Little Rock - Lawyers representing Ms Paula Jones in her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton yesterday sought to withdraw from the case because of "fundamental differences" with their client.
But they said they still had "full confidence" in the merits of the suit in which Ms Jones says Mr Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, exposed himself and asked her to perform oral sex in a May 1991 encounter.
Mr Clinton has denied the accusations.
The lawyers, Mr Gilbert Davis and Mr Joseph Cammarata, cited "certain fundamental differences of opinion" with Ms Jones in a five-page motion filed with US District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock.
Ms Jones has reportedly turned down a settlement supported by Mr Davis and Mr Cammarata in which she would receive $700,000 and a statement of regret from Mr Clinton. She supposedly wants a full apology, which Mr Clinton's lawyer, Mr Robert Bennett, has rejected.