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To: ecommerceman who wrote (878)1/24/2001 10:06:54 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1397
 
Re: 1/24/01 - Hartford Courant: Suspect In Yale Death Sues Courant For Libel

Suspect In Yale Death Sues Courant For Libel
The Hartford Courant
January 24, 2001

A former Yale University faculty member who has been identified by police as a suspect in the stabbing death of a student has accused The Courant of publishing false statements about him, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

James Van de Velde, who has not been charged in the 1998 slaying of Yale senior Suzanne Jovin, accused the newspaper of printing "false, defamatory and malicious" information concerning his conduct with two local television reporters.

The article disputed by Van de Velde, published Jan. 13, 1999, said both television reporters complained about him to the New Haven police. In the lawsuit, filed in Hartford Superior Court, Van de Velde called the newspaper's reporting on the television reporters "libelous."

"We believe the story was accurate," Clifford Teutsch, the Courant's managing editor, said Tuesday.

Van de Velde's lawyer, David T. Grudberg of New Haven, could not be reached for comment. Van de Velde now lives in Virginia.

Van de Velde, who was Jovin's senior essay adviser, maintains his innocence.

ctnow.com