Condit’s suit over article is dismissed
A judge dismissed former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit’s defamation lawsuit against a Phoenix-area weekly newspaper that said the California Democrat had lied to investigators about his relationship with Washington intern Chandra Levy, who disappeared and was later found dead.
The Sonoran News had included the statement in a 2005 article about Condit’s brother.
Condit represented Ceres, Calif., for 13 years before losing a reelection campaign in 2002 after he became caught up in news coverage of the Levy case. The judge ruled that Condit was a public figure and that he failed to prove that the statement was false. An affidavit provided by Condit did not deny that he lied to investigators, Judge Kristin Hoffman of Maricopa County Superior Court said in her ruling.
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