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After six days of testimony in the sensational trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, charged with the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley, the prosecution appears to be struggling. A number of witnesses called by prosecutor Jonathan Benedict have not offered conclusive proof of Skakel's alleged guilt, and some may have even aided the defense in the minds of the jury members...
With jurors in the trial of Michael Skakel excused for a three-day weekend, Kenneth Littleton sat stoically in the witness box Friday for a special hearing, watching a 10-year-old videotape of himself being played on a television monitor. On the tape, the former live-in tutor to the Skakel family was being interviewed by a forensic psychiatrist about an alleged confession Littleton had made to his ex-wife Mary Baker about the murder of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old found beaten to death in 1975 outside her Greenwich, Connecticut home...
...Littleton, 50, a manic depressive whose monotone, prescription-drug-affected speech is now slower than that shown on the tape, is testifying at the trial as a "third party suspect." He had been granted immunity in exchange for giving evidence against Ethel Kennedy's nephew Michael Skakel at a 1998 grand jury inquiry. Skakel's defense attorney Michael Sherman hopes that by presenting evidence that Littleton may have had a hand in the murder, there will be doubt cast among the jury regarding the alleged guilt of his client. The prosecution is opposed to any trial testimony about Littleton being...
...Skakel, 41, who faces life in prison if found guilty of murdering his neighbor Moxley, was transfixed yesterday in court. His eyes darted back and forth between his attorney and Littleton during the question and answer exchanges. Sherman, armed with the videotape, attempted to show that Littleton did in fact admit to the murder. "You did say, you did it?" asked Sherman. "Correct," replied Littleton. Sherman: "Because she (Mary Baker) told you, you did?" "Correct," came the reply. Sherman: "Why would you do that?" Littleton: "I don't know...
...Littleton, a psychiatric counselor from Boston, was also a previous suspect. He was granted immunity in return for testifying against Skakel before a grand jury in 1998. Thursday's proceedings leave the jury in recess while the court probes "third party suspect" evidence against Littleton and lays the groundwork for his cross-examination. While Littleton cannot be charged, audio and videotape evidence that he confessed to the murder to his ex-wife could help Skakel's case. "We are looking to introduce evidence that not only did Michael Skakel not commit the crime, but someone else did," says Sherman...