Judge Dismisses Kennedy Smith Civil Suit

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Judge Dismisses Kennedy Smith Civil Suit

Wednesday January 5, 2005 2:46 PM

By ANNA JOHNSON

Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for William Kennedy Smith said he hopes his client will resume his medical career now that a judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit alleging Smith sexually assaulted his former personal assistant.

Smith, the nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy, resigned from the Chicago-based Center for International Rehabilitation after the lawsuit was filed. The center helps victims of land mines.

``This was a frivolous lawsuit,'' Dan Webb, Smith's attorney, said Tuesday. ``I believe that Dr. Smith will simply want to put this behind him, go forward, get back to his medical career.''

Smith, 44, has denied the accusations and said that Audra Soulias demanded a $3 million payoff in exchange for not going to court. He said in a statement after the lawsuit was filed that ``family and personal history have made me unusually vulnerable to these kinds of charges.''

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4712532,00.html

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