Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ex-Miss America Elizabeth Ward Gracen will ask the judge in the Paula Jones case this week to drop her from the proceedings, she told the Daily News yesterday. "My attorney tells me I have no relevancy in the Paula Jones case," said Gracen, who is being sought to testify in the sex-harassment case against President Clinton. Gracen, who contradicted previous denials Monday when she told The News she'd had a one-night stand in 1983 with Clinton when he was the governor of Arkansas, said Jones' lawyers have no reason to drag her into the case. "I was never a government employee, I was never sexually harassed or put in a hostile environment. He never asked me to lie. I was never offered a job in exchange for silence," Gracen said. "I think our case is strong, and they don't have a case at all." Jones' lawyers want to grill Gracen about allegations that Clinton forced himself on her � which Gracen called "totally false." They suggested earlier this week they will try to call her and several other women to testify during the trial. But the lawyers have been unable to get a deposition from Gracen because she travels constantly. After speaking to The News in the New York area Monday, Gracen flew to the Caribbean. Clinton's legal advisers refused to comment on the alleged liaison. Meanwhile, Gracen's manager, Miles Levy, confirmed her story that Clinton's 1992 campaign did not pressure her to deny she had sex with him. Gracen said she issued her 1992 denial of a liaison with Clinton at the request of his campaign aides � who were then reeling from the Gennifer Flowers scandal. Levy, who dealt with the campaign's request, confirmed there was no pressure. "None whatsoever," he said. Several of Clinton's top campaign advisers, including George Stephanopoulos and Betsy Wright, didn't return calls from The News. One White House aide who spoke briefly with The News begged not to be quoted. "I don't want to be part of this story," he said. Neither does Gracen. She said her family and friends have been harassed for months by reporters and private detectives. "Everybody I've ever said hello to has been offered money," she said. "I hate that my mom wakes up every morning and feels like someone is watching her." Gracen said she hoped the sex scandal would die out soon. "I would think the American people would step back," she said, "and let him get on with his job." -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
