Kerrigan’s brother, charged with assaulting late father, makes brief Mass. court appearance

Mark Kerrigan makes brief Mass. court appearance

BOSTON — The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, charged with assaulting his father shortly before he died, has made a brief pretrial court appearance in Massachusetts.

Kerrigan and his attorney, Janice Bassil (BAZ’-uhl), both declined to comment after a scheduling conference in Woburn District Court on Tuesday morning. The next hearing is set for April 9.

The 45-year-old Kerrigan is free on $10,000 bail with electronic monitoring. Prosecutors have said they are considering whether to upgrade the charge against him.

Seventy-year-old Daniel Kerrigan died in January after a fight with his son. His family says a heart condition, and not the fight, were to blame.