IRVINE, CALIFORNIA: The lawyer for dermatologist Yue “Emily” Yu, who was discovered adding drain cleaner Drano to her husband’s lemonade, said that this was only a ploy used by her husband Jack Chen to gain “custody of the children.”
“The idea that my client, a 45-year-old well-respected dermatologist in Orange County, would destroy her life, destroy the lives of her children, and try to kill her husband is just completely absurd and untrue, and for that matter defamatory,” attorney David Wohl said in a statement to CBS Los Angeles.
On August 4, Yu was detained after her husband accused her of adding the substance to his drink. She has not been charged and was freed on bail on Friday, August 12.
Wohl alleges that Chen, a radiologist, secretly recorded his wife three times in their house as she poured the liquid into his lemonade, but Chen argued that his client was actually using the cleaning agent to unclog a drain.
Every time she put Drano into a cup, he remarked, “It was empty. Its purpose was to make it easier to use the sink or any other area of the house where the drainage was obstructed.
Wohl claimed that Chen made up the poisoned tale in order to get Yu’s divorce and custody of the couple’s two kids because he was “desperate.” He remarked, “We totally believe that these comments he made are all crucial to that effort.
In the meantime, Chen testified in a court declaration that at least three times in July, his wife allegedly poisoned his drink. He claimed that after being quite ill and noticed a chemical taste in his lemonade, he began to have doubts. He finally made the decision to put a nanny cam in their kitchen. In addition, he has petitioned the court for a restraining order against his wife of ten years. Additionally, he accused Yu of mistreating their children, who are seven and eight years old, by physically and verbally abusing them.
In a court filing acquired by The New York Post, Jack claimed, “Emily will frequently use a Chinese phrase that means “go die!” when she becomes irate and yells at the kids. She also calls the kids “f***ing idiots,” “dumb a****les,” “f***ing moron,” “your head has a problem,” and “get the f**k out of my way.”
Yu allegedly prevented the children from going to bed before Chen wanted them to.