The People v. Edward M. Kennedy: The Chappaquiddick Case is the title of a new courtoom drama by Donato Colucci. It concerns the 1969 accident, which prompted an international scandal, in which Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car over a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island causing the death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. The media claimed that the powerful Kennedy, having attended a party and thought to be drunk at the time of the accident, was able to evade a trial for manslaughter.