College Chief Found Innocent
Associated Press
BOSTON —
A jury today found Francis J. Pilecki, the ousted president of Westfield State College, innocent of sexually assaulting a former student.
Pilecki’s attorney had argued that the student, 18 at the time of the alleged assault, could have rebuffed the president’s advance or left the room when Pilecki, 52, asked him to disrobe and then grabbed him from behind. Pilecki faces a second trial on two charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault of a second student.
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