Cos’ Rx ‘expert’ knows Viagra!?
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Instead of an expert in toxicology at Bill Cosby’s sex-assault retrial Thursday, the defense produced an author-wanna be better versed in Viagra than drug-facilitated molestation.
Dr. Harry A. Milman was allowed to testify as an expert in toxicology and pharmacology by Judge Steven O’Neill despite Milman admitting his lack of credentials. When asked if he held any licenses, the doctor croaked: “I hold a driver’s license.”
Cosby, 80, faces three charges of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University administrator Andrea Constand, 45, in his Pennsylvania home in 2004. Cosby maintains he offered Constand Benadryl to help her “relax.”
As prosecutor Stewart Ryan shredded Milman about his lack of expertise, the doctor managed to hawk two fiction books he has written — a political thriller and a sci-fi thriller — in which the main character is a forensic toxicologist.
“Maybe you’d like to pass them out to the jury?” Milman asked hopefully.
In another embarrassing turn, the only three papers Milman has published unrelated to cancer — his main field of study — are about Viagra.
One of the publications listed on his résumé, Ryan pointed out, was a letter to the editor.
Prosecutors have repeatedly insinuated that Cosby gave Constand Quaaludes, not Benadryl.