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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has settled a libel lawsuit he filed against a weekly newspaper in 2001 before the trial that led to his murder conviction, lawyers for both sides said Thursday. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, settled the case against the former owners of the Greenwich Post for nominal damages, attorneys said. They would not disclose the amount. "They're pleased that it's resolved," said Alan Neigher, attorney for the defendant, New Rochelle, N.Y.-based Hagedorn Communications. Stephan Seeger, Skakel's attorney, said the newspaper accepted liability as part of the settlement.
The Connecticut Supreme Court last month unanimously upheld Skakel's 2002 conviction for bludgeoning his neighbor, Martha Moxley, to death with a golf club in 1975 in wealthy Greenwich. Both were 15. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, is serving 20 years to life in prison. Before the trial, Skakel claimed in the lawsuit that the jury pool could be tainted by a story in the Greenwich Post that reported he was involved in an armed robbery. The newspaper quoted a convicted felon who accused Skakel of robbing a hair salon in 1975. Police have no report of any such robbery. The paper printed a retraction. | 
