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Skakel complains of treatment in prison.
Michael Skakel complained in letters to his cousin George Skakel III of a lack of medical treatment, appropriate temperatures in prison cells and unusually harsh treatment afforded him by prison officials.
“I have always received harsher treatment than anyone from day one,” Skakel wrote in a letter dated Nov. 13.
George Skakel, 52, an investor who lives in Greenwich, is Michael Skakel’s first cousin, who, in a letter to the editor printed in last week’s edition of Greenwich Post, urged Greenwich residents to read an article written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Skakel’s first cousin.
In the article, Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and former prosecutor, makes a case for his cousin’s innocence.
In one letter, dated July 22, Michael also appears to express regret for hiring Michael Sherman, who defended him at trial. Kennedy criticized Sherman in his article, saying the attorney seemed more interested in basking in the media limelight than getting Skakel acquitted.
“George, I am sorry to say that you were right on all accounts with regards to my legal representation,” Skakel wrote. George said Michael was responding to George’s comment that hiring Sherman was a mistake.
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In his letters, Skakel focuses heavily on his son, George Skakel IV, in his letters, saying he prayed with a priest for “Georgie” and complaining that the prison’s visiting hours make it impossible for him to see his son.
“The solitary cells here were well over 100 degrees, coupled with not getting my heart medicine, [that] was a serious recipe for disaster. I was told and confirmed (sic) that a man my age died of a heart attack on the same block three months ago. He apparently complained for four days about chest pains. Well, we know the rest.”
Skakel also complained of not being allowed to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and not being able to attend church often.
Skakel also said he was denied dental care.
“I bit into something and broke my teeth three weeks ago. I am told it will be eight months before I can see a dentist,” he wrote.
Stephen Skakel, Michael’s younger brother, said Monday that Michael had some issues regarding his incarceration but they had since been addressed.
Why is he bitching about something that will be perfectly normal under Uncle Teddy's National Health Care Plan?