Yeah, I know. Unless he was about to say “during my presence.” From what we’ve heard, I do think he doled out her meds for the most part,or at least tried to, but I also think Anna partook by herself plenty of times over the years. And, HKS wasn’t with her all the time. He did NOT want to get into Anna’s drug use in the FL hearing, for sure.
He told a big fat lie. The court stenographer has no real way to show how it was punctuated. Viewing the video is more than helpful.
Remember, he thought it "wasn't nice to talk about someone after they died". But he was more than willing to add "I've seen her a lot worse than that".
I think he blurted that out totally by accident. he had lost his concentration. Watch his hands. He holds them in a praying position when he is concentrating.
ahh..but 'over the years' isn't what's applicable. It was her current behavior that counted, and by all accounts, Anna had successfully detoxed for 2 weeks and was on a maintenence dose of methadone (with zanax) while being looked after by the shelleys The fact that methadone was illegal in the Bahamas and Anna's move to the Bahamas, could lend one to believe that it was her own way of continued self-imposed deprival.
It was only when Stern appeared at the Shelleys that Anna's behavior changed. It was only when Stern/Eroshevic appeared in the Bahamas, that Anna was back on multiple drugs and multiple doses. It would have taken more than methadone maintenance, for Anna to have lost custody. When you view the clown video in that light, Sterns' commentary, starts to make sense - and IMO ties in with the 'committment ceremony'.