A jury said that a police officer who was accused of raping a drunk gay man held in protective custody was not guilty of rape.
The officer was instead found guilty of indecent assault and battery.
Former Salem Police officer Brian Butler, 57, who admitted to having
sex with the victim, said that the sex that occurred on Halloween two
years ago was consensual.
The victim, a 28-year-old gay man from Ohio, was in Salem,
Massachusetts, for Halloween. He got drunk and flooded his hotel room by
leaving the shower on, and was taken into protective custody in the
middle of the night when someone called the police. He was not arrested.
Since his clothing was soaked, he had taken off his clothes at the
hotel before he was taken in. He was naked in his cell except for a
blanket, and the next morning Butler let him out so he could call his
sister. Surveillance video showed Butler touching the victim underneath
the blanket.
A jury found a cop not guilty of raping a gay man while on duty / LGBTQ Nation
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