MILTON, Fla. (Court TV) — Attorneys for a doctor accused of killing his wife while performing cosmetic procedures on her have asked a judge to bar prosecutors from calling the medical examiner to testify in the case.
Dr. Benjamin Brown appears at a motions hearing on July 7, 2026. (Court TV)
Dr. Benjamin Brown, 43, has pleaded not guilty to felony manslaughter by culpable negligence in the death of his wife, Hillary Brown. Hillary Brown suffered a medical emergency while she was undergoing cosmetic procedures at her husband’s office on Nov. 21, 2023; she died a week later at a hospital on Nov. 28.
Dr. Deanna Oleske, who serves as the Chief Medical Examiner for Florida’s First Judicial District, submitted an autopsy report that concluded Hillary Brown’s cause of death was “complications of lidocaine toxicity,” but Benjamin Brown’s legal team is challenging not only Oleske’s diagnosis, but also her qualifications to come to the conclusion…