By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The multi-millionaire who adopted his girlfriend took to the stand in his DUI manslaughter trial Wednesday in an attempt to explain his actions on the February 2010 night when he was involved in a fatal accident with a 23-year-old student.

Dressed in a dark suit and spotted tie, John Goodman, 48, stammered as he told the Palm Beach, Florida court that he consumed two shots of tequila and two shots of vodka over the course of the night, and claimed he then left the swanky Players Club shortly before the crash on a quest for a Wendy's Frosty, reported the Palm Beach Post.

Goodman's bar tab shows at least 10 tequilas and numerous other drinks were purchased, which he claims he bought for friends. The prosecution allege that Goodman also drank potent Mind Erasers and Irish Car Bombs before the collision

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the business tycoon adopted longtime girlfriend, Heather Laruso Hutchins, 42, as his daughter in a Miami-Dade County court following his DUI arrest, which is seen by many as an illicit move to protect his $300 million fortune in prepara