Sociopath Central!
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has sett
led a libel lawsuit he filed against a weekly newspaper in 2001 before the trial that led to his murder conviction, lawyers for both sides said Thursday.Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, settled the case against the former owners of the Greenwich Post for nominal damages, attorneys said. They would not disclose the amount."They're pleased that it's resolved," said Alan Neigher, attorney for the defendant, New Rochelle, N.Y.-based Hagedorn Communications.
Stephan Seeger, Skakel's attorney, said the newspaper accepted liability as part of the settlement.he Connecticut Supreme Court last month unanimously upheld Skakel's 2002 conviction for bludgeoning his neighbor, Martha Moxley, to death with a golf club in 1975 in wealthy Greenwich. Both were 15.
Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, is serving 20 years to life in prison.Before the trial, Skakel claimed in the lawsuit that the jury pool could be tainted by a story in the Greenwich Post that reported he was involved in an armed robbery. The newspaper quoted a convicted felon who accused Skakel of robbing a hair salon in 1975. Police have no report of any such robbery. The paper printed a retraction.
In this powerful book, expert investigator Mark Fuhrman, the controversial former LAPD homicide detective and author of the national bestseller Murder in Brentwood, uncovers explosive new information as he analyses the still unsolved murder of fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley, who was bludgeoned with a golf club on the grounds of her family's exclusive Greenwich, Connecticut, estate on October 30, 1975. Read the book that spawned the Connecticut Grand Jury Investigation.
The night of October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club on the grounds of her family's Greenwich home. The golf club that killed Martha came from the house of Thomas and Michael Skakel, two boys who had been with Martha the night she died.
Wealthy and prominent in their own right, the Skakels were related to the Kennedys, as Ethel Skakel Kennedy was the boys' aunt. When the police started looking closely at the Skakels' involvement, the family refused to cooperate.
Twenty-two years later Martha Moxley's murder remained unsolved. Now Mark Fuhrman, the former LAPD homicide detective who followed his controversial role in the O. J. Simpson trial with the bestseller Murder in Brentwood, turns his investigative skills to the murder of Martha Moxley.
The night of October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club on the grounds of her family's Greenwich home. The golf club that killed Martha came from the house of Thomas and Michael Skakel, two boys who had been with Martha the night she died.
Wealthy and prominent in their own right, the Skakels were related to the Kennedys, as Ethel Skakel Kennedy was the boys' aunt. When the police started looking closely at the Skakels' involvement, the family refused to cooperate.
Twenty-two years later Martha Moxley's murder remained unsolved. Now Mark Fuhrman, the former LAPD homicide detective who followed his controversial role in the O. J. Simpson trial with the bestseller Murder in Brentwood, turns his investigative skills to the murder of Martha Moxley.
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