022. 

“In recent months the defendant became upset with the victim over the business,” cops reported at the time of Baula’s arrest. Dinesh initially occupied the premises owned and previously used by Baula, but moved his business due to “certain contractual breaches, deficiencies, and inappropriate actions on behalf of Dr. Baula,” according to a civil filing.

Additionally, Dinesh accused Baula of violating contractual obligations forbidding him from “engaging in a competitive medical practice.”

During the business dispute, Baula launched his late-night urine offensives (which were recorded by surveillance cameras). Court records do not indicate where Baula sourced the urine.

As stipulated in the PTI agreement, Baula agreed to pay Dinesh $7570 in restitution and about $1000 in court costs and fees. He will also perform 20 hours of community service and be subject to random drug testing and “psychological evaluation and treatment.”

Baula must also write a letter of apology to Dinesh and an administrator with Dinesh’s practice (and have no contact with either of them).

While the state’s Board of Medicine reviews his biohazard antics, Baula remains licensed in Florida to practice medicine and prescribe controlled substances. State records list Baula’s “primary practice address” as his $2 million waterfront home in Gulfport. (4 pages)