Second Former Bellhop Gets Probation in David Kennedy Drug Overdose Death : 2nd Ex-Bellhop Put on Probation in Kennedy Death
A second former bellhop accused of selling cocaine to David Kennedy before he died from a drug overdose pleaded no contest to a lesser charge Tuesday and was sentenced to 18 months’ probation.
Peter Marchant, 26, entered the plea to a charge of conspiracy to sell cocaine one day after co-defendant David Dorr, 32, made an identical plea and received the same sentence from Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Burk. Each man faced a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Both men worked at the now-closed Brazilian Court Hotel at Palm Beach, where the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was found dead in his room on April 25, 1984. An autopsy disclosed that Kennedy, 28, who had a history of drug abuse, died from a mixture of three drugs--cocaine, Demerol and Mellaril.
The charge of sale of cocaine, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, was dropped against both Marchant and Dorr.
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