Doctor: Little evidence ex-wrestler Snuka has brain trauma
Dr. John O'Brien testified for the prosecution Wednesday at a mental competency hearing for Snuka, who is fighting to avoid trial on murder and involuntary manslaughter charges in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino.
The defense contends Snuka, who turned 73 on Wednesday, is mentally unfit, partly because of the head trauma he suffered over a long career in the ring.
The wrester, a Fiji native who lives in New Jersey, had been at a World Wrestling Federation taping at the Allentown Fairgrounds in May 1983, and told police shortly after Argentino's death that he had returned to their Whitehall Township hotel room to find her unresponsive in bed.
An autopsy determined she died of traumatic brain injuries and had more than three dozen cuts and bruises, and it concluded her injuries were consistent with being hit with a stationary object.