The high-priced prostitute accused of killing a Google executive by injecting him with heroin claims she was simply following orders. Alix Tichelman, 26, was on board Forrest Hayes's yacht in Santa Cruz, California, when the 51-year-old father-of-five suffered a lethal overdose and died last November, a court has heard. But denying manslaughter, Tichelman's lawyers insist her customer requested the shot. 'Consensual': Lawyers for Alex Tichelman (pictured) in court on Monday said she and Google executive Forrest Hayes were 'consensual adults involved in mutual drug usage' Following orders? Lawyers for Alex Tichelman (left) claim Forrest Hayes (right) told her to inject heroin into him
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Alex Tichelman, 26, 'injected father-of-five Forrest Hayes, 51, with heroin last November but did nothing when he had a reaction to the drug'
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Her lawyers Monday insisted she was told to administer the lethal shot
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They claim surveillance footage on the yacht shows it was accidental
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Police disagree, claiming she 'watches him die then steps over the body'
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Instead of calling 911, 'she gathered her belongings, finished her wine and left' - leaving the boat's captain to find his body the next day
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Cops caught Tichelman by posing as a client, arrested her in hotel room
She then spends time researching legal strategies online, police claim, before gathering her belongings to leave, hours before @placeholder was found dead.