A man whose rape conviction was quashed after he had served 30 years in jail has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman this year, reports say.<\/p>\n
George Perrot, 50, is due to appear in court accused of rape and other charges, the Republican newspaper reports.<\/p>\n
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges in relation to an incident on 4 January in Lawrence, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Mr Perrot is being held without bail until his case is heard on Monday.<\/p>\n
The allegations against Mr Perrot come three years after he was freed from prison by a judge who ruled he was wrongly convicted of rape in 1987.<\/p>\n
George Perrot was arrested in 1985, aged 17, accused of raping 78-year-old Mary Prekop at her home in Springfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, but was freed in 2016 after the Supreme Court exonerated him because of flawed evidence.<\/p>\n
The prosecution’s case rested on faulty FBI analysis of a single hair found at the crime scene, the court ruled.<\/p>\n
Mr Perrot’s release, after a decades-long legal battle to clear his name, generated media attention worldwide.<\/p>\n
The new charges against him allege rape, open and gross lewdness, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer, according to the Republican.<\/p>\n
The newspaper reports that police found Mr Perrot lying unconscious on the ground, with his face between a partially naked and unconscious woman’s legs.<\/p>\n
When interviewed by police, the woman claimed she did not consent to sex with Mr Perrot, it reports.<\/p>\n
The last thing she remembered before losing consciousness, she reportedly told police, was snorting some powder she claims Mr Perrot gave her.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"