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Michael Skakel

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Murderer (Alleged)

The Resume

    (September 19, 1960- )
    Born in Greenwich, Connecticut
    Nephew of Ethel Kennedy
    Convicted in 2002 of having killed fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley (October 30, 1975)
    Conviction overturned by the Connecticut State Supreme Court on grounds of ineffective assistance by defense counsel (2018)
    State declined to retry him and dropped the murder charge (2020)
    Case inspired the books 'A Season in Purgatory' by Dominick Dunne and 'Murder in Greenwich' by Mark Fuhrman

Why he might be annoying:

    Growing up, he bullied other kids and killed small animals.
    His sister Julie said, 'Michael scares me to death.'
    Moxley was bludgeoned to death with the six iron from a rare set of Tony Penna golf clubs; the Skakels owned a set of Tony Penna clubs and the six iron was missing when police searched the house.
    He was convicted of DUI (1978) and sent to Elan School for treatment for alcoholism.
    According to another Elan resident, Skakel bragged, 'I'm going to get away with murder. I'm a Kennedy.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was dyslexic.
    His alcoholism began after his mother died of brain cancer (1973).
    Cousin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said he was 'the runt of the litter with a harsh and occasionally violent alcoholic father who both ignored and abused him.'
    He competed on the international speed skiing circuit and came closing to making the US team for the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France (1992).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 103 Votes: 32.04% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 313 Votes: 37.70% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 173 Votes: 52.02% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 213 Votes: 46.01% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 33 Votes: 30.30% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 159 Votes: 79.87% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 56 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 65.79% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 313 Votes: 73.48% Annoying