An Alabama chiropractor accused of attempting to kill his wife by lacing her pills with lead is insisting that he was also a victim of being poisoned. 

Brian Mann, 36, is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say he used lead from a construction project to lace his wife’s pills, according to court documents obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer. 

Mann allegedly began giving his wife Hannah Pettey, 25, pills in the summer of 2021 under the guise of strengthening her immune system as the couple was going through a contentious divorce, according to her attorney.

Pettey was reportedly hospitalized for two months in what authorities believed was a plot by Mann to “intentionally cause her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead.” 

Mann was subsequently arrested in September 2022. 

Mann’s defense team has looked to block evidence from being presented in court, reportedly claiming the collection was done so in an improper manner, with the “procedure to extract the alleged lead from [Mann’s wife’s] urine was done in the back parking lot of the Hartselle Police Department using a five-gallon bucket and a strainer,” according to the Hartselle Enquirer. 

Both the prosecuting attorney and Mann’s defense team did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.   

Mann was released on $500,000 bond and faces trial after pleading not guilty to attempted murder.