Man’s Version of Viagra Split Told
OK, so he took Viagra. But a man accused of philandering after using the impotence drug is a sickly widower whose thrice-married companion just wants his money, his lawyer said. “Have you ever heard of an inanimate object breaking up your marriage? You might as well name a chair,” said Raoul Felder, the lawyer for Francis Bernardo, 70. Roberts Burke, 61, has filed a $2-million lawsuit alleging that Viagra broke up her longtime relationship with Bernardo. “He’s a very sweet man who’s a victim here,” said Felder. “He’s a retired gentleman who’s had open heart surgery, a widower.”
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