Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel sues Greenwich, ex-cop for overturned conviction in Martha Moxley’s 1975 murder

New York Post ^ | Jan. 2, 2024 | Katherine Donlevy

[nickcarraway]

Michael Skakel — the Kennedy cousin who spent more than a decade in prison for the 1975 murder of his teenage Connecticut neighbor before he was sprung on procedural grounds — is suing the town of Greenwich and its lead police investigator over claims he was locked behind bars in a targeted attack.

The lawsuit claims investigators pinned the slaying on Skakel for their own personal and financial gain.

Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of 15-year-old Martha Moxley’s murder in 2002 and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, but was released in 2013 when a judge overturned his conviction.

Although the 63-year-old’s conviction was overturned in 2018 when the state Supreme Court found that his trial lawyer had failed to adequately represent him and it was announced in 2020 that he would not be put on trial for the murder again, Skakel’s lawyer argued the damage had already been done.

“Michael spent over 11 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. The time and the relationships — his life as he knew it — cannot be returned to him,” Stephan Seeger told The Post in a text.

[nickcarraway]

It's kind of ridiculous they always associate with the Kennedys - they are only related by marriage.

[Liaison]

Release on Procedural grounds does not mean he didn’t do it.

[Liaison]

However, it will take a lot more evidence to get him back behind bars if it proven the case. He has his life back. I assume this is for getting his honor back and revenge. I don’t see anything good coming out of this.

[chuckee]

Procedurally not guilty, factually guilty. Lots of those folks walking free. This factually guilty one decided to sue

[South Dakota]

Obama’s mentor comes to mind.

Guilty as hell, free as a bird.
Bill ayers

[packagingguy]

Jay Leno had a monologue about this, acting as if he were the defense attorney:

“It couldn’t have been my client your honor. He was busy at the time; masturbating…in a tree.”

(That was the actual alibi)

[Round Earther]

The public pays a price for police and prosecutorial procedural misconduct.

[stanne]

“ Guilty as hell, ”

Read Mark Fuhrman’s take on this murder.

[montag813]

The Moxleys should have taken him out years ago.

[rfp1234]

The Arboreal Masturbator has reappeared.

[cherry]

he was actually never convicted until yrs later and it was Furman the detective from the simpson case that helped to solve it.....

perhaps they should refile charges, if they can....

[9YearLurker]

It would be for compensation as well, presumably.

But if his claim is that his brother was the more likely perpetrator, I’m curious as to why one “Kennedy cousin” would be a bigger prize than the other.

[SaveFerris]

On a side note (meaningless information, really) I saw this picture during a Google search.



That is a Case 442 or 444 garden tractor. I know, because I used to put them together as a kid. There was also a 446 that had a 16hp Onan engine (IIRC) - I think the 442 and the 444 had Briggs and Stratton. I can't remember what the engines looked like and I haven't looked close enough to see the numbers on the engine cowling.

I hadn't followed this one too closely. How horrible for her family (and her, of course).

[ronniesgal]

oh he did it alright.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Just because the conviction was overturned on procedural grounds does not mean he he didn’t commit the murder.

[stylecouncilor]

Spoiler alert: He did it

[windcliff]

lol

[ridesthemiles]

ABSOLUTELY

HE HAS BEEN A VERY CREEPY PERSON SINCE BIRTH