NORRISTOWN, Pa.– Two experts were expected to face off in Bill Cosby‘s sex assault retrial Thursday — but instead the defense produced a wannabe author better versed in Viagra and cancer than drug-facilitated molestation. 
 
 Dr. Harry A. Milman was allowed to testify as an expert in toxicology and pharmacology by judge Steven O’Neill following a painful voir dire by prosecutor Stewart Ryan, during which Milman was forced to repeatedly admit his lack of credentialing. 
 
 When asked if he held any licenses, the doctor croaked: “I hold a driver’s license.” 
 
 Cosby, 80, faces three charges of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University administrator Andrea Constand in his suburban Philadelphia home in January 2004. Cosby maintains he offered Constand Benadryl to help her “relax.” 
 
 As Ryan questioned Milman scathingly about his expertise, he managed to hawk two fiction books he’s written — a political thriller and a science fiction thriller — in which the main character is a forensic toxicologist. 
 
 “Maybe you’d like to pass them out to the jury?” he asked hopefully. 
 
 At one point during questioning, the stunned prosecutor turned to look at his own expert, forensic toxicologist Dr. Timonthy Rohrig, who sat in the well listening to Milman’s testimony. 
 
 In another embarrassing turn, the only three papers Milman has published unrelated to cancer — his main field of study — are about Viagra. One of the publications listed on his CV, Ryan pointed out, was a letter to the editor. 
 
 Of the Viagra-focused works, Milman said only one was related to drug-facilitated sexual assault. That paper focused on an accused rapist who blamed an overdose of the erectile dysfunction medication for his actions. 
 
 “An individual raped his girlfriend’s daughter, and, um, his defense was that he took an overdose of Viagra, and Viagra made him do it, if you will,” Milman testified. 
 
 While Milman told jurors that the effects of Benadryl run contrary to Constand’s version of the alleged sex assault, Rohrig said that Cosby could have effectively used Benedryl to incapacitate his accuser. 
 
 The comedian listened intently, leaning forward and raising his eyebrows as Rohrig said that the over-the-counter drug could cause muscle weakness, clumsiness and “significant sedation”– especially if taken on an empty stomach or with alcohol. 
 
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 Constand, 45, testified that her mentor offered her three round, blue pills, which she thought were herbal. She said she’d had a sip of wine at Cosby’s insistence, and that she’d yet to have dinner when she accepted the pills. 
 
 A blue form of the antihistamine was sold through 2010 or 2011, Rohrig said – -though he corrected himself when he was presented on the stand Thursday with a box of blue Benadryl by defense attorney Kathleen Bliss, who said the blue pills had been purchased last week. 
 
 During her two days on the stand earlier in the trial, Constand testified her mouth felt “cottony” and her legs became “rubbery” soon after ingesting the pills. 
 
 Cosby, then 67, says he offered Constand 1.5 tabs of Benadryl, also known as diphenhydramine, to help her “relax.” 
 
 “[Constand] describes feeling sleeping and an onset of symptoms that are consistent with the ingestion of diphenhydramine: the sleepiness, the dry, cottony mouth,” Rohrig told jurors. “All these symptoms that she described are consistent with the ingestion of diphenhydramine.” 
 
 Rohrig testified that the effects described by Constand could also be attributed to a number of other blue prescription drugs, including Valium, certain antidepressants and Quaaludes. 
 
 “Any of these things that she says happened would not have happened within 10 to 15 minutes, as she said,” Milman told jurors during his testimony, saying the effects she recounted would have taken nearly three hours to set in. 
 
 Prosecutors have repeatedly insinuated that Cosby gave Constand Quaaludes, not Benadryl. Jurors Wednesday heard Cosby, in a 2005 deposition, admit that he’d procured seven prescriptions for Quaaludes from a doctor in the 1970s, and he’d used the party drugs, nicknamed disco biscuits, to have sex with women. 
 
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 In that same deposition, Cosby claimed he’d run out of the powerful sedative in 2002. No Quaaludes were found by police during a search of his Cheltenham, Pa., home, where the alleged assault occurred. 
 
 Both Rohrig and Milman testified that Quaaludes were “large white” pills. “It never came in blue,” Milman said of the drug. 
 
 Rohrig admitted under questioning by defense attorney Kathleen Bliss that paralysis, which Constand claimed to also experience during the alleged sex attack, was not a side effect of Benadryl. 
 
 Milman agreed, saying that paralysis was not a listed side effect of Benadryl. 
 
 Rohrig also testified that studies showed Quaaludes, also known as Methqualome, didn’t often leave users feeling foggy the next morning. Benadryl, he said, could result in a hangover. 
 
 Constand testified she awoke on Cosby’s couch, hours later, feeling groggy and confused. 
 
