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BreakingNews.ie
19-07-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Online fundraiser for Dublin firefighter accused of rape removed
An online fundraising campaign launched by the family of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie, who is accused of raping an American woman in a Boston hotel room in March last year, has been shut down. The 38-year-old's court hearing last month, which ended in a mistrial, heard that the Dublin native was in the American city with work colleagues as part of the St Patrick's Day celebrations on March 14th, last year. Advertisement His trial, in which he pleaded not