The wife of a California doctor accused of driving his family off a 250-foot cliff last year told a San Mateo court that she wants her husband home. Doctor Dharmesh Patel, 42, was charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving himself, his wife and their two children off Devil’s Slide cliff on Highway 1 in his Tesla. They all survived. His wife, Neha Patel, now says she doesn’t want her husband prosecuted. She asked the court to require her husband to receive mental health treatment rather than prison time and offered testimony regarding his character before the near-fatal crash. She said they met in 1999 and have been married for 16 years as of Friday. She described Dharmesh as a “productive member of society” and her “best friend.” She said, “I was drawn to him because he was the most down-to-earth and humble man I’ve ever met.”
* Well, he WAS taking her down to earth. At the speed of gravity.
* She’s falling for him all over again.
* Are they sure it wasn’t another Tesla self-driving accident?
* I’m sure the two kids are going, “Hey, mom, how about a vote on this. Majority rules.”
* Folks, please leave the cliff diving to the professionals.