The girlfriend of a Texas doctor allegedly poisoned by his lover testified in court that her boyfriend suspected his mistress was responsible but was afraid to contact authorities.
Evette Toney spent much of Tuesday testifying in a Houston courtroom about how she found out her boyfriend, Dr. George Blumenschein, was having an affair with a fellow cancer researcher, Dr. Ana Gonzalez-Angulo, at the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Gonzalez-Angulo is charged with aggravated assault after prosecutors say she spiked Blumenschein's coffee in 2013 with ethylene glycol, a sweet-tasting chemical found in antifreeze. Prosecutors allege that Gonzalez-Angulo poisoned the coffee after Blumenschein picked Toney over her.
Toney testified that shortly after Blumenschein was hospitalized following his poisoning, he told her that he believed Gonzalez-Angulo had poisoned him. But, Toney said, he told her to not tell anybody of his suspicions because he feared Gonzalez-Angulo might hurt him again or hurt Toney.
"At one point, George said, 'Evette, do not poke the dragon,'" Toney said.
The jury also saw cellphone video of Blumenschein in the hospital waiting room as the poison in his body started to take its toll. The video was shot by Toney, who recounted the agonizing pain Blumenschein was going through.
"I thought he was dying. I actually thought he was dying in front of me," Toney said.
