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Prosecutors Rest Case in Boston Rape Retrial of Irish Firefighter

The case now shifts to the defense following testimony on texts, toxicology, hotel records, and inconclusive DNA.

Overview

  • Judge Joshua Wall denied a defense motion to dismiss after prosecutors rested, finding the accuser’s testimony sufficient to send the case forward.
  • DNA experts testified that genital swabs showed DNA from two males but not enough material to match to Terence E. Crosbie or Liam O’Brien.
  • A State Police toxicologist said the accuser’s blood alcohol content was 0.135 at 6 a.m., with a retrograde range of 0.155 to 0.235 around 2 a.m.
  • Airline and police witnesses described removing Crosbie from an Aer Lingus flight on March 16 after he boarded an earlier departure, and jurors saw body-worn camera footage of the arrest.
  • A coworker told jurors he received a contemporaneous text message from the accuser saying she woke to a man inside her and quoting the man saying she wanted it.