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Brooks exits trial; lawyer says he needs his meds

David Brooks' Learjet which he used for personal

Photo credit: Handout | David Brooks' Learjet which he used for personal trips for himself and his family while paying for it with company funds, prosecutors say. (Undated)

David Brooks Tuesday abruptly left the courtroom in the middle of a trial, where he is accused of looting his former body-armor company, to get to a bathroom in the cellblock area where he is being held during recesses.

Federal marshals sitting behind Brooks quickly followed him, according to several people in the courtroom. There was no suggestion that Brooks was trying to escape from the...

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