Terence Crosbie, left, in court in Boston where he is on trial for alleged rape. Photograph: Court TV
A Dublin firefighter who was present in a hotel room while his colleague allegedly raped a 29-year-old attorney is “refusing to participate” in a Boston trial, a court has heard.
Terence Crosbie (39), who is accused of the alleged assault and is on trial, was arrested over St Patrick’s Day weekend last year. He denies the allegation.
The complainant claims she met Mr Crosbie’s colleague, firefighter Liam O’Brien, at The Black Rose bar in Boston, Massachusetts, and went with Mr O’Brien to the Omni Parker Hotel where they had consensual sex.
Mr O’Brien then fell asleep, began to snore, and she fell asleep i
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