NEW YORK (CNN) - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling faces a court hearing Friday afternoon to review the terms of his $5 million bail after a bizarre April episode in which he was allegedly drunk and acting erratically on a New York street corner in the middle of the night.
Skilling's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, said the hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. ET in U.S. District Court in Houston. Skilling will likely attend the hearing, Petrocelli said.
Prosecutors had asked a judge in the case to review whether Skilling violated terms of his bail, which required him to "refrain from excessive use of alcohol." However, they stopped short of asking for his bail to be revoked.
According to a memorandum filed by prosecutors, Skilling had a blood alcohol level of .19 percent when he was detained by police and taken to a hospital April 9 after an officer on the scene concluded he might be "emotionally disturbed." Police were responding to several 911 calls from people claiming Skilling was acting erratically and accusing them of being FBI agents.
Skilling and his wife had been drinking in an Upper East Side bar for several hours when Skilling began accusing other patrons of being FBI agents and was ordered outside, the memorandum said.
He then tried to tear the license plate off a car driven by some of the patrons so he could gain proof of their identity, and he lifted a woman's blouse to look for a recording device, the memorandum said.
Prosecutors also allege Skilling then lied to court officials about being drunk.
Petrocelli said Skilling regretted the incident. But he also disputed the prosecution's account of what happened that night, without offering specifics.
Skilling has been charged with 35 counts of insider trading, wire fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy and making false statements in connection with the collapse of Houston-based Enron, which imploded in late 2001 amid revelations of questionable financial dealings. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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