Zerola faces two counts of rape, police say. He turned himself in after finding out he faced an investigation. Prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a woman in a Boston apartment on November 10, and they have the physical evidence to prove it, though testing is pending. His defense lawyers say it never happened.
“Mr. Zerola is nothing more than a target in this case,” attorney Joseph Krowski Jr. said in court on Wednesday. “This is a case based on a foundation of lies and we vigorously look forward to our day in court.”
In 2006, two women said he raped them in his Boston apartment. Just a year later, another woman said he raped her during a visit to Miami, Florida. He was acquitted in the Massachusetts cases, and Florida prosecutors later dropped their charges against him.
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