Noted scientist embroiled in police mystery

A noted marine biologist has been barred from seeing his wife, who was taken to a D.C. hospital after being found in a semiconscious state and apparently badly beaten in the couple’s Kalorama apartment.

David Guggenheim, who has billed himself as “the Ocean Doctor” in appearances on “60 Minutes” and elsewhere, says he is the victim of a Kafkaesque misunderstanding that has led police to suspect he assaulted his wife, Svetlana. D.C. police have refused to comment, citing “an ongoing investigation.”