NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has settled a lawsuit against television commentator Nancy Grace and others over comments made on her HLN network show in 2012 about the murder case against him.
Neither side has disclosed details of the settlement, which was entered Oct. 31 in New Haven federal court.
Skakel’s 2013 lawsuit said he was slandered by untrue comments that DNA linked him to the 1975 killing of his Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley when both were 15 years old. The lawsuit named Grace, Time Warner Inc., Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and commentator Beth Karas.
Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, has maintained his innocence. He was convicted in 2002 but was freed last year after a judge granted him a new trial.
The defendants in the lawsuit had argued that Skakel is a public figure. His attorney said the comments were untrue and could hurt him in a retrial.