Posted on 12/19/2003 8:10:19 PM PST by blam
Condit Sues Over Chandra Levy Articles
Saturday December 20, 2003 2:46 AM
By JILL BARTON
Associated Press Writer
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former Rep. Gary Condit sued The National Enquirer and other tabloids for $209 million on Friday, alleging they falsely connected him with the 2001 murder of federal intern Chandra Levy.
The California Democrat alleges that the Enquirer, Globe and Star Magazine tabloids, along with parent company American Media Inc., maliciously published defamatory statements that Condit ``was involved in deviant and perverted sexual conduct, which directly or indirectly led to the kidnapping and/or murder of Ms. Levy,'' according to the suit filed in Palm Beach County circuit court.
AMI General Counsel Michael Kahane said in a statement that the Boca Raton-based company ``will vigorously defend any suit filed by Mr. Condit'' and that he expects it to be dismissed.
``We fully stand behind the editorial integrity of what we have published,'' the statement said.
Condit's lawsuit details 45 pages of headlines he alleges were false and defamatory, such as ``Congressman & the intern. Chandra killed in kinky sex game!''
The lawsuit claims the tabloids failed to reasonably investigate the stories and paid sources for the false statements ``in a calculated effort'' to boost profits.
Condit is asking for $19 million in actual damages, plus $190 million in punitive damages.
During the yearlong investigation into Levy's disappearance, Condit told police he had a romance with Levy but knew nothing of her disappearance. He is not considered a suspect in her unsolved death, which was ruled a homicide after her remains were discovered in a Washington, D.C., park in May 2002.
The case drew months of negative publicity and was cited as the main cause of Condit's re-election defeat in the March 2002 primary.
His wife, Carolyn, settled a lawsuit with the Enquirer for an undisclosed amount in July.
Condit has another lawsuit pending, an $11 million defamation complaint, against author Dominick Dunne.
While I know your heart is in the right place, I have a hard time believing that it is in the Bush's best interests to be associated with Bat Boy!
When Congressman Gary Condit's constituents finally became an informed electorate, having learned of many of the things that their Congressman had been doing but concealing from them, at their first opportunity they voted him out of office. Condit had concealed information from the voters for many years.
This implies that if the voters had known more about Condit sooner that they would have voted Condit out sooner. Taking that back to the first time that he ran for Congress an informed electorate might never have voted him in the first time around.
Where does that lead us? If we look closely there might be a chance to break the silence that has surrounded Condit. Where were the Republican opponents in his district during all of Condit's Congressional years? Why were the Republicans as uninformed as the Democrats were? Of course also he got some votes from both sides.
The voters through the years were voting for a Congressman Condit whom they did not know.
It seems that Condit's success in Congress for years was at the mercy of having to keep all old flames quiet. One slip of the lip, and "kaput," a girl was no longer a friend, and a Congressman would no longer be a Congressman.
Chandra was maybe a little different from other women that Condit dated, she had talked to her family about him. I don't remember if she mentioned his name to Sven or not. We don't know if any other women mentioned the name of Congressman Condit to their friends or to their relatives. One thing that happened, when Chandra disappeared she was not "kaput," her family saw to that and began to talk, something maybe the police called rumours. Chandra had been more than "a good friend." Bringing up some political debate might help develop more information about what happened to Chandra. Justice can not bring anyone back from the grave, but justice is about truth, something that maybe soothes the soul.
Since I have wrote so much here I might add that a book called "Murder on a Horse Trail: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy," will be out any day now. I have not been able to find it at the web bookstores yet.
Murder on a Horse Trail: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy by Ralph Daugherty with an ISBN number of 0-595-66433-4 for hardcover or 0-595-31847-9 for paperback.
Justice for Chandra, and all other missing persons.
Jones14nets
Me too, you (Condit) perverted POS!!
I am just trying to drum up some interest in the Chandra Levy murder investigation. Maybe the book coming out will create a little interest, but the book does not solve anything. The book does help create some new questions for anyone who is really interested in the case.
Jones14nets
I bought the book and it is a MUST read. It really brings to light alot of questions. Who was really pulling the strings in the investigation? WHY? I think there is a whole lot yet to be learned if the whole truth ever came out.
Hello blondie007. Yes, I am satisfied with the book. It is not perfect, and it opens up new questions that can be asked, if there is anyone in law enforcement, or the media, to ask.
Why couldn't the FBI question one witness? What was all the secrecy about the missing persons investigation? If there is a missing persons investigation people have to know what is going on, the police can not be everywhere.
Why didn't the grand jury ask Chandra's aunt, Linda Zambsky (or Katz) to testify. If it had not been for Linda the world might never have known that Chandra Levy and Rep. Gary Condit were intimate friends. Isn't the intimate friend always a suspect in a missing person case?
Damn the torpedoes, we have not yet began to fight. .....:)
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