By Victoria Cavaliere WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - A drug expert testified Thursday that Kerry Kennedy, daughter of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, might have had an episode of "sleep driving" when she sideswiped a truck on a New York highway in 2012 before passing out behind the wheel. David Benjamin, a clinical pharmacologist, took the stand in Westchester County Court on Thursday to testify on behalf of the defense. ... They are acting on an automatic type of behavior, something they have done many times." Prosecutors in Westchester County, north of New York City, maintain that even if Kennedy took the sleeping pill accidentally she was liable for her actions and should have stopped driving after realizing she was impaired. A jury trial for impaired driving, a misdemeanor, is unusual but Kennedy, who is also the ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the niece of assassinated President John F. Kennedy has maintained that she accidentally ingested the pill and did not realize her mistake the morning of July 13, 2012.
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