Bruised tongue

Defense pathologist Werner Spitz said a bruise on Clarkson's tongue was caused by the gun going off in her mouth.

The county medical examiner, testifying for the prosecution, said earlier that the bruise could have been caused by the barrel of the gun being shoved into her mouth, suggesting a struggle.

Comments

[David Kruegel]

Dr. Werner Spitz stated that in 50 years of practice he could not recall a single intra-oral fatality which was not a suicide. The prosecutor might ask Dr. Spitz what type of intra-oral suicides he can recall. Can Dr. Spitz recall an intra-oral suicide by a woman? Can he recall a intra-oral suicide by a woman in a house where she had never been before? Can Dr. Spitz recall an intra-oral suicide by a woman in a house where she had never been before after sexual contact with a man she had meet for the first time hours before? (Phil Spector's DNA on Lana Clarkson's breasts indicate sexual contact.) If Dr. Spitz cannot recall an intra-oral gunshot suicide by a woman in a house she had never entered before after sexual contact with a man she had met hours before, Dr. Spitz cannot recall a sucide similar to the Lana Clarkson's alleged suicide.