Defense Says Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff In Tesla Should Avoid Jail, Get Treatment Instead

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Defense Says Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff In Tesla Should Avoid Jail, Get Treatment Instead

Court hearings are underway in the case of that doctor who drove his family off a cliff in San Mateo County last year, and his attorneys argue he was mentally ill and obsessed with conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein, fentanyl, and Ukraine.In a San Mateo County Superior Court, proceedings have begun in the case of Dharmesh Patel, the radiologist who drove his family off a cliff in a Tesla in early January 2023. All four passengers of the v…