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Post by sambarvada Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:59 pm

In 1990, Mullis was accused of five misdemeanor counts of beating his estranged wife on two occasions, including one incident in which he allegedly gave her a black eye. Prosecutors also contended that he tried to harass her into dropping the charges by leaving messages on her answering machine.

In a plea bargain, Mullis pleaded guilty to one count and was ordered to undergo counseling and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Mullis had 12 hours of counseling and attended 20 AA meetings, according to court records. After a year, the case was dismissed.

At age 50, the thrice-divorced Mullis lives in a tiny apartment across from Windansea Beach in La Jolla and the pump house made famous by Tom Wolfe in his paean to the Southern California surfing culture, "The Pump House Gang."

Mullis has said he was drunk the morning that Nobel officials called to inform him that he was one of two winners of the 1993 prize for chemistry. He later went surfing.



http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-29/news/mn-48420_1_kary-mullis-dna-blood-samples

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