Former Rep. Condit’s relationship with Chandra Levy surfaces again in retrial

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Defense attorneys for the man convicted of killing Chandra Levy plan to present evidence that former California Rep. Gary Condit should be reconsidered as a primary suspect at the upcoming retrial.

The 24 year-old Washington, D.C., intern’s disappearance in 2001 became a media sensation after allegations surfaced that she was having an affair with the married Democratic congressman. Defense attorneys will take depositions from three women who claim to be his former lovers in the new trial. The attorneys say they plan to argue that his allegedly “aggressive” sexual behavior towards them should make him a prime suspect in the murder.

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