In the trial of the former NBA star charged in the shooting death of his limo driver, Williams raised a host of psychiatric and medical claims in connection with his obstruction of justice charges, presenting a complement of expert witnesses. Prosecutors retained The Forensic Panel to consider each of these diagnoses and claims. On the eve of The Forensic Panel’s court-ordered psychiatric examination, Williams’ pulled his entire psychiatric defense to circumvent the interview. When Williams responded with a medical defense, The Forensic Panel pivoted to involve specialists with this expertise, and drew out evidence reflecting on the defendant’s customary relatedness and choices, and their correlation with the medical issues asserted, in a peer-reviewed report. Williams pulled the medical report of his medical specialist, Dr. Michael Baden, in order to prevent The Forensic Panel’s rebuttal. He was ultimately convicted at trial of the evidence tampering charges and all of the charges that related to The Forensic Panel’s work.
