Robert F. Kennedy in NY court as he fights ballot-access suit claiming he doesn't live in the state

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fought to be on New York’s ballot Monday as a trial began over whether he falsely claimed to live in the state.

The lawsuit alleges that Kennedy’s nominating petition listed a residence in New York City’s northern suburbs while he actually has lived in Los Angeles since 2014, when he married “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Cheryl Hines.

Kennedy sat at his attorneys’ table in a court in the state capital of Albany, occasionally jotting down notes and conferring with his lawyers, as a cousin said he believed that the candidate lives in L.A. and two old friends disputed that they’d previously been his landlords in New York’s Westchester County.

“Candidate Kennedy does not reside in the state of New York,” attorney Keith Corbett said during opening arguments.