Deliberations in the trial of Terrence Crosbie are set to resume Wednesday morning, following closing arguments delivered on both sides on Monday and Tuesday.
Defense attorney Daniel C. Reilly urged jurors to acquit Crosbie, stating that a not guilty verdict would end the ‘nightmare’ that has taken over his client’s life.
Crosbie, 38, is charged with raping a woman on March 14, 2024, inside an Omni Parker hotel room, which he shared with fellow firefighter Liam O’Brien.
While he has pleaded not guilty, Reilly insisted that there was insufficient evidence linking Crosbie to the alleged crime.
He pointed out, for instance, that the woman did not identify Crosbie’s multiple arm tattoos in her accounts following the incident.
Reilly appealed to the jurors to ‘end that nightmare’ and find Crosbie not guilty, arguing that the Commonwealth has not proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
In stark contrast, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Erin Murphy insisted that the evidence presented supports a guilty verdict.
In her closing argument, Murphy acknowledged the woman had been drinking but maintained that she was still able to provide a detailed account of what happened to Boston police and medical personnel hours after the alleged assault.
Murphy questioned, ‘If she was so drunk, or so mixed up, or if she was making up a story, then how did she have so much right?’
The prosecutor also emphasized evidence and records linking Crosbie to the hotel room where the woman alleges the assault took place.
Crucially, Murphy noted that two male DNA profiles were found from a genital swab taken from the woman, asserting, ‘It’s a misnomer to say the DNA was inconclusive.
What is conclusive is there were two distinct male profiles.’
Further amplifying her point, Murphy stated, ‘There’s no mystery man here, there’s no phantom rapist who slipped off into the night; Terrence Crosbie is guilty.’
Crosbie had traveled to Boston for the St. Patrick’s Day parade with fellow members of the Dublin Fire Brigade and had checked into the Omni Parker House on March 14, 2024.
Taking the witness stand last week, Crosbie testified that when O’Brien returned to the hotel room with a woman he met at The Black Rose bar, he chose to leave the room.
He claimed he sat in a chair in the hall for roughly two hours before returning to the room and finding his bed still made, with the towel he had previously tossed on it still there.
According to his testimony, he undressed down to his boxers and climbed into bed.
Crosbie stated that he had just settled in for about a minute when the woman emerged from O’Brien’s bed to enter the bathroom and then left after looking for her belongings.
‘I had no physical or verbal contact with her at all,’ Crosbie testified.
During the trial, the woman recounted a night of socializing in Boston, during which she consumed alcohol before going to the hotel with O’Brien for consensual sex.
She stated she was not aware of anyone else staying in the room.
The woman testified that after falling asleep in a second bed, she awoke to find a man inside her.
Through tears, she recounted to the jury a text message she sent to a friend shortly after the alleged assault at 2:18 a.m.
The case continues to draw attention as both sides await the jury’s decision.
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