Amber Libhart Johnson, the former owner of the Luxe Med Spa in Wortham, turned herself into the Freestone County Jail on Tuesday, April 28, on 14 charges, including murder, in the death of Jenifer Cleveland from July 10, 2023.
Johnson faces the following charges: felony murder, criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter, delivery of a dangerous drug (nine counts), tampering or violating with physical evidence and practicing medicine with no License.
Johnson bonded out on the same day, April 28, on a $69,000 bond.
Cleveland, who was 47-years-old at the time of her death, worked for KNES 99.1.
The Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Rangers investigated the case following the initial investigation by the Wortham Police Department.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3749, known as Jenifer’s Law, on June 20, 2025. This legislation introduced comprehensive regulations for elective intravenous (IV) therapy administered outside traditional healthcare settings, following Cleveland’s death.
Effective Sept. 1, 2025, all elective IV therapy services offered outside traditional healthcare settings in Texas must comply with the new law. This means:
- Every elective IV therapy session must be ordered or prescribed by a physician, PA, or APRN under a valid prescriptive authority agreement and adequate physician supervision.
- Only physicians, PAs, APRNs, or RNs may administer elective IV therapy, and only under adequate physician supervision.
- Supervising physicians are responsible for ensuring that all delegated providers are properly qualified and that protocols and standard operating procedures are in place.
