
Kerry Kennedy
Kerry Kennedy has been acquitted of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then took a wild spin down a New York highway. Jurors delivered their verdict Friday in Kennedy's misdemeanor trial in suburban White Plains, N.Y. Ref. USAToday
Kerry Kennedy has been acquitted of charges that she was driving while impaired. A jury deliberated for approximately an hour and 10 minutes.
Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She faced a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated for allegedly swerving between lanes and careening into a tractor-trailer on a Westchester County, New York, interstate in July 2012. She drove away from the accident scene despite a shredded tire, and was found collapsed over the steering wheel of her Lexus SUV a short time later, according to testimony.
Kennedy has said she swallowed a pill she thought was thyroid medication, but that she may have taken zolpidem, a powerful sleep aid, instead. A blood test confirmed the presence of zolpidem in Kennedy's system, according to trial testimony. Ref. CNN