Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ABCNEWS.com
April 1 — A federal judge has tossed out Paula
Jones’ sexual harassment case against President
Clinton. Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock, Ark.,
has decided in favor of President
Clinton's motion to dismiss the case
for lack of evidence. Paula Jones'
;lawyers have been told by the
court that the entirety of their case
has been thrown out.
Jones is suing Clinton for $700,000 in damages. She
alleges that Clinton, as governor of Arkansas, had a
state
trooper summon her to a hotel room, where he exposed
himself and asked for oral sex. Clinton denies the
allegations.
The trial had been scheduled to begin on May 27.
Jones' lawyers have said they plan to appeal the
ruling.
Legal teams for Clinton, Jones and Monica Lewinsky
are
also awaiting two other important rulings.
U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson will
decide
whether Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr must stand by a
purported deal to give Lewinsky immunity from prosecution
in exchange for her testimony. Starr’s office says the
deal was
never finalized.
For the past 10 weeks, Starr’s grand jury has been
investigating allegations that Clinton carried on an
illicit affair
with the former intern and pressured her to lie about it.
Lewinsky Evidence Sought
Finally, Jones’ lawyers have filed an appeal with the 8th
U.S,
Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to fight a January
ruling
by Judge Wright to bar information about Lewinsky from
their sexual harassment case.
In an attempt to have the decision thrown out, they
insisted, “the district court sacrificed vital evidence
on the
altar of unverified presidential convenience.”
To alleviate concerns that allowing Lewinsky-related
material into the case could interfere with Kenneth
Starr’s
criminal investigation, Jones’ attorneys have offered to
postpone the trial.
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