The trial of Priscilla D. Slade, who was fired last year as Texas Southern University’s president, is in full swing. Ms. Slade, who led the financially troubled university from 1999 to 2006, is accused of misspending more than $500,000 in university money on personal expenses during her tenure.

She has been charged with two felony counts of misapplication of fiduciary property and, if convicted, faces punishment ranging up to life in prison. Her lawyer says her expenses were reasonable and necessary to woo donors and improve the university’s image.

Although the trial is scheduled to last several more weeks, prosecutors have already disclosed many details about Ms. Slade’s allegedly lavish lifestyle. The highlights, as alleged by prosecutors and reported by the Houston Chronicle, include:

$40,000 for a 25-place china set from Neiman Marcus.

$100,000 for a total bar tab at Scott Gertner’s Skybar & Grille, which calls itself a “sexy penthouse nightclub” on its Web site.

$102 for a bottle of cabernet sauvignon wine from Far Niente Winery, a Napa Valley vineyard whose wines were an alleged favorite of Ms. Slade at the Skybar and at the bar at the Four Seasons hotel in Houston.

$10,000 for the total cost of courtside tickets to Houston Rockets professional basketball games.

$20,000 for a golf-club membership.

—Paul Fain