DUI Millionaire Who Adopted His Girlfriend Drank ‘Mind Erasers And Irish Car Bombs’ Before Fatal Crash
March 13 2012, Published 4:30 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Jurors in the DUI manslaughter trial of the multi-millionaire who adopted his girlfriend heard conflicting versions of the events leading up to the crash that killed a 23-year-old student when both sides made their opening statements on Tuesday.
As Breaking Celebrity News has previously reported, John Goodman was over twice the legal limit when he smashed into Scott Wilson’s car in February 2010, pushing Wilson's vehicle into a Palm Beach, Florida canal, where he later drowned.
Goodman, 48, subsequently adopted Heather Laruso Hutchins, 42, as his daughter in a Miami-Dade County court last year, which is seen by many as a move to protect his $300 million fortune in preparation for a wrongful death civil lawsuit brought against him by Wilson’s parents, William and Lili.
On Tuesday, prosecutor Ellen Roberts listed a string of intoxicating cocktails that Goodman and his friends ordered at a polo social before he got behind the wheel of his Bentley, including Mind Erasers (made with vodka, Kahlua and tonic water), and Irish Car Bombs, a highly potent combination of Baileys, Guinness and Jameson whiskey.
The prosecution then went on to detail how after drinking the deadly cocktails, the business mogul sped through a stop sign, smashed into Wilson, fled the scene of the crash, and called his girlfriend before dialing 911 an hour later.
"Goodman tells his girlfriend, ‘I've been in a