The Orange County District Attorney's Office plans to file a motion to dismiss its case against Emily Yu, a doctor accused of poisoning her husband with Drano.

Prosecutors said they filed the motion because a key witness couldn't appear on the first day of Yu's trial, but plan to refile criminal charges.

According to a grand jury indictment from 2023, Yu was charged with poisoning and domestic battery after investigators obtained hidden camera footage of her pouring Drano into a cup of lemon tea.

Her husband, Dr. Jack Chen, reported that he'd been sick for months and was diagnosed with stomach ulcers and severe internal injuries .

In early April 2022, Chen installed cameras in the family's Irvine kitchen and captured Yu pouring the drain cleaner into her husband's tea.

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