JFK Jr. feared his own family would tell the world he was gay: New Kennedy clan cruelty exposed
The 'outing' threat – which was entirely baseless and has been described by sources as 'blackmail' – was allegedly issued by Senator Ted Kennedy to pressure his nephew into publicly supporting the family's claims that William Kennedy Smith, then 31 and the son of Teddy and JFK's sister Jean Kennedy Smith, was innocent of the charge.
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