A California dermatologist appeared in court Tuesday on charges she poisoned her radiologist husband with Drano-spiked tea — but her attorney said the man’s injuries are actually from acid reflux.
Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu was in Orange County Superior Court for her arraignment on three felony counts of poisoning and one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury — but her attorneys were granted a postponement until May 18 to review evidence.
After the brief proceeding, Yu’s lawyer, Scott Simmons, told reporters that Jack Chen hadn’t consumed Drano but suffers from the common condition gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD, which can be caused by eating fried foods.
“As you know Drano is a caustic substance. You’d have severe injuries,” he said. “His injuries are consistent with a benign condition called GERD or acid reflux.”
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Simmons told Fox News Digital that Chen had set up Yu, 45, to gain an upper hand in their bitter divorce and custody battle over their two young children.
“They had a big ant problem in the kitchen. Jack Chen tells her to put the Drano into this lemonade or tea in order to bait and kill the ants,” Simmons said. “He then sets up what he calls spy cameras to capture her pouring the Drano into the cup then falsely accuse sher of trying to poison him.”
He added, “The so-called smoking gun of the video is not a smoking gun at all.”
Chen first made the poisoning accusations in August in a request for a restraining order against his wife in family court. He filed for divorce and sole custody of their children the same day.
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