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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (883)	1/25/2001 1:26:25 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 1397

Re: 1/24/01 - AP/WTNH: Statement of James Van de Velde; Van de Velde sues Courant for libel; Former Yale instructor files second libel lawsuit Statement of James Van de Velde January 24, 2001 In their January 13, 1999, front page article, the journalists of the Hartford Courant either wrote utterly false information to defame and slander me, information which they should have known to be false, or they were manipulated by a New Haven police officer who was bent on insinuating my guilt in the Suzanne Jovin murder case by feeding misinformation to gullible journalists. Neither Mr. Altimeri or Mr. Weiss asked to see copies of complaints against me (they could not have, since there are none), nor did they solicit my comment on their story, nor did they confirm the complaints with the alleged complainants. It is sad that New Haven Police Chief Melvin Wearing denounces his own officers when they act as whistle blowers for cases of police misconduct but remained silent when subordinates fed false information and innuendo to the Connecticut and national press to insinuate my possible guilt in the murder of my student, Suzanne Jovin, and to cover up New Haven Police incompetence. The conduct of the New Haven Police in the Jovin case has been atrocious. It is astounding how little which has been published and insinuated is remotely true. The community allows such misconduct to stand at its own peril. wtnh.com ===== Van de Velde sues Courant for libel (AP/WTNH, Jan. 24, 2001 5:10 PM) _ The Hartford Courant is being sued for libel by a former Yale University instructor who was identified as a suspect in the 1998 slaying of a Yale student. New Haven police have said that James Van de Velde was in a pool of suspects in the death of Suzanne Jovin. But authorities haven't charged Van de Velde or anyone else. Van de Velde, who was Jovin's senior thesis adviser, says he's innocent. "It is astounding how little which has been published and insinuated is remotely true," Van de Velde said in a statement e-mailed to News Channel 8 and other media organizations in Connecticut. His lawsuit was filed over a January 1999 report in the Courant that two female television reporters had complained to New Haven police that they were being harassed by Van de Velde. Van de Velde claims the Courant printed false, defamatory and malicious information. The Courant says the story was accurate. wtnh.com ===== Former Yale instructor files second libel lawsuit (New Haven-AP, Jan. 25, 2001 7:15 AM) _ A second libel lawsuit in as many days has been filed by a former Yale instructor who had been labeled a suspect in the killing of one of his students. James Van de Velde is suing Quinnipiac University, claiming the school wrongfully dismissed him from a masters degree program soon after news reports linked him to the case. The lawsuit claims Quinnipiac officials made "false, defamatory and malicious" statements about him in their explanations for his dismissal from the schools broadcast journalism program. The lawsuit yesterday comes a day after Van de Velde filed suit against the Hartford Courant for libel stemming from a January 1999 story. Van de Velde has not been charged and continues to deny any involvement in Jovin's killing. wtnh.com