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(NewsNation) — Stephan Seeger, an lawyer for Michael Skakel, a relative of the Kennedy family, tells NewsNation his lawsuit did not execution his "friend" Martha Moxley successful 1975.
Skakel was recovered blameworthy successful 2002 of the bludgeoning decease of Moxley, who lived crossed the thoroughfare from the Skakel household successful affluent Greenwich, Connecticut, and whose assemblage was recovered successful her family’s backyard.
Skakel and Moxley were some 15 astatine the clip of her death.
After serving 11 years successful prison, Skakel's execution condemnation was overturned successful 2008 by the Connecticut Supreme Court, saying his defence lawyer failed to contiguous grounds of an alibi.
A authorities authoritative announced successful 2020 that Skakel would not beryllium enactment connected proceedings again, and the execution complaint was dropped.
Skakel spoke publically for the archetypal clip connected NBC’s podcast “Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder,” describing himself arsenic "a bully autumn guy."
Seeger told "Banfield" connected Wednesday helium is representing Skakel successful a civilian rights suit against the pb constabulary researcher successful the lawsuit and the municipality of Greenwich. The different lawsuit, according to Seeger, asks to person the alleged confession tapes returned, which helium says person "mysteriously conscionable disappeared."
Regarding Skakel's innocence, Seeger mentioned Skakel's relationship with Moxley.
"Michael and Martha were friends. Of course, helium liked to beryllium capable to service up the existent killer," Seeger said.
"And what I cognize for definite is that it's not him. In presumption of putting thing similar this down you, it's precise difficult. It's wishful thinking, to a ample extent."
Seeger besides rebuked the conception that Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, received favorable attraction owed to his genealogy
"A batch of radical say, 'Oh, he's a Kennedy cousin, and truthful he's got peculiar treatment.' Well, I don't cognize with that benignant of powerfulness and power that radical speculate about, however helium lands successful jailhouse for 11 and a fractional years. This is ludicrous to judge that. He didn't bash the crime."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
