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07/05/2001 - Updated 11:15 AM ET
Relative: Intern said she got gifts from Condit
By Tom Squitieri and Kevin Johnson
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON ? A close relative of an intern missing for eight weeks told
police that the woman confided she was having an affair with Rep. Gary
Condit and had received gifts from the California congressman, including a
gold bracelet and airline tickets.
The relative told USA TODAY and investigators that Chandra Levy, 24, spent
evenings at Condit's apartment in Washington and had dinners with him.
Condit has been questioned twice about Levy's disappearance. Police say he
is not a suspect, and they continue to treat the matter as a missing-person
case.
Condit has said through a spokesman that he had no such relationship with
Levy and that he knows nothing of her disappearance. His office questioned
the connection between any possible gifts and the disappearance. "I don't
know anything about this stuff ? the tickets, the conversations, the
bracelet, anything," Condit chief of staff Michael Lynch said. "If people
are convinced there is a relationship, show us how it is related to the
disappearance."
The relative provided these and other details to Washington police, the FBI
and attorneys representing the Levy family.
Levy was last reported seen on April 30. In a statement, Condit called Levy
"a great person and a good friend."
A senior police official said Wednesday that authorities have determined
the content of their relationship, but the official would not elaborate.
The official said investigators are devoting all of their energies to
locating the missing woman.
Also:
? Police said a meeting with Condit's wife would occur at any time. Law
enforcement authorities said Washington police detectives and FBI agents
would conduct the questioning of Carolyn Condit, who was in Washington
visiting her husband from April 28 to May 3. A high-ranking police official
said Wednesday that investigators want to question her about what she might
know about Levy and her disappearance.
? Condit canceled three holiday appearances Wednesday in his district,
which includes Modesto, where the Levy family lives. Lynch said "another
circumstance arose that he (Condit) had to attend to."
? On Tuesday, the congressman responded to statements by a Seattle flight
attendant who told Fox News that Condit encouraged her to sign an affidavit
denying an affair. Flight attendant Anne Marie Smith said Condit suggested
she did not have to cooperate with authorities investigating the Levy case.
"I have not asked anyone to refrain from discussing this matter with
authorities, nor have I suggested anyone mislead authorities," Condit said
in a written statement made public Tuesday.
Smith told Fox News that she and Condit met on cross-country flights and
that she broke off the relationship when she learned about Levy's
disappearance.
The FBI questioned Smith while assisting Washington police with the Levy
disappearance. Levy, a federal Bureau of Prisons intern, vanished after May
1.
The close relative who spoke with USA TODAY told authorities that Levy
confided in her about a relationship with Condit during two holiday visits
to the relative's home in Maryland ? the most recent in early April, three
weeks before her disappearance ? and in telephone conversations.
In her April visit, Levy showed off a gold bracelet on her right wrist, the
relative said. The intern said the jewelry was a gift from the congressman.
The bracelet has not been reported found.
In another conversation, Levy said the congressman arranged to provide
airline tickets for a trip to California so she could deal with her college
studies.
According to the relative, during time at Condit's apartment, the
congressman and Levy would share Ben & Jerry's low-fat ice cream. On the
occasions when they would leave the apartment, Condit and Levy would have
dinner in the suburbs, eating Thai food or sushi, the relative has told
authorities.
Levy last contacted the relative April 29 and left a message on the
relative's answering machine.
The relative quoted Levy as saying: "I have big news."
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