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The [[Joyce Carol Oates]] novel ''Black Water'' is a fictionalized account of the events at Chappaquiddick. Set in the early 1990s, it chronicles the story of a twenty-six-year-old woman named Kelly Kellher who meets a character called "The Senator" at a Fourth of July party, leading to her inevitable and tragic demise.
== Palm Beach Rape Incident ==
The Senator was involved in the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith in [[1991]]. [[http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/william_kennedy/]] The Senator took the stand during the trial. It was discovered that Kennedy had rousted his nephew William Kennedy Smith and his son Patrick Kennedy from their beds for a night of bar hopping. It was during this time that the Senator's son, Patrick Kennedy met 27-year-old Testa's Restaurant waitress, Michelle Cassone. According to Ms. Cassone at one point during the evening at the Kennedy family retreat the Senator appeared "without his trousers" and sporting only a long-tailed shirt" William Kennedy Smith was found innocent of the charges, his lawyer Roy Black later married one of the jurors, Christina Getty. In 2005 Nephew William Kennedy Smith was charged with sexual harassment.
== Presidential bid ==
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