National Enquirer Seeks Phone Records in Suit
Lawyers defending the National Enquirer against a $10-million libel lawsuit asked a federal judge Friday for phone records they say could bolster the tabloid’s story that claimed that the wife of former Rep. Gary Condit had attacked intern Chandra Levy.
Carolyn Condit sued after the newspaper published an August 2001 story with the headline “Cops: Condit’s Wife Attacked Chandra.”
Condit has said she never met the slain intern, and Washington, D.C., police investigating Levy’s death have said the report was false.
A lawyer for Gary Condit told the same judge he shouldn’t have to hand over the records from the former congressman’s cellular phone and Washington apartment, saying they are part of the ongoing investigation into Levy’s death.
The newspaper wants to determine whether Carolyn Condit had contact with Levy, apparently to support the original story.
The libel case is set for trial Sept. 30.
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