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>>> ANOTHER CRIMINAL TRIAL FOR
THE FAMILY REALLY CONSIDERED
AMERICAN ROYALTY AND NIECE OF
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY IS
CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE
CONTACTED AFTER SHE HIT A
TRACTOR-TRAILER BACK IN 2012.
THE TRIAL OF CARRIE KENNEDY, WHO
IS ROBERT KENNEDY'S DAUGHTER,
STARTED MONDAY IN NEW YORK, AND
HER DEFENSE IS THIS.
THE WRONG PILL MADE HER DO IT.
KENNEDY'S ATTORNEY SAYS SHE TOOK
THIS BILL, THE GENERIC FOR
AMBIEN, BY MISTAKE, THINKING IT
WAS HER THYROID MEDICATION.
OUR NEW YORK AFFILIATE REPORTS A
TROOPER TESTIFIED TODAY, HE
THOUGHT KENNEDY WAS ACTUALLY
HAVING A SEIZURE OR A STROKE
AFTER HER CAR HIT THE TRUCK ON
THE INTERSTATE.
SO TO NEW YORK WE GO, AND NEW
YORK LEGAL ANALYST, SUNNY
HOSTIN.
SUNNY, WHEN YOU HEAR THIS, LIKE,
I TOOK THE WRONG PILL DEFENSE,
IS THAT LEGITIMATE?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT COULD
BE.
BEING IN TRIAL REALLY IS ABOUT
RELATING TO THE JURY.
AND I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM
WHERE THIS TRIAL IS TAKING
PLACE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WESTCHESTER
COUNTY.
A LOT OF SOCCER MOMS THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO TAKE
MULTI-PILLS, TAKE THYROID
MEDICATION, TAKE AMBIEN, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING.
I THINK IT COULD BE VERY
CREDIBLE TO A JURY THAT, HEY, I
DIDN'T MEAN TO DRIVE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE.
I JUST TOOK THE WRONG PILL.
I ACTUALLY THINK IN THIS CASE,
ESPECIALLY IF SHE TESTIFIES,
BARRACK, WHICH ACCORDING TO
MANY, SHE WILL, I THINK IT COULD
REALLY WORK OUT FOR HER.
>> AND IT'S SBRAEGS, BECAUSE YOU
TALKING ABOUT PLAYING TO THE
JURY AND THE SOCCER MOMS, I
DON'T KNOW WHO THE JURORS ARE,
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY SITTING IN
THAT COURTROOM, WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT DO YOU THINK THAT'S
HAVING?
>> IT ALWAYS HAS AN IMPACT WHEN
THERE IS A FAMILY PRESENCE
BEHIND THE DEFENDANT, IN ANY
CASE.
WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT A
FAMILY --
>> NOT JUST A FAMILY.
>> -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
FAMOUS FAMILY, AS YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER.
SORT OF THE ROYALTY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
SO
SO I SUSPECT THAT THESE JURORS
WILL KNOW ETHEL KENNEDY, THEY'LL
RECOGNIZE CARRIE KENNEDY, IT IS
THE KENNEDY NAME.
YOU HAVE TO BE LIVING UNDER A
ROCK NOT TO KNOW WHO THE