# Who is this celebrity expert defense witness? (Thick accent, older, like Cyril Wecht.)

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**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-celebrity-expert-defense-witness-thick-accent-older-like-cyril-wecht/804282 "2017-12-12T14:38:33Z")\
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Or maybe I’m just confusing two people. Cyril Wecht is one of the most notable ‘high profile defense witnesses at large,’ but I seem to recall another one who reminded me of Wecht, but had a thick German/Eastern European accent. But maybe I’m just conflating some random defense witness with Wecht’s facial image. I watch too many of these docs. 😮

(And, just in case you’re wondering. . . No, I don’t!)

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You might want to be a bit more specific. Was it a psychiatrist? A firearms expert? A road safety expert? A toxicologist?

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I’m thinking something like a ‘defense medical examiner.’ That is, a witness whose job is to explain away physical evidence relating to a corpse.

But it’s possible I’m just imagining Wecht with an accent.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-celebrity-expert-defense-witness-thick-accent-older-like-cyril-wecht/804282/4 "2017-12-13T01:16:41Z")

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Werner Spitz?

CMC fnord!

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-celebrity-expert-defense-witness-thick-accent-older-like-cyril-wecht/804282/5 "2017-12-13T13:56:06Z")

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^^Bingo! Thanks!