William Kennedy Smith

William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who was found innocent in 1991 of a rape charge, is considering running for Congress, a political consultant said. Smith, 39, a doctor and adjunct instructor at Northwestern University Medical School and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is exploring a run for Rep. Rod R. Blagojevich's seat, Democratic consultant David Axelrod said Sunday.

Kennedy obituary: The obituary of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) that appeared in Wednesday's Section A incorrectly reported that his oldest brother, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., died when his airplane was shot down during World War II. The plane Joseph Kennedy was piloting over Europe was filled with explosives, which detonated before Kennedy and another crew member could bail out by parachute. The cause of the explosion was never conclusively determined. Additionally, the obituary said Edward Kennedy testified in the spring of 1991 at the trial of his nephew William Kennedy Smith, who was accused of rape.

A bloodied William Kennedy Smith, who was acquitted two years ago on rape charges in Florida, was arrested and charged with assault and battery early Saturday after a brawl at a suburban Virginia nightclub and restaurant. Smith, the 33-year-old nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), was released on his promise to appear on Dec. 3 in the Arlington County Criminal Court. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m.

A woman who has sued William Kennedy Smith said Thursday that the member of the prominent political family sexually assaulted her five years ago. "Today I am putting William Kennedy Smith on notice. You will not victimize another woman and be able to keep it silent if I can help it," Audra Soulias, 28, said at a news conference. Smith denies the allegations and claims the woman filed the lawsuit after he refused to pay her $3 million.

Before it all began, Mary E. Lupo was known in these parts as a respectable lower-court jurist, a churchgoing mother of two and a tap-dance aficionado. Now she's the "scowling judge" of Palm Beach County, and a sour concoction served at a local saloon is her namesake. Before it all began, Assistant State Atty. Moira Lasch was known as the early-rising, clean-living former Florida Prosecutor of the Year.

Palm Beach police on Friday named William Kennedy Smith, nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), as the suspect in an alleged rape of a 29-year-old woman at the Kennedy family mansion here on Easter weekend. It was decided to publicly name Smith as the suspect after the woman who filed the complaint identified his photo, a source close to the case said. The woman's name is being withheld by police.

It was "Mischief Night" in posh, peaceful Greenwich. In the uncommonly chill air that Halloween eve, young pranksters were out, scrambling over lawns and back yards. Laughter rang down the country lanes. Houses glowed with flickering jack-o'-lanterns. The evening's autumn shadows swallowed up the roadside woods. The private guards standing watch over the posh enclave called Belle Haven had been reinforced for the evening, but the threat was less than fearsome: Teen-age fun might get out of hand.

Maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe I'm out of step with the male gender. It's a family tradition, you see. I have one childhood memory of spouse abuse. A fellow on the far side of the alley slapped his wife around and forever after my father has referred to him as "the jerk," a term spoken with bottomless contempt. Dad never spoke with him again. I guess that as a man I am supposed to view the verbal or physical abuse of women as some sort of sport.

The alleged victim in the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith continues to be flooded with offers to sell her story, including a bid of at least $500,000 this month by Paramount Communications, her attorney testified Thursday. David Roth, the attorney, said in a pretrial hearing that a reporter for Paramount's "Hard Copy" television show had thrown out the figure as an opening bid for her cooperation in making a film about the event.

The New York Times is widely regarded as the best and most influential newspaper in the country--and one of the most circumspect. It avoids sensationalism and prurience with an almost Victorian vigor. But on April 17, the New York Times published a profile of the Palm Beach woman allegedly raped by William Kennedy Smith, nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).

William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who was found innocent in 1991 of a rape charge, is considering running for Congress, a political consultant said. Smith, 39, a doctor and adjunct instructor at Northwestern University Medical School and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is exploring a run for Rep. Rod R. Blagojevich's seat, Democratic consultant David Axelrod said Sunday.

Jean Kennedy Smith is one of the busiest women in Ireland these days, with a heavy work load of official business as U.S. ambassador punctuated with frequent invitations to in Irish social occasions. In addition, she is preparing for President Bill Clinton's first visit to Ireland on Dec. 1 and 2--and the first visit by any U.S. President to Northern Ireland. Shy, yet given to wide grins and laughter, the 67-year-old, auburn-haired ambassador has been highly popular among the Irish.

After reading Sigmund Downey's psychoanalytic hanging of Mike Tyson (June 13), I suggest you move his column to the Life & Style section. No one defends Mike Tyson as a model citizen, but it doesn't take a Ph.D. to figure out his conviction was not an uncontested slam dunk. He deserves his day in court without Dr. Downey taking Freudian cheap shots from 2,000 miles away. MARC O'BRIEN Malibu Tyson was not tried and convicted of being a "raging bully," nor for what he may or may not have done to his former wife, Robin Givens, nor for anything he may or may not have said to heavyweight Razor Ruddock.

A bloodied William Kennedy Smith, who was acquitted two years ago on rape charges in Florida, was arrested and charged with assault and battery early Saturday after a brawl at a suburban Virginia nightclub and restaurant. Smith, the 33-year-old nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), was released on his promise to appear on Dec. 3 in the Arlington County Criminal Court. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m.

I could have cheered while reading Pamela A. Rucker's "As Women, We're Responsible for the Messages We Send" (Platform, Feb. 18). She had the courage to put her words into print, while I had hesitated fearing condemnation by female friends and fellow or non-fellow colleagues. I want to tell Anita Hill that I believed her. I never had sympathy for "blue dot," because I couldn't see her eyes. William Kennedy Smith seemed like the victim to me. Now, there's another victim--Mike Tyson.

Forgetting the fact that Mike Tyson should have been in jail for earlier crimes, he was convicted Monday not because William Kennedy Smith was found not guilty, not because Clarence Thomas was approved by Congress, and certainly not because he was black. He was convicted because he was guilty. JAMES R. EWING, Santa Monica

Forgetting the fact that Mike Tyson should have been in jail for earlier crimes, he was convicted Monday not because William Kennedy Smith was found not guilty, not because Clarence Thomas was approved by Congress, and certainly not because he was black. He was convicted because he was guilty. JAMES R. EWING, Santa Monica

With Chief Joseph Terlizzese declaring "I think we know what happened up there that night," Palm Beach, Fla., police detectives completed what may be final witness interviews in their investigation of the alleged Kennedy estate rape. Next week officers will make a recommendation on whether to file charges or dismiss the case against William Kennedy Smith, 30, nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).