 There is one instance in which Carol Downer had legal entanglements.It is well known as the "Yogurt Defense" case, in which Downer was arrested while at her self-help group and charged with practicing medicine without a license because she inserted yogurt into the vagina of Z. Budapest, another member of the group, as treatment for a yeast condition.Downer went to trial and was acquitted, as the jury did not see inserting yogurt as practicing medicine.