I always suspected the Kopechne family was paid in some way or another for remaining silent after the drowning of their daughter by the drunken slob Teddy.
That no one in her family spoke out always amazed me. No amount of money could have kept me silent.
You don’t have to suspect. The info is in the public domain:
“The Kopechne family did not bring any legal action against Senator Kennedy, but they did receive a payment of $90,904 from the Senator personally and $50,000 from his insurance company.”
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident
Ya think?
Perhaps they were threatened with a reunion with their daughter.
They were paid. I believe the family received $80,000 from
the Kennedys. The story came out a couple of years after the accident.