THE MURDER OF MARTHA MOXLEY (2002-2024)

 In 2002, Michael Skakel — a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy's widow — was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley, a friend and neighbor of his family in Greenwich,.

Both Skakel, 63, and Moxley were 15 at the time of her death.

After serving more than 11 years in prison, he was freed on an appeal in 2013 on the grounds that he was not given a fair trial due to deficient legal counsel, according to Greenwich Time.

In 2018, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned Skakel's conviction and in 2020, the murder charge was dropped, and a state prosecutor announced that the Kennedy cousin would not be put on trial again.

“He spent 11 and a half years in jail for a crime he didn't commit and was put through every thinkable proceeding until the case was finally dismissed," Stephan Seeger, Skakel's defense lawyer, told CBS.

Now, Skakel is suing the lead police investigator in the case, Frank Garr, as well as the town of Greenwich for alleged malicious prosecution and civil rights violations, according to court records obtained by CBS.

The lawsuit contends that Garr was intent on convicting Skakel out of financial interest, and thus ignored key evidence about other suspects in Moxley’s murder, Greenwich Time reports. According to the complaint, the defendants “knew that there were other more likely suspects and that there was no probable cause to arrest and/or maintain a prosecution against the Plaintiff (Skakel), but continued to do so intentionally and maliciously, in order to convict a 'Kennedy Cousin,’” .

The complaint also alleges that the state’s primary witness, Gregory Coleman — who allegedly heard Skakel’s murder confession — was “mentally unstable and was a complete liar who could not be trusted,” per Greenwich Time. (Coleman has since died.)

Skakel's brother, Tommy, was also mentioned as a possible killer, but denied any involvement in her murder.

Another one of Skakel’s relatives, 2024 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., has consistently fought for Skakel’s innocence.

“Michael deserves to have his story told,” Kennedy told the press in 2016. “Nobody understood what the facts were in the case. There was a narrative and a kind of prevailing orthodoxy and it was almost altogether untrue.”

Meanwhile, Moxley's family has maintained their belief in Skakel’s guilt.“I believe Michael is the one who swung the club,” Moxley’s mother Dorthy told the Press in 2016. “It has been 41 years since Martha died. When you gather all this information for that long a time, you get to a point where you put it all together and it just fits.”

Sadly, Martha Moxley's mother died on December 26th, 2024 at the age of 92. The poor woman went to her death, never have the real answers to her daughter's senseless murder answered...