Terence Crosbie was arrested at Logan Airport on March 16, three days before his scheduled flightHis lawyers have denied that he tried to flee the US while being held
Terence Crosbie was arrested at Logan Airport on March 16, three days before his previously scheduled flight, in an attempt to return to Ireland.
Members of the Massachusetts State Police stopped Mr. Crosbie's plane on the tarmac and took him away.
However, Crosbie's lawyer denied to local radio station WCVB that he was trying to flee the country because he had done anything wrong.
According to his lawyer, Crosbie was unable to reach legal counsel or speak to anyone at the consulate because it was closed and he “freaked out.”
Terence Crosbie was charged with rape last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
A 28-year-old woman told police at Massachusetts General Hospital she was sexually assaulted at the Omni Parker House early March 15, prosecutors said.
Investigators found surveillance video of Crosbie and the alleged victim at the hotel and at a bar the night before the incident.
Terrence Crosbie
Crosbie was in the United States with members of his fire brigade from Dublin. They flew on March 14 and were scheduled to depart on March 19.
Earlier this month, Crosbie, 37, was remanded in custody by a US judge when he reappeared in court in Boston.
Mr Crosbie, who has been placed on leave by Dublin Fire Brigade since the allegations emerged, has denied the allegations and claims he never said a word to her.
Crosbie appeared in the Central Division of Boston Municipal Court, where one of his attorneys, Daniel Reilly, requested additional records from the Omni Parker House and the Black Rose pub in the city's center – two locations where Mr. Crosbie was at the night of the alleged attack.
Mr Reilly said his team had received some footage but were looking for a more detailed picture from video surveillance of both the pub and hotel.
They also request employee information from the hotel.
“CCTV footage from bars and hotels is often overwritten after 30 days,” Reilly told the court.
“We want to make sure we get to that before it can disappear, before memories can fade, in case something emerges that is exculpatory or could serve as evidence for an impeachment change.”
Terrence Crosbie
The Public Prosecution Service has argued that the request for employee information is too vague, not specific and irrelevant.
They claimed that the Boston Police Department had obtained sufficient records during their investigation and that the defense should subpoena the police records.
But the presiding judge, Judge Joseph M. Griffin, sided with the defense and scheduled a follow-up hearing.
Judge James W. Coffey upheld the decision, but Assistant District Attorney Christopher Boutin indicated he had previously agreed to changes to the defense's request.
Mr. Reilly stated that the defense “has already notified the record holders.”
A status hearing was held on June 20 at the Boston Municipal Courthouse to address any outstanding legal issues.
Mr. Reilly said his client maintains his innocence and the case will likely go to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
He is being held on $100,000 bail and was ordered to surrender his passport and remain in Massachusetts.
At an earlier hearing last month, lawyers representing the Dublin Fire Brigade firefighter said he will do “whatever it takes” to clear his name.
“I can tell you right now that he is going to fight and clear his name and do everything he can to fight these charges and maintain his innocence,” Boston attorney Brad Bailey told Boston 25 News Reporter Bob Ward .
“This is a guy, Bob, who's never been in trouble before. Has no criminal record, never been to prison. Here he is, in a jail cell without the ability to post bail, truly in a situation that is demonstrably punishing for someone who has the presumption of innocence,” Bailey said.
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The victim told police in a report that the incident occurred on March 14 at the Black Rose Irish Pub near Faneuil Hall, where she met a man from Ireland.
She told police they returned to his room at the Omni Parker House hotel, where they had consensual sex.
She then told police they fell asleep in separate beds.
The next day, the victim said she woke up to another man, later identified as Terence Crosbie, sexually assaulting her.
The victim quoted Crosbie, who she did not know, saying: “I know you want this, he (the other man) fell asleep.”
Crosbie and the other man, both from Ireland, were in Boston on St. Patrick's Day and shared the hotel room.
In an interview with police, Crosbie denied the rape.
He told police he climbed into bed without knowing she was even there, but he heard her grab her clothes and leave the room.
“As always in these cases, the victim's willingness to come forward is crucial,” District Attorney Kevin Hayden said March 18.