Posted on 02/27/2014 3:18:36 PM PST by Impala64ssa
A jury was poised to begin deliberations after Kerry Kennedy told them how she accidentally took prescription sleeping pills that then "overtook" her, causing her to crash her car on a highway. Kennedy, 54, took the stand to testify in her own defense Wednesday in her drugged driving trial. She is accused of driving under the influence of zolpidem, a sleep medication better known as Ambien, and slamming her SUV into a truck on a New York highway in July 2013.One final witness, a forensic pharmacologist, is expected to be called by the defense on Thursday to testify to the effects of Ambien before final arguments are made and the case goes to the jury.Within minutes of taking the stand Kennedy invoked the name of her late father, Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy's famous lineage has been a focal point for the defense as they've tried to present her as an upstanding citizen with no drug or alcohol problems. The daughter of RFK and Ethel Kennedy, whom she was photographed pushing in a wheelchair into and out of court earlier in the week, is also a niece of President John F. Kennedy and was married to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "Daddy was the attorney general during the civil rights movement," Kerry Kennedy said after taking the stand, explaining to jurors why she grew up in Virginia. "I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8," she said. Asked how he died, Kennedy said, "He was killed while running for president."
BINGO!!
You hit the nail on the head!
“Kennedys - Can’t Drive, Can’t Fly, Can’t Ski, Can’t Skipper a Boat...but they know what’s best for us.”
Post Of The Day! :)
“Does she mix her prescription drugs in with her vitamins and birth control pills, in a big candy dish?”
Funny! LOL!
Was she taking the “Ambien” for her “Affluenza”?
My wife tried it once, woke up in the middle of the night, went in the kitchen, cooked a complete meal, went back to bed, got up the next morning and remembered nothing. If the house and car keys had not been hidden in an unusual place just in case of such a reaction, she could well have sleepwalked to the car and then sleep-drove. Bottom line: KK should have known better, but celebrities rarely do.
I’m not one to cast the first stone, but what does her daddy have to do with her driving while stoned?
Maybe she made a mistake, but for the love of Pete!
That word, celebrities. May I assume you have a rather loose definition of that word?
I don’t think she needs birth control pills anymore.
Was she on her way to the Capitol to cast a vote on legislation?
Celebrity: someone whose non-manslaughter DUI makes it to the national news.
I’ve taken ambien for the last couple of years. I finally quit when I was getting dizzy spells during the day. That’s the only side effect I ever experienced. My doctor said it doesn’t put you to sleep but keeps you from waking up multiple times a night...
Only a fool would take it before driving
And what does her “Daddy” have to do with any of this? Typical.
In fairness - not that the Kennedys deserve any fairness - Skakel is not a Kennedy,
And the driver of the truck got fired as a result.
ambien already has clear warnings not to drive or operate heavy machinery while taking it. has a drowsiness warning at minimum.
i jut don’t think blaming the drug company will work, unless they forced her to take it against her will. if she ignored the warnings it’s not thedrug company’s fault.
I bet the jury will recommend that she be appointed Ambassador to one of America’s allies.
When a Dem is caught red handed, it barely makes news.
She claims she grabbed the wrong bottle. She was getting ready to go to the airport, and said she meant to take her thyroid.
My guess is she wanted to sleep on the plane, and assumed she could “beat” the ambien to the airport. Arrogant moron. Thank God she didn’t kill anyone.
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