Condit’s Wife Can Pursue Suit, Judge Rules
The wife of Rep. Gary Condit can pursue her $10-million defamation suit against the National Enquirer for a headline that said she attacked Chandra Levy, a judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger rejected the tabloid’s arguments to dismiss Carolyn Condit’s lawsuit over a story published last summer after Levy vanished and the congressman acknowledged they had been friends. Police found Levy’s body in May and believe she was murdered.
Wanger said the headline could be interpreted to mean Condit physically attacked Levy.
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