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Wife of Tesla driver who drove family over Devil's Slide cliff does not want husband prosecuted
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The wife of a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family last month by driving his Tesla off a cliff at Devil’s slide in San Mateo County, does not want to prosecute, the defense attorney in the case has revealed.Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and behind a plexiglass barrier, 41-year-old Dharmesh A. Patel appeared in court in Redwood City on Thursday.During the hearing, prosecutors asked the judge to issue a no-contact order to bar Patel from contacting his wife and children, whom prosecutors alleged the suspect tried to kill when he deliberately drove his car off the cliff. Patel’s attorney, Joshua Bentley, attempted to block the no-contact order and told the judge that Patel’s wife, "The witness in this matter, does not want prosecution."Prosecutors argued that the wife and two children needed protection and said, "As the court is aware from domestic violence cases, it's often that the victims do not want prosecution.