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BOSTON: It happened to O.J. Now get ready for Louise Woodward: The Civil Trial. District Court Judge William Young ruled Thursday that the British au pair, who returned home earlier this year after an appeals court upheld her reduced sentence in the death of baby Matthew Eappen, was liable for "punitive damages." A court date was set for next January. Those damages would be in consideration of Deborah and Sunil Eappen's loss, a lifetime's worth of "companionship" from Matthew ?- for which compensation could, in theory, run into millions of dollars...
...parents didn't do it, who did?" With those words, Louise Woodward came out swinging in her battle with the Eappen family over the death of Baby Matthew. In what she promises will be her only interview, Woodward used the BBC's 'Panorama' program to cast herself as the Eappen's scapegoat: "There was the whole feeling that somebody had to pay and that somebody had to be me," she said. She accused the police officers who questioned her of misconstruing her testimony as a confession...
...flown Louise in first class, with a Massachusetts state trooper beside her to keep reporters like the Mirror's at bay. Yet for a paper that once declared the au pair "free at last!" it was a stunning turnaround -- and a sign of growing disquiet over baby Matthew Eappen's death...
...Whether that will translate into support for Deborah and Sunil Eappen's wrongful death lawsuit is unlikely. That case opens October 5. Louise is not compelled to attend, nor will any financial penalty be enforceable in England. And unlike O.J., she won't have any millions to lose: The only interview Louise is doing is a freebie for the BBC. Chances are the first-class treatment ends here...
...Eappen family's fight will continue, in the form of a civil lawsuit for wrongful death. But as TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen points out, that's not likely to lead anywhere if Louise heads home. "It's hard to sue people who live in other countries," says Cohen. "You don't get extradited for a civil lawsuit...