25 Facts About Alfredo Bowman

Alfredo Bowman set up a treatment center in Honduras, then moved his practice to New York City and Los Angeles.

Alfredo Bowman was considered a quack by licensed doctors, attorneys, and consumer protection agencies in the United States.

Alfredo Bowman was arrested and accused by New York state of practicing medicine without a license.

In May 2016, Alfredo Bowman was arrested in Honduras for money laundering, after being found carrying tens of thousands of dollars in cash with insufficient accounting for its origin.

Alfredo Bowman died in police custody as he was being transported to a hospital.

Alfredo Bowman first learned of herbal healing and related traditional practices from his grandmother; his grandfather was originally from Haiti.

Alfredo Bowman who was a Honduran of African descent, identified himself as an "African in Honduras", not as an Afro-Honduran.

Alfredo Bowman began his own healing practice in Honduras soon after.

Alfredo Bowman developed a treatment that he called the "African Bio-Electric Cell Food Therapy", and claimed that it could cure a wide range of diseases, including cancer and AIDS, as well as a variety of chronic conditions and mental illnesses.

Alfredo Bowman set up a center in the 1980s near La Ceiba, Honduras, and marketed his herbal products in the United States.

Alfredo Bowman called his center the USHA Research Institute, as located in the village of Usha.

Alfredo Bowman claimed that HIV is not the cause of AIDS and used herbal remedies to treat people.

In 1987, Alfredo Bowman was arrested and charged in New York with practicing medicine without a license.

Alfredo Bowman relocated to Los Angeles, where he cultivated celebrities among his clients.

Alfredo Bowman gradually earned considerable revenue, more than $3,000 a day, after giving advice and developing a wide range of celebrity clients such as Lisa Lopes, Steven Seagal, John Travolta, Eddie Murphy and Michael Jackson.

Alfredo Bowman reportedly treated Jackson in 2004, before the latter went to trial.

Alfredo Bowman was released pending a court hearing on 6 June 2016, but he was re-arrested by the Public Ministerio on money laundering charges.

Alfredo Bowman was held for several weeks in a Honduran prison, while his family was attempting to obtain his release.

Alfredo Bowman fell ill and, after police officials realized the severity of his condition, they transported him to a hospital.

Alfredo Bowman died of complications of pneumonia on 6 August 2016, en route to Hospital D'Antoni.

Alfredo Bowman was known to have been married twice and, at the time of his death, had 22 living children.

Alfredo Bowman was acquitted because jurors said the tape recorded by the agents failed to show that Alfredo Bowman had made a medical diagnosis of their purported conditions.

In 2004, Alfredo Bowman reportedly treated Michael Jackson prior to his being tried on counts of child abuse.

Alfredo Bowman claimed to have helped the singer overcome addiction to painkillers Demerol and morphine with his African Bio-Electric Cell Food Therapy.

Alfredo Bowman worked with Jackson for six months at a retreat in Aspen, Colorado.