Summary: Will four times be the trick for this attorney to finally have a sexual assault charge stick?
After the first three times attorney Gary Zerola was charged with sexual assault, one would think he learned his lesson but apparently not. Zerola was arraigned on his fourth sexual assault charge.
Using his lawyer as a shield, Zerola stood before the judge to plead not guilty to raping a Boston woman. Zerola, once an assistant district attorney for Suffolk County has seen three other rape allegations against him.
He was acquitted in 2008 on two rape cases and another was dismissed. In 2009, he was accused of assaulting a Boston police officer. He was acquitted of that charge as well. In 2001, Zerola was one of People Magazine’s most eligible bachelors.
Zerola then opened his own law practice in Boston where he specialized in criminal defense. His clients are those that have been accused of rape and sexual assault, much like himself. His experience in the area is definitely a first-hand, hands-on kind.
Maybe he figured that since he had gotten off all the other times that he would be fine.
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