(NewsNation) — Stephan Seeger, an attorney for Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedy family, tells NewsNation his client did not murder his "friend" Martha Moxley in 1975.

Skakel was found guilty in 2002 of the bludgeoning death of Moxley, who lived across the street from the Skakel family in wealthy Greenwich, Connecticut, and whose body was found in her family’s backyard.

Skakel and Moxley were both 15 at the time of her death.

After serving 11 years in prison, Skakel's murder conviction was overturned in 2008 by the Connecticut Supreme Court, saying his defense lawyer failed to present evidence of an alibi.

A state prosecutor announced in 2020 that Skakel would not be put on trial again, and the murder charge was dropped.

Skakel spoke publicly for the first time on NBC’s podcast

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