The Conspiracy Theory I heard stated that Ted Kennedy snuck out from the party with another politician’s wife to have sex with her off-site, and did not know that Mary Joe had left the party house, tipsy, sleepy, and tired of the party noise, to sleep it off in the back seat of spacious Oldsmobile Delta 88. When the drunk Ted drove it off the bridge, Ted and the politician’s wife got out, but not even knowing Mary Jo was there, they left her behind, while the other two took off to work on their alibis. The slutty wife’s identity was protected, while Teddy was amazed that there was anyone else in the car, so he had to quickly improvise his “story”.
This is true, and I think there’s a guy named Nelson with this theory.
And THAT explains why Ted was so LATE in reporting the accident.