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Sen. Clinton's Brother Admits Recent Drug Use

FACTORYVILLE, Pa. — Tony Rodham, a brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, testified Monday that he "might have" smoked marijuana with a man who allegedly assaulted him hours later.

Rodham, 47, of Washington, D.C., was allegedly attacked Aug. 19 by Daniel Martin Coyne at the Rodham family's summer cottage in Lake Winola, about 115 miles north of Philadelphia.

Rodham appeared before District Justice Russell Shurtleff as a witness in the case against Coyne, 45, who is charged with assault, burglary and trespassing. After the hearing, Shurtleff ordered Coyne to stand trial.

Coyne has told police he climbed onto the porch of the cottage around 3 a.m. and saw Kelly Ann Quick, 36, and Rodham having sex in the living room, according to a police affidavit. He told police Quick was his girlfriend. Authorities said Coyne broke into the cottage and kicked Rodham in the face, head and body.

Coyne's attorney, Gerard Karam, questioned Rodham about drug use, and Rodham said he might have smoked marijuana with Quick and Coyne during a barbecue earlier that night.

"I might have, but I don't recall," he said.

Karam did not deny his client assaulted Rodham, but he argued for dismissal of the burglary charge on the grounds that Coyne was drunk and did not have the capability of forming a specific intent.

"Daniel Coyne didn't know what he was doing when he entered that door," Karam said.

Rodham made news earlier this year after aides to former President Clinton said Rodham had pushed for pardons for Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, who were convicted of bank fraud in 1982. Hillary Clinton defended her brother, saying he had not been paid for the effort. President Clinton issued the pardons last year.

In 1994, Tony Rodham married Nicole Boxer, the daughter of Sen. Barbara Boxer of California. They divorced last year.

-- Anonymous, November 26, 2001

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HILL'S BRO: ‘DON'T RECALL' DOING POT

November 27, 2001 -- FACTORYVILLE, Pa. - Tony Rodham, the brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, testified yesterday he may have smoked marijuana with a man who allegedly assaulted him hours later.

"I might have, but I don't recall," Rodham said.

Rodham testified at a hearing for Daniel Coyne, 45, who is charged with assault, burglary and trespassing for an Aug. 19 incident at the Rodham family's cottage in Lake Winola, about 115 miles north of Philadelphia.

Coyne was ordered to stand trial after the hearing.

Coyne has told police he climbed onto the porch of the cottage around 3 a.m. and saw Rodham having sex with a woman whomCoyne identified as his girlfriend.

Authorities said Coyne then broke into the cottage and kicked a stunned Rodham, 47, in the face, head and body.

Defense lawyer Gerard Karam did not deny his client assaulted Rodham.

But the attorney argued for dismissal of the burglary charge on the grounds that Coyne was drunk that morning and, therefore, was not capable of forming a specific intent.

The attorney asked Rodham about drug use, and Rodham said he might have smoked marijuana with Coyne and the woman at a barbecue party earlier that night.

Rodham made news earlier this year after aides to former President Bill Clinton said he had pushed for last year's pardons of Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, who were convicted of bank fraud in 1982.

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2001

"Hell, I was so blasted that you can't expect me to remember something like that."

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2001

I hope this story gets a big play, with lurid details galore, if only to embarrass the Clintons. Those fuckers need all the embarrassment they can get.

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2001

I doubt that it will because of all the news from Afghanistan and the DoJ, etc. Pity. Still, the New York papers are giving it an airing and that's where it counts most. Hillary will be mortified that the trial is in Factoryville and it's all such a blue-collar affair! You know what a snob she is!

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2001