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CHICAGO - A woman claims in a lawsuit that William Kennedy Smith sexually assaulted her in 1999, and her lawyer said Thursday that she did not come forward at the time because she was intimidated by his wealth and connections.  
 
 
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The Kennedy cousin cleared of rape charges in 1991 said his family and personal history made him a target for "outrageous" allegations. And the woman herself acknowledged having had a relationship with Smith some months after the alleged assault.  
 
 
In the suit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, 28-year-old Audra Soulias alleges that after a night of drinking in 1999, Smith, now 43, forced her out of a cab and into his home where he sexually assaulted her. She is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.  
 
 
"She didn't report it to police because she was scared ...," her attorney, Kevin O'Reilly, told WLS-TV on Thursday. "This is a powerful man; this is a wealthy man, and he's got the ability to really scrutinize you in the public eye. This will go nowhere and ruin your life, and that's what she was afraid of at first."  
 
 
In 1991, a jury in West Palm Beach, Fla., acquitted Smith of sexual assault and battery on a then 30-year-old woman he met in a nightclub. He said the sex between him and the accuser, Patricia Bowman, was consensual.  
 
 
Soulias worked in 1999 as a personal assistant for Smith at the Center for International Rehabilitation, a group led by Smith that helps land mine victims, according to the lawsuit.  
 
 
"He dragged me into his house, dragged me upstairs in his bedroom where he raped me," Soulias told WBBM-TV in Chicago.  
 
 
Soulias alleges that afterward, Smith left her apologetic voicemail messages.  
 
 
She and Smith later had a relationship that lasted several months, O'Reilly said, but he said it amounted to further victimization.  
 
 
"It was situation where the predator came back for the prey," he told NBC's "Today." "It was an easy target; he was the boss, she was the employee." He called Soulias an "innocent girl ... who had never had a boyfriend, never had a sexual relationship."  
 
 
Soulias ultimately decided to file the civil lawsuit because she wanted to stop an alleged pattern of harassment by Smith, O'Reilly said.  
 
 
"This isn't about money, this is about getting Dr. Smith to stop," he said.  
 
 
The nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) of Massachusetts said in a statement that the allegations are false, calling them "outrageous, untrue and without merit."  
 
 
"Unfortunately, my family and my personal history have made me unusually vulnerable to these kinds of allegations," Smith said.  
 
 
Two other women filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the fall of 2003 claiming "repeated sexual harassment" and "unwanted sexual advances" by Smith, according to the lawsuit.  
 
 
The CIR statement said the allegations stem from a "disgruntled employee who had failed to receive a promotion" who approached Soulias and other former employees.  
 
 
Smith is one of four children of former ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith.  
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 26th, 2004, 11:33am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
OK folks, fess up!  Are any of us surprized?  Sad situation.
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 26th, 2004, 9:08pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify Remove Remove
Im only surprised it took this long lol
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on Aug 26th, 2004, 9:44am, david wrote:
CHICAGO - A woman claims in a lawsuit that William Kennedy Smith sexually assaulted her in 1999, and her lawyer said Thursday that she did not come forward at the time because she was intimidated by his wealth and connections.  
 
The Kennedy cousin cleared of rape charges in 1991 said his family and personal history made him a target for "outrageous" allegations. And the woman herself acknowledged having had a relationship with Smith some months after the alleged assault.  
 
In the suit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, 28-year-old Audra Soulias alleges that after a night of drinking in 1999, Smith, now 43, forced her out of a cab and into his home where he sexually assaulted her. She is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.  
 
"She didn't report it to police because she was scared ...," her attorney, Kevin O'Reilly, told WLS-TV on Thursday. "This is a powerful man; this is a wealthy man, and he's got the ability to really scrutinize you in the public eye. This will go nowhere and ruin your life, and that's what she was afraid of at first."  
 
Soulias worked in 1999 as a personal assistant for Smith at the Center for International Rehabilitation, a group led by Smith that helps land mine victims, according to the lawsuit.  
 
"He dragged me into his house, dragged me upstairs in his bedroom where he raped me," Soulias told WBBM-TV in Chicago.  
Soulias alleges that afterward, Smith left her apologetic voicemail messages.  
 
She and Smith later had a relationship that lasted several months, O'Reilly said, but he said it amounted to further victimization.  
 
"It was situation where the predator came back for the prey," he told NBC's "Today." "It was an easy target; he was the boss, she was the employee." He called Soulias an "innocent girl ... who had never had a boyfriend, never had a sexual relationship."  
 
Soulias ultimately decided to file the civil lawsuit because she wanted to stop an alleged pattern of harassment by Smith, O'Reilly said.  
 
"This isn't about money, this is about getting Dr. Smith to stop," he said.  
 
Two other women filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the fall of 2003 claiming "repeated sexual harassment" and "unwanted sexual advances" by Smith, according to the lawsuit.  
 
The CIR statement said the allegations stem from a "disgruntled employee who had failed to receive a promotion" who approached Soulias and other former employees.  
 
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This SMELLS so bad, you almost get the odor thru the computer screen!
 
Oh well, I guess everyone has to make a living. . . . some people just crawl out from under their rock, take the easy way out and lie their ass off trying to get something for nothing!
   
And of course, it wouldn't be complete without the Lawyer being right there spouting all the appropriate verbage. . . . Just another reminder why 99% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name.    Wink
 
IMO This isn't about justice, or somebody being wronged, or anything like that.  This is about somebody trying to extort money from what they see as a rich and easy target.  It's all about a "payday" .
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 27th, 2004, 11:51am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I realized this when I saw the "whole" story on the news.  The sad thing is any man can be set up for this kind of scrutiny.  
Of course having a career and lots of money do help Roll Eyes
 
As a female, I cannot for the life of me figure out why another female would want to do this to any man.  
Guess she can sell handbags for a while!
 
Maybe he is guilty, but if I felt I were wronged it would make me no difference what was going on in his life I would fiel the charges then!  To wait for years is totally ridiculous and then she later had an affair with him?  Where was her pride?  
Someone should point out to her  
this is NOT "General Hospital"  
and she "ain't Laura and he ain't Luke"!
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