Andrew Goldman

And a lot of people who had important roles in the outcome of this case knew too.

Now I want to ask you a follow-up.

Says who?

My name is Andrew Goldman.

I've been a journalist for 30 years.

I got involved in this case in 2015 when current Secretary of Health and Human Services Bobby Kennedy Jr.

reached out asking if I was interested in ghostwriting his book about it.

He wanted me to help exonerate his cousin.

It was a great offer, except unlike Bobby, I didn't believe Michael Skakel was innocent.

At that particular moment, I really needed the work.

It was a moral quandary.

The Kennedy family has a long history of using the media to carry its water, sometimes to defend the indefensible.

Was I willing to be part of that machine?

I consulted my wife and my shrink.

I came up with moral justifications.

But today, when I think back to why I took it, my true motivation is obvious.

I think if I'm good at my job, it's because I'm curious.

A less charitable way to put it would be nosy.

I was way too fascinated with the Kennedys, with Michael Skakel and the Moxley murder to turn down the opportunity to penetrate the case's inner circle.

The book was published in 2016.