As noted earlier here, the Enron Task Force has requested that the Court in its criminal case against former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling impose additional conditions on Skilling’s pre-trial release because of Skilling’s well-publicized bender in New York City on April 9 that resulted in Skilling’s brief hospitalization in New York.
Now, Skilling’s lawyers on Wednesday filed pleadings in the criminal case that basically assert that Skilling’s New York adventure was no big deal and accuses the government of prejudicing the jury pool by improperly releasing Skilling’s high blood alcohol level in the Task Force’s pleadings. The Task Force is asking that Skilling be placed under a midnight curfew, restricted more in his travel, report weekly to probation department officials, and post an additional $2 million bond as a result of the New York incident.
Interestingly, Skilling’s pleading does not contest that Skilling’s blood alcohol content was measured at .19 during his brief hospitalization, but notes that hospital workers said that he appeared “only mildly intoxicated.”
New York City hospital workers obviously have high standards for concluding that someone is “very intoxicated.”