Article: Common interest shared in Michael Kennedy case Pressure builds on families to end furor

For three weeks, their deep divisions and divergent interests have been open and obvious: Michael L. Kennedy, the outraged family of the teenager with whom he allegedly had a five-year affair, and US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II, who has seen the formative phase of his campaign for governor disrupted by media fallout from his brother's scandal.

But much less obvious are the common interests, which sources and close observers of the controversy believe are pushing representatives of Michael Kennedy and those of Paul and June Verrochi and their daughter toward a negotiated agreement aimed at ending the furor.

All want to see the media back off from the story. All want to achieve some ...

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