Word: rushton
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...murder of his teenage neighbor Martha Moxley. He has said he was nowhere near the murder scene - Moxley's home, across the street from the Skakels' in Greenwich - at 10 p.m. that Oct. 30, the time forensic experts estimate Moxley died. And last week Skakel's elder brother Rushton Jr. and cousin James Dowdle testified that the defendant left home at 9:30 p.m., drove with them to Dowdle's mansion some 20 minutes away, watched Monty Python on television and went home, arriving at about...
Since the Michael Skakel trial began two and a half weeks ago, his siblings - Stephen, Julie, and Rushton Jr. - have steadfastly supported their brother, accused of murdering their 15-year-old neighbor, Martha Moxley, in 1975 outside her Greenwich home. The group, which each day eats lunch at a local saloon-style restaurant and never speaks to the press, has created a kind of protective, mental barrier between Michael and his accusers, in particular the Moxley family, which sits in the courtroom just a few yards away...
...silence was broken yesterday as the jury for the first time heard from two of Skakel's seven siblings. Rushton Jr., known mainly to court-watchers for his enormous, brown moustache, took the stand as a defense witness, as did another Skakel brother, David and their cousin James Dowdle. Their testimony about the night of the murder closely resembled Michael's assertion that he was not at the murder scene at the time investigators believe Moxley was killed. Michael says he drove with Dowdle, along with brothers Rushton and John from his home to Dowdle's mansion about 20 miles...
...both Rushton and Dowdle's recollection of other details about the time of the murder were vague and contradictory. "I don't have any recall of the commotion," said Rushton about police being at the murder scene after the body was found. Dowdle couldn't remember if he drove or used some other mode of transport to go to a distant club for dinner on the night of the murder. Dowdle also said he wasn't sure he went to Michael's home in Windham, New York, the day after Martha was killed. That runs contrary to testimony from Skakel...
...wanted to take a truth drug, but that her statement that he might have murdered Moxley was wrong. "I know Rush never, ever heard from Michael that he ever killed anyone," Ix said. "I then assumed something that was really in my heart of hearts. I put in Rushton Skakel's mouth what I actually thought." Outside the court, Moxley's brother John angrily branded Ix's new story "a boldfaced...