A spokeswoman for the Orange County Attorney’s Office has since stated that they will be refiling the case

Emily Yu, Irvine Police Arrest Irvine Woman for Poisoning Her Husband

Emily Yu.Credit : Irvine Police Department

Nearly four years after a California dermatologist was arrested for allegedly poisoning her husband with Drano, an Orange County judge dismissed the case.

Nearly four years after a California dermatologist was arrested for allegedly poisoning her husband with Drano, an Orange County judge dismissed the case.

On Friday, May 29, an Orange County judge dismissed the indictment against Yu after learning that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office withheld evidence that may have cleared the accused, per NBC 4, CBS News and the New York Post.

As her attorneys told NBC 4, Yu was “relieved” when the indictment was dismissed for a second time. The D.A.’s Office previously filed to dismiss the case in January to add an attempted poisoning charge and because a key witness was unable to appear on the first day of the trial.

“She really wants to move on with her life,” Yu’s defense attorney, Scott Simmons, told the outlet. “She hasn’t practiced medicine this whole time. It’s really a bummer for her, and she hasn’t been able to see her children.”

“We are grateful that the court closely examined the proceedings that produced this charge and recognized that the process by which the indictment was obtained was fundamentally flawed,” he continued. “Emily Yu should not have been indicted. From the outset, Emily has maintained that she did nothing wrong and has placed her faith in a fair and impartial legal process.”

Emily Yu, Irvine Police Arrest Irvine Woman for Poisoning Her Husband

Emily Yu.Irvine Police Department

Meanwhile, Kimberly Edds, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, stated that they will be refiling the case.

“We believe in the strength of the evidence in this case, and in the professional conduct of our prosecutors,” she said. “We will continue to litigate this in a court of law as we pursue justice for an individual who was being methodically poisoned by his wife, a licensed medical professional whose intent was to inflict pain on him.”

According to the Irvine Police Department, Chen installed cameras in their family’s home after noticing a change of flavor in his drink and feeling ill for weeks. He then captured video evidence of Yu seemingly poisoning his tea on multiple occasions, which he turned over to the police to support his claim.

Chen, who was expected to recover from his “significant internal injuries,” has also filed for divorce against his wife and requested full custody of their two children after accusing Yu of “yelling, insulting, verbally abusing, hitting, pushing, pulling and being emotionally abusive.”

In response, Yu’s attorney denied all of Chen’s claims and told ABC News at the time that they were “concerned that these false allegations are being used by her husband to gain an advantage in the divorce case against her that he has recently filed.”