It may have been just an experiment.
That’s latest from court documents in the case of Dr. Melvin Morse the pediatrician who faces charges for allegedly waterboarding his 11 year old stepdaughter.
The court documents were obtained by the Associated Press.
The affidavit for a search warrant said his waterboarding would fall into the area of study he practices.
It goes on to say that he has written about and/or researched the topic of waterboarding.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that an attorney for Morse Joe Hurley said that the idea his client was carrying out an experiment on his own daughter is “the sheerest of speculation.”
And in a telephone interview Morse told AP that authorities were over reacting in the wake of “post-Bradley hysteria”.
Authorities have been criticized for failing to act in the case of former pediatrician Earl Bradley was convicted of sexual abuse charges involving scores of patients – some toddlers.
Morse and his wife Pauline who allegedly watched the waterboarding face felony endangerment and conspiracy charges.
