Byline: Associated Press
Defense attorneys in the alleged rape at the Kennedy estate tried to silence police and prosecutors Wednesday with a motion to bar prejudicial statements to the press. William Kennedy Smith, a 30- year-old medical student at Georgetown University and nephew of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, faces trial on felony sexual battery and misdemeanor battery charges.
A 29-year-old woman accused Smith of raping her at the Kennedy estate early March 30. Smith has denied any wrongdoing.
"The intervention of the court is necessary now to preserve whatever possibility remains that Mr. Smith will receive a fair trial on the charges …
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