It wasn’t clear who was on trial Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court: the pharmaceutical millionaire accused of fatally poisoning her young son, or the pricey expert witness hired by her defense team.
Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos hammered forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, 88, for claiming he didn’t realize that the Gigi Jordan case was “high-profile” even though news photographers had snapped his picture in the courthouse hallway.
The shocking case has been covered by national news outlets ever since a lethargic Jordan, 54, was discovered on the floor of her swanky Fifth Avenue hotel room beside the corpse of little Jude Mirra in February 2010. She’s charged with murder for allegedly forcing a lethal dose of crushed pills down the 8-year-old’s throat.
Spitz, who has worked on numerous well-publicized cases, including those of Casey Anthony and JonBenet Ramsey, said he noticed a camera flash but didn’t know who had taken the photo.
Bogdanos accused Spitz of having posed for the shot, which the doctor denied.