‘Boob God’ surgeon’s gagging order on mannequin is lifted by choose after she ‘broke NDA’ to make claims about ‘traumatic operation that left her with sepsis’
A model who says she was left in ‘indescribable pain’ after getting breast enhancement surgery from a surgeon nicknamed the ‘Boob God’ is finally free to speak about her ordeal after a legal gag imposed at his behest was lifted.
Katy Morgan turned to Dr Riccardo Frati – a self-professed ‘surgeon to the stars’ – for her plastic surgery after losing confidence in her body following the birth of her second child.
He boasts 250,000 Instagram followers and an enviable client list including James Argent, Gemma Collins and Big Brother star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, for whom he is said to have fitted some of the largest implants in the UK.
But single mother of two Ms Morgan claims the April 2021 surgery led to her being hospitalised with ‘traumatic’ complications including sepsis and necrosis – the death of living tissue.
Ms Morgan, 32, then found herself on the receiving end of Dr Frati’s ire when she took to social media to complain about his work in 2023.
The surgeon – who denies all of her allegations – claimed she had breached a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that she had signed while in hospital recovering from the infections.
The agreement gave her a full refund for her procedure in exchange for a ban on publicly criticising the surgeon or even, it is alleged, providing information on him to regulators such as the General Medical Council.
Ms Morgan says she has no memory of signing the contract, had no opportunity to seek legal advice about it and was on strong painkillers at the time. He disputes this.
The surgeon succeeded in persuading a court to grant an interim injunction against her in September 2023.
Model Katy Morgan (pictured) has succeeded in overturning a gagging order preventing her from criticising a cosmetic surgeon over her breast enhancement
Ms Morgan says she signed a non-disclosure agreement while heavily medicated as she recovered in hospital from infections she says were associated with the surgery
This required her to comply with the terms of the NDA – effectively banning her from publicly criticising the work of Dr Frati, known for appearing on This Morning.
Ms Morgan was unrepresented at that hearing versus the surgeon’s barrister – and has been fighting the gagging order since with the support of the Free Speech Union. Last week, she finally achieved her first victory.
A judge at Manchester Civil Justice Centre overturned the gag on Thursday after the model’s legal team successfully argued she had been the ‘only person in the whole world’ unable to speak about her own case.
While he made no findings of fact in the dispute over the NDA, Judge Ivan Ranson said the arguments that it was unlawful and that Dr Frati took advantage of his position of power were ‘compelling’, as reported by The Times.
Ms Morgan told the newspaper that she felt a ‘weight had been lifted’, adding: ‘My voice has been given back to me, because he took it away. He chose the wrong person to try and shut up.’
Frati was ordered to pay £20,548.72 in legal costs; a hearing on February 9 will determine whether Ms Morgan’s alleged breach of her settlement and NDA should be thrown out of court or go to trial.
Ahead of the next hearing, Dr Frati has categorically denied the allegations made against him.
In a statement to The Times, he said: ‘I categorically deny the allegations made against me by Ms Morgan. The allegations remain disputed and have not been determined by any court or regulator.
‘The hearing was concerned with interim and procedural issues, and no findings were made on the merits of the underlying allegations. I reject the suggestion that I sought to silence Ms Morgan. At no stage did I prevent her from raising concerns with any regulator or authority.’
Ill-effects from the surgery continue to have an effect to this day, Ms Morgan said.
She added of the surgery: ‘I don’t really remember most of it because I was on such high painkillers… but it just felt like my chest was going to burst.’
Ms Morgan is currently crowdfunding the next stage of her hearing.
Ms Morgan said she found the operation and complications ‘traumatic’, but remembered little of it as she was on strong painkillers
Dr Riccardo Frati is a surgeon to stars of reality TV – and has featured on shows such as This Morning (pictured)
Bryn Harris, chief legal counsel to the campaign group, said: ‘The Free Speech Union is delighted that Katy is now free to speak about her ordeal at the hands of Dr Riccardo Frati.
‘Gagging a patient from passing information to regulators is serious wrongdoing, and we hope and expect that the General Medical Council will now take urgent action.
‘We further encourage any other women who have been silenced by Dr Frati to come forward and speak to the Free Speech Union.’
The GMC has declined to comment on whether Dr Frati is under investigation, but a source stressed that an NDA would not preclude them from looking into claims of misconduct, even if one was in place.
In the interim, he has been suspended from practising at First Trust (now Greater Lancashire) Hospital in Preston in June 2025 due to an alleged breakdown of trust and communication with staff.
He was then removed from the roster of cosmetic surgery provider MYA, which uses the private hospital as a clinic.
His MYA profile – describing him as a ‘very experienced and highly qualified cosmetic surgeon’ – was removed from the firm’s website sometime between May and August 2025, according to Internet Archive records.
A spokesperson for MYA told the Daily Mail: ‘We can confirm Mr Frati was suspended from the First Trust Hospital, a third-party operating facility we use.
‘MYA respected and supported the decision and removed Mr Frati as an operating surgeon with immediate effect in June 2025.
‘Here at MYA, patient care and safety is our priority and will always continue to be.’
It added that all patients who were scheduled to be treated by Dr Frati were given alternate arrangements, and those recovering from his surgeries had appropriate aftercare. Greater Lancashire Hospital was contacted for comment.
The Daily Mail has contacted Dr Frati for further comment.
