Jul 25, 1997 6:15 PM

Celebrity Verdict #2

A Los Angeles jury rejected slander allegations against actor Carroll O'Connor, who called a man who supplied his late son with cocaine "a partner in murder." O'Connor went on the offensive against songwriter Harry Perzigian after his son Hugh committed suicide in 1995.

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