 The entertainer’s June 2017 trial ended when jurors were unable to return a verdict following nearly 60 hours of deliberation. ||||| In the roughest day yet for Bill Cosby’s defense team, a so-called toxicology expert acknowledged on the stand on Thursday that he had Googled data for his expert report, that his sole active license was a driver’s license and that one of the scholarly publications he listed on his curriculum vitae was in fact a letter to the editor. 
 
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 At one point during an exacting cross-examination, Maryland toxicologist Dr. Harry Milman suggested to a prosecutor probing his credentials that he distribute copies of Milman’s two fiction thrillers to jurors in the stately Pennsylvania courtroom. 
 
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 “Maybe you’d like to pass them out to the jury,” Milman told Stewart Ryan, an assistant district attorney for Montgomery County, where the world-famous comedian has an estate in a suburb outside of Philadelphia. 
 
 Cosby is charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault, for allegedly drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his estate in 2004. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison on each count. He has pleaded not guilty. 
 
 Cosby has adamantly denied ever drugging or sexually assaulting anyone ever, though dozens of women have come forward publicly to say they believe he knocked them out and sexually assaulted them. 
 
 Five of those women took the stand last week to tell notably similar accounts to Constand’s story. All but Constand’s allegations fall outside the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. A number of the women are suing the entertainer in civil court. 
 
 A previous trial last summer ended in a hung jury and a mistrial. This time around, Cosby has a whole new defense team employing a more aggressive strategy than the previous team to save the Philadelphia native from a prison cell. 
 
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 With defense attorneys spinning in their chairs every few minutes to see the clock on the back wall without having to look at their watches in front of a jury, Milman conceded during a particularly thorny patch of cross-examination that a key figure he’d quoted under direct examination about the effect of sedatives on the central nervous system came from a web search. 
 
 Milman testified in his report and on the stand that only about 1 to 10 percent of people experience the side effects of diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl. 
 
 Ryan, holding a copy of a peer-reviewed medical compendium that put the common side effects figure at about 50 percent, moved in. 
 
 “What was the source of the information?” he asked Milman. 
 
 “I went online,” the witness replied, “which is a common thing to do these days.” 
 
 “Did you Google it?” Ryan asked. 
 
 “Yes,” the toxicologist replied, after a pause. 
 
 Cosby told Constand’s mother in a phone call after the alleged assault that he had merely given her daughter Benadryl, an over-the-counter antihistamine used to treat allergies and colds that also has sedative effects on some users. 
 
 Prosecutors suspect but cannot prove that Cosby actually gave the former professional women’s basketball player something stronger. 
 
 In both trials, prosecutors have been permitted to read into evidence portions of Cosby’s sworn testimony during a deposition in a civil lawsuit Constand brought against him and that he settled in 2006 for $3.38 million. 
 
 In the deposition, he said he carried prescription Quaaludes around in the 1970s to share what were referred to in court testimony as “disco biscuits” to potential sex partners with their consent. He said he did so with at least one young woman at the time, prior to sex. 
 
 No evidence has been presented at trial that Cosby gave Constand Quaaludes. 
 
 But Constand’s mother testified that after telling her he gave her daughter Benadryl, he cryptically promised to get the name of the drug on his “prescription" and mail it to her, though he said he never did. 
 
 The toxicologists were on hand to sort out the science, but much of the day was consumed with the colorful defense expert’s testimony. 
 
 When it seemed like every jaw in the courtroom had hit the floor, Milman acknowledged that under the criteria he was using, a Viagra-fueled rape would be categorized as a drug-facilitated sexual assault -- the felony with which Cosby is charged. 
 
 Still, the doctor seemed to pivot quickly, glancing sidelong at a box of wide-eyed jurors to confide that the man’s “defense was, if you will, the Viagra made me do it!” 
 
 At another point, Ryan quizzed Milman on his credentials and asked if in fact one of the scholarly articles on his CV was actually “a reply to a letter to the editor?” Milman conceded the point. 
 
 In an unusual arrangement sanctioned by the judge aiming to keep the case moving in deference to a sequestered jury, the prosecution closed their case on Wednesday but re-opened it on Thursday to call a final expert witness who wasn’t available until today. 
 
 That set the stage for dueling toxicologist testimony. Ultimately the two differed on one key point. 
 
 Dr. Timothy Rohrig, the prosecution expert, testified that it takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the sedative effects of Benadryl to take hold -- which is consistent with Constand’s account of being drugged and molested by the entertainer at his Elkins Park estate in early 2004. 
 
 Milman, the defense expert, countered that it takes about an hour, which is inconsistent with Constand’s account of seeing double, getting dizzy and passing out within several minutes of taking pills she testified were given to her by Cosby and sipping wine. 
 
 Rohrig testified for less than half an hour, while Milman’s testimony crossed the four-hour mark late Thursday afternoon before grinding to a close around 6 p.m. 
 
