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Kennedy cousin's libel suit goes forward over Nancy Grace's false claim about DNA discovery (Click on this link to read more)

By Tom Boggioni
Monday, March 10, 2014 8:28 EDT
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A federal judge in Hartford, Connecticut has ruled that Michael Skakel's libel suit could go forward against the television personality Nancy Grace, her producers, and guest Beth Karas over comments made on her television show  falsely suggesting that DNA evidence tied him to Martha Moxley's 1975 murder.
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According to the NY Times, Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of United States District Court denied the defendant's attorney's motion to dismiss the civil complaint, writing that the statements Grace made were "not just a minor inaccuracy," but rather ones involving some "stark" distinctions.
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The libel action is the result of remarks made on Ms. Grace's show, broadcast by HLN, in January 2012. Karas, a a legal commentator on the show, stated that Mr. Skakel's "DNA was found" in a tree near the crime scene.
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In fact, there was no DNA evidence linking Mr. Skakel to the crime.