Tycoon Rescinds Offer in Jones Suit

Disappointed at the silence from Paula Corbin Jones’ attorneys, real estate tycoon Abe Hirschfeld on Wednesday withdrew his $1-million offer to settle the sexual harassment case against President Clinton.

Hirschfeld said Jones’ attorneys “found it to the best interest of their agenda to not accept the money and bring closure to this sorry episode.” He said he had not talked to any of Jones’ attorneys and his efforts to meet with them were rebuffed.

Hirschfeld had offered to give Jones the money if she dropped charges that Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, asked her to perform a sex act in a Little Rock, Ark., hotel room in 1991. The stipulation attached to the Oct. 2 offer was that the money go to Jones and not to pay her legal bills.

Clinton has denied Jones’ allegation.