Ken a
handsome sum, as well as providing him free room and
board. Coupled with his income from the Brunswick
school, Littleton was now in a position to make a lot
of fairly easy money. Would he, would anyone,
jeopardize such an arrangement on the very first
night?
It must be clarified, however, that although October
30, 1975 was Littleton's first night on the
job, it was not the first time he encountered the
Skakel children. He had already been tutoring some of
them for at least a week. He knew a few from the
Brunswick school (Michael attended another school).
Unfortunately, we have limited intelligence as to the
full nature of Littleton's relations with Tommy and
Michael. This is one area of uncertainty particularly
laden with rumor and innuendo. One rumor/allegation
has Littleton involved in quasi-homosexual behavior
with the Skakel boys. This detail, among others
equally as dubious, was filtered into Dominick
Dunne's A Season in Purgatory--a greatly
embellished, but interesting indication of
high-Greenwich-society rumors surrounding the case.
Other rumors suggest Littleton did drugs,
specifically cocaine, with the Skakel children, and
may have even been their supplier. It must be
emphasized that we have not come across any
substantive evidence to support these theories.
Further investigation is required to flesh out the
true nature of Littleton's relationship with Tommy
and Michael, both before and after the murder.
It certainly seems, today, as though Littleton got
along better with Tommy. Reportedly, on April 7,
1976, Littleton was asked to sign a statement, put
before him by the Greenwich Police Department,
documenting circumstantial evidence against Tommy
(essentially that he was out of the house for x
period of time when the murder was alleged to have
occurred). Littleton refused on the grounds that he
believed Tommy was innocent. When asked about this
occurrence recently, Littleton effectively denied it
ever happened. This event, however, is the evidence
most people cite when making the allegation that
Littleton's silence and cooperation with a Skakel
family cover-up were bought and paid for. If true, it
is certainly curious why Littleton would have refused
to sign a statement to that effect, since he still
maintains, innocence or guilt aside, that Tommy was
out of the house for x period of time on that
night.
The true nature of what transpired on April 7, 1976,
and the motive behind Littleton's actions or
inactions (as the case may be), is something which
demands further investigation and clarification. To,
at the very least, rule out the scenarios, a
background check on Littleton's finances and a search
for any paper trail which could lead to Skakel money
or influence should be initiated.
During an interview in Boston with a Sutton
Associates investigator, Littleton said the following
(paraphrased as per the notes and recollection of the
investigator) with regards to Tommy: The only
person I remember seeing that night was Tommy. You're
probably interested in this, because I give him an
alibi for a certain period of time. Tommy came up to
my room, according to the Greenwich Police, at about
ten minutes of ten. We stayed together about a half
an hour, starting twenty minutes before the chase
scene. We made small talk. We watched the chase
scene. Then Tommy went upstairs to do his "infamous
report on Abraham Lincoln."
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