RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: ‘I have cognitive problems, clearly’ [Video]

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a decade-old deposition that he believed he had a dead worm in his brain.

First reported by The New York Times on Wednesday, Kennedy brought up the worm in a 2012 deposition during his divorce proceeding with his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy.

“I have cognitive problems, clearly,” he said at the time. “I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.”

He also noted in the deposition, the Times reported, that he had been diagnosed with mercury poisoning around the same time. Mercury poisoning can also cause neurological problems.

The issues from both ailments, he argued at the time of his divorce, impacted his ability to earn money.

He recently told the Times that he’s no longer having memory issues.

In the deposition, Kennedy said he visited several neurologists in 2010 to try to find the cause of his haziness. While some …