Judge dismisses sex harassment suit against William Kennedy Smith.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: January 4, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: John Bebow

CHICAGO _ William Kennedy Smith is "totally vindicated" and should return to helping land-mine victims around the world, his attorney said Tuesday after a Cook County judge quickly dismissed a lawsuit claiming Smith sexually assaulted his former office assistant.

The suit, filed in August by Audra Soulias, sought financial damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on two phone messages Smith left her in January 2004. The...

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