Ted K's "Secret Love Child" Sues

Published Nov 27 2007, 10:09 PM by David S. Bernstein

You may recall a brief flurry of gossip, nearly two years ago, that our own Senator Edward Kennedy had a secret love child, fathered 20 years earlier. That alleged love-child, and love-mother, are both residents of East Sandwich, and today they filed a lawsuit in Boston's federal court against the National Enquirer, which "broke" the story in February 2006.

That's the plaintiffs on the cover, identified with the labels "Secret Son" and "Lover." The article claims that Secret Mom received cash payments, plus a Mustang convertible and a pure-bred Shar-Pei for keeping Ted's paternity secret. It also says that a paternity test confirmed that Ted was Secret Father. Scandalous!

The story made the national and international rounds for a while, particularly among the Kennedy-bashing conservatives. It also made it into most of the local area mainstream media, including the Boston Herald. As the lawsuit points out, Howie Carr had a field day on his radio show.

According to the plaintiffs, the Enquirer's story is, shall we say, not entirely true -- or more accurately, entirely false. They're suing for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and other counts.

BTW, it's looking like maybe Natalee wasn't really sold as a sex slave either. And Bobby & Whitney didn't divorce until much later. On the other hand, I believe that Star Jones turns out to really have had gastric-bypass surgery, so not everything on that cover was wrong!

Mitt's Woeful Crime Record

GOP Gaining Ground With Black Voters? Hardly

Follow the Boston Phoenix

All Blogs

On The Download (2,176)
Dont Quote Me (527)
Laser Orgy (36)
Phlog (1,432)
Talking Politics (1,529)
Outside The Frame (307)

more by David S. Bernstein

Coakley cashes in at the bar | December 04, 2009

The X factor | November 27, 2009

Ladies' man | November 20, 2009

Has Obama peaked? No, he hasn't | November 13, 2009

The Quiet Storm | November 06, 2009

See all articles by: David S. Bernstein

Latest Comments

GodHatesFags.com Invades Greater Boston - So sad and scary. Ppl must get a life that doesn't thrive on ppls differences. Why live in the USA? You...

By Patty on 12-05-2009 in Phlog

Kenmore cat can't be caught - I wonder if it escaped from the Kenmore cat hospital..

By Ari on 12-05-2009 in Phlog

Boston Public Health Commission's Top 10 Bad Romance Songs of 2009: Is pop music unhealthy? - Wow. Thank you for taking the time to express your very biased opinion. However, I think you need to...

By Jim T on 12-05-2009 in On The Download

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: exclusive Cave In DVD preview - mike you fail'd hard. Please end your life quickly.

By shane on 12-05-2009 in On The Download

RIP, Mike Penner / Christine Daniels - offal, you help make my point. Thanks. Women suffering from depression are now recognized for having...

By O-FISH-L on 12-05-2009 in Dont Quote Me

Latest Comments from Talking Politics

Ted K's "Secret Love Child" Sues

Leave a Comment