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Condit won't discuss having sex with Levy

Gary Condit repeatedly refused to say whether he had sex with intern Chandra Levy Monday in testimony in her accused killer's trial. mk/mk/CRAIG SJODIN/HO ABC NEWS UPI
Gary Condit repeatedly refused to say whether he had sex with intern Chandra Levy Monday in testimony in her accused killer's trial. mk/mk/CRAIG SJODIN/HO ABC NEWS UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Gary Condit, testifying Monday at the trial of a man accused of killing Chandra Levy, repeatedly refused to say whether he had sex with the former intern.

The former Democratic congressman from California told Washington prosecutor Amanda Haines that, in the nine years since Levy's disappearance, he has never revealed whether he and Levy were intimate, CNN reported.

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Asked whether he would answer the question, Condit said: "We've lost our feeling for common decency. I didn't commit any crime. I didn't do anything wrong."

When defense attorney Maria Hawilo asked if he was invoking his right against self-incrimination, Condit said he wouldn't respond because it is "not relevant" and he is entitled to privacy, The Washington Post reported.

His testimony concluded just after 3 p.m. Monday.

Levy, 24, vanished in 2001. Her remains were found more than a year later in Washington's Rock Creek Park.

Condit was never a suspect in the woman's death.

Ingmar Guandique is on trial for her killing. Prosecutors say he attacked Levy as she jogged in the park and killed her when she began to scream.

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Guandique denies the charge and there reportedly is no physical evidence linking him to the crime, leaving prosecutors to base their case largely on an alleged prison confession.

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