and i was given the hipa excuse and that was the end of it. >> reporter: so what does dr.o say about the claims against him and his clinic? despite our best efforts, not much. he did, however, respond to lawsuits filed against him and his clinic akclinand denied responsibility for the deaths. we called his spokesperson. we certainly want to give him an opportunity to comment and respond to some of this. >> reporter: but he declined our interview, so we decided to go straight to him. dr. webster, dr. gupta with cnn. i am wearing a microphone, i want to know if i can ask ask you a couple questions. >> i have an appointment right now. >> reporter: will you sit down and talk to us afterwards? after the appointment, will you talk to us. will you answer a couple questions for us? >> nope. >> reporter: you don't want to answer any questions? >> no. >> reporter: all right. we did get a statement, in it dr. webster says the clinic treated difficult and complicated people with pain with the highest standard of care. he went on to call the deaths a tragedy of the worst kind for patie