The Aspen Times: Lawyers for a Kennedy family scion cited in December for his role in a fight outside an Aspen bar have petitioned the Pitkin County District Court to seal his arrest and criminal record, according to court documents.

“The events that are the basis for this case were already highly publicized,” according to the petition filed Tuesday on behalf of John Conor Kennedy. “Mr. Kennedy is a college student, and further reporting on this event could considerably harm him in the future.

“That harm far outweighs any public interest.”

Kennedy, 23, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Dec. 29 outside Bootsy Bellows nightclub after an Aspen police officer saw him grab another man by the shirt, pull him down so he was bent over and punch him four or five times in the back of his head, police have said.

The officer tried to break up the fight, which occurred across the street from the club, but Kennedy allegedly continued trying to fight the man, and he and the officer ended up on the ground in the snow.

No one was injured during the incident.

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