Condit Says Intern Did Not Spend the Night

Condit Says Intern Did Not Spend the Night

NewsMax.com Wires
Saturday, June 9, 2001

WASHINGTON (UPI) - A California congressman has flatly rejected a published report that a missing college intern had spent the night at his Washington apartment.

A spokesman for Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., issued a stern statement late Thursday denying the Washington Post report that, according to anonymous law enforcement sources, Condit had told police investigators that Chandra Levy had spent at least one night at his home in the Adams Morgan district.

The statement from Condit's chief of staff, Mike Lynch, sought a retraction from the newspaper and warned that attorneys would carefully scrutinize future news reports of the married 53-year-old congressman's relationship with the missing University of Southern California coed.

"Since so much has already been distorted regarding this case, all statements published regarding this matter will be reviewed by counsel from the perspective of potential defamation litigation," Lynch said in the statement.

Levy disappeared from the nation's capital in late April as she was about to move back to California after completing an internship at the Bureau of Prisons. Levy is from Condit's district in Modesto and has been described by the congressman as a friend.

The Post report this week, however, said that Condit had told police that Levy was an overnight guest, although he did not say when she had stayed at his apartment or whether he and Levy were romantically involved. The newspaper also quoted an anonymous female relative of Levy as saying Levy had told her that she was involved with Condit.

The Post has thus far declined to retract the story.

While police appear to have few leads in the mysterious case, officials have said they do not consider Condit to be a suspect and, in fact, have not even determined that Levy has met with foul play.

"Congressman Condit has fully cooperated with law enforcement officials, and will continue to do so," Lynch said.

Susan Levy, the missing girl's mother, had little comment on the Post report. She told the Modesto Bee that finding her daughter should take precedence over a dissection of her personal life.

"I don't care if she's been allegedly sleeping with somebody," she said. "That's irrelevant. All those things are just stories. Maybe they're true, and maybe they're not."

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