WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy swerved her Lexus into a truck, damaging the car and blowing a tire, but kept driving and later was slumped at her steering wheel and disoriented, motorists testified Monday at her drugged-driving trial.
Her lawyer said she was "sleep-driving" because she had accidentally taken a sleeping pill.
Kennedy, ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, daughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and niece of President John F. Kennedy, went on trial Monday in suburban New York.
Several Kennedy relatives, including her mother, Ethel Kennedy, sat in the gallery's front row.
In his opening statement, defense lawyer Gerald Lefcourt told the six jurors that Kennedy was not disputing that she drove erratically. But he said it happened because Kennedy accidentally took an Ambien sleeping pill that morning instead of her thyroid medication.
Kennedy's blood tests revealed a small amount of the sleeping drug zolpidem.
"The zolpidem kicks in. It shuts her down. She's in a state of sleep-driving," Lefcourt said.
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Her lawyer said she was "sleep-driving" because she had accidentally taken a sleeping pill.
Kennedy, ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, daughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and niece of President John F. Kennedy, went on trial Monday in suburban New York.
Several Kennedy relatives, including her mother, Ethel Kennedy, sat in the gallery's front row.
In his opening statement, defense lawyer Gerald Lefcourt told the six jurors that Kennedy was not disputing that she drove erratically. But he said it happened because Kennedy accidentally took an Ambien sleeping pill that morning instead of her thyroid medication.
Kennedy's blood tests revealed a small amount of the sleeping drug zolpidem.
"The zolpidem kicks in. It shuts her down. She's in a state of sleep-driving," Lefcourt said.
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Not that I was ever big on them anyways. But I'm done. No more. You got this stupid one driving around all hopped up on meds. Meanwhile, you got Patrick Kennedy (former pill junky) trying to fight the pot legalization movement. Then there's the stupid cousin who murdered someone. Skakel?
The whole Ted Kennedy thing never really bothered me... and he seemed to clean up his act. But now I'm fed up with him as well.
JFK was overrated. All the bull**** I hear about him has to do with supposed cultural changes in the US just because he wasn't some old windbag. And he was all hopped up on meds all the time. I understand he had a medical issue... but COME ON.
Kennedy, 54, of Bedford, won permission from Justice Robert Neary to miss last week's jury selection because she was on a human rights trip to Western Sahara
"Yeah Judge... I got this whole Africa human rights trip going on... I need to miss court."
/cue jailhouse door slamming shut
So **** them. **** the Kennedys. **** all their bull****. They are just a bunch of rich *******s who have probably done more to hurt liberal causes than anything else. Lock em all up I say!
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