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.
HLN retracted the comments Oct. 30.
The settlement, filed Oct. 31 in federal court, was first reported by the Connecticut Post.
Skakel’s 2013 lawsuit says he was slandered by untrue comments that DNA linked him to the 1975 killing of his Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley when both were 15. He sued Grace, Time Warner Inc., Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and commentator Beth Karas.
Skakel’s attorney called the settlement a vindication. Neither side has disclosed the terms.
Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, was convicted in 2002. He was freed last year after a judge granted him a new trial.
