MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. (AP) ? A son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy kicked a nurse to the floor as he tried to take his newborn son out of a hospital without permission, a prosecutor said Monday during opening statements at his trial.
A defense lawyer said Douglas Kennedy acted instinctively to protect the baby when the nurse overreacted to his innocent attempt to get fresh air for the infant.
The opening statements came in Kennedy's trial on charges of physical harassment and child endangerment.
The first witness, a hospital security chief, said the incident set off a hospital-wide "code pink" indicating an abduction. But he said that by the time he called police, he knew the baby was safely back in the maternity ward.
In advance of the trial, Judge John Donohue denied most of Kennedy's requests for access to the nurses' personnel and medical records. But he ordered the hospital to turn over its written policies about when and how a baby can be taken from the hospital by a parent.
Kennedy was arrested in February. A state investigation, including a visit to the Kennedy home in Chappaqua, found no evidence of child abuse.
In depositions, one nurse said Kennedy twisted her arm, and another said he kicked her.
Kennedy, 45, and his wife, Molly, issued a statement in February that said, "Our simple desire to take our son outside for fresh air has been warped into a charge of child endangerment."
Kennedy is the 10th of 11 children of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. His father was assassinated in 1968. President John F. Kennedy, his uncle, was assassinated in 1963.
Kennedy's arrest was the beginning of a difficult year for the Kennedys in New York. His sister-in-law, Mary Kennedy, hanged herself in May in Bedford. His sister, Kerry Kennedy, has pleaded not guilty to drug-impaired driving after an accident on Interstate 684.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutor-rfk-son-kicked-nurse-infant-scuffle-152733216.html
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