 Milman, a friendly, veteran toxicologist, spent time as a pioneering pharmacist on an American Indian reservation, and nearly two decades at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
 
 Unlike Rohrig, however, he is not a forensic toxicologist. He is a toxicologist, but let his medical license lapse after retiring. 
 
 Asked whether he holds any active licenses, he replied with a straight face that “I hold a driver’s license.” 
 
 Defense testimony continues on Friday. ||||| Toxicology, Cancer, Pharmacology, and Pharmacy Consultant and Expert Witness 
 
 Dr. Harry A. Milman has served as a toxicology, cancer, pharmacology, and pharmacy consultant and expert witness since 1998. After his 30 year career in the US federal government, Dr. Milman turned to consulting and litigation support as an expert witness for both defense and plaintiff attorneys. In addition, Dr. Milman evaluates medical records (toxicology and pre-clinical pharmacology) and testifies at depositions and jury trials on issues related to the following topics. 
 
 Background and Experience 
 
 US National Cancer Institute, NIH 
 
 Dr. Milman was a research scientist at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 10 years. He conducted research in cancer treatment, childhood leukemia, and pancreatic cancer while in the Laboratory of Toxicology. After that, Dr. Milman managed, monitored, and designed long-term animal cancer and toxicology studies as part of the Carcinogenesis Testing Program. 
 
 US Environmental Protection Agency 
 
 Dr. Milman was a Senior Toxicologist and Senior Science Advisor for nearly 20 years at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances (OPPT), Dr. Milman evaluated over 200 cancer and toxicology studies and performed many health assessments under Sections 4, 5, and 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 
 
 As Chairman of the Health Research Subcommittee for OPPT, Dr. Milman directed agency research priorities and coordinated scientific activities between the EPA, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and various national and international health organizations. 
 
 While in the Office of International Activities, Dr. Milman coordinated agency participation in the World Health Organization (WHO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS). Dr. Milman also provided guidance to the regulated industry involved in international transport of hazardous wastes. 
 
 Lastly, Dr. Milman managed the preparation of preliminary guidelines for “Risk-Risk Tradeoff” and implemented a research program on the use of biochemical and immunological markers as early indicators of cancer. 
 
 Licensed Pharmacist 
 
 Dr. Milman was a licensed pharmacist in New York and Maryland for about 35 years. He also served as the first pharmacist at the White Earth Indian Health Center in Minnesota (1968-1970). 
 
 Education 
 
 Harry A. Milman received his Doctorate in Pharmacology from the George Washington University, his Master of Science in Pharmaceutics from St. John’s University, and his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Columbia University. 
 
 Professional Affiliations and Activities 
 
 Dr. Milman is a member of the Society of Toxicology and served as President of the National Capital Area Chapter of the Society of Toxicology from 2005 to 2006. He is also a member of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). 
 
 Dr. Milman has also organized or presented at more than 20 national or international conferences and has edited five books, including the widely used Handbook of Carcinogen Testing. 
 
 Awards 
 
 Throughout his career, Dr. Milman has received three US Public Health Service Citations, the US Public Health Service Commendation Medal, and the US Environmental Protection Agency Bronze Medal for Commendable Service. 
 
 For More Information 
 
 Please download Dr. Milman’s resume and publications for a more detailed review of his career. 
 
 For more information regarding his services as a toxicology, cancer, pharmacology, and pharmacy consultant and expert witness, please contact him by phone at 301-871-6715 or by email at hmilman@toxnetwork.com.
– A toxicology expert brought in by Bill Cosby's legal team for his sexual assault retrial faced some embarrassing cross-examination questions Thursday, drawing both yawns and wide-eyed looks of disbelief from attendees with what Jezebel deems his "gibberish." Per ABC News, Maryland toxicologist Dr. Harry Milman was being quizzed in the Pennsylvania courtroom by Montgomery County Assistant DA Stewart Ryan on a discrepancy regarding the active ingredient in Benadryl, which Cosby originally said he'd given to accuser Andrea Constand the day of the alleged sexual assault in 2004. Milman said on the stand and in a report that only up to 10% of people experience side effects of diphenhydramine, but Ryan's own research noted that number was closer to 50%. He finally got blunt with Milman on his sourcing. "Did you Google it?," he asked, to which Milman replied, "Yes." Other revelations on Milman during the day's proceedings, per Page Six: that the only three papers outside his cancer specialty have been about Viagra (and one of those was a letter to the editor), and that the only active license he holds is the one that allows him to get behind the wheel. "I hold a driver's license," he replied when asked for his credentials. When the subject of the two fiction books he's written came up, he also veered into self-promotion. "Maybe you'd like to pass them out to the jury?," he asked Ryan. Jezebel reports Milman runs a website called ToxNetwork.com, of which he appears to be the sole participant, and notes he's never been published in a peer-reviewed toxicology journal or taught at a college or university. Jezebel also reveals how much Cosby's legal team is said to be forking over to Milman: $675 per hour. (Cosby has admitted he gave quaaludes to other people.)