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...agreement capped five months of tawdry wrangling in what now seems like the all-tabloid media. Maids and chauffeurs, lissome lads and their parents fed their accusations of misconduct or declarations of support to the avid press. Tracking the story was a full-time job for many newshounds -- 250 littered the lawn of the Superior Court building in Santa Monica last week to hear the announcement of the epochal compromise -- and for the two squads of lawyers. The main attorneys got high marks for their work. "Feldman publicized, publicized, publicized, and then got the big settlement," says New York City...
Specifically, Zinn says that Kotowski'sapparent efforts to arrest and press chargesagainst Angier after the alleged beating aresimilar to the actions of many police officersfound guilty of misconduct...
Oregon Senator Bob Packwood claimed that one of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct had later kissed him on her own several times and had asked to borrow money. Gena Hutton, a former Packwood campaign coordinator, denied the Senator's account. Packwood made his first visit to Oregon in four months; at various appearances and speeches, he was taunted by demonstrators calling for his resignation...
...subpoena by mid-January, that the Senate's order violates Packwood's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and self-incrimination. Stein complained that the inquiry keeps expanding "like a balloon." Asked he: "Where is the end of it?" Not in sight. Already looking into charges of sexual misconduct, intimidation and influence peddling, the committee now will ascertain whether Packwood's tampering was an obstruction of Congress...
...Senate ethics committee last week insisted that a subpoena for them be enforced. A secretary who used to work for Packwood said in a deposition that the Oregon Republican altered tapes and tape transcriptions that the Senate has subpoenaed as part of its investigation into Packwood's alleged sexual misconduct. Packwood apparently made the changes before the subpoena was issued. The tapes and transcriptions have now been placed in the custody of a federal judge, and the court is expected to rule on the subpoena by mid-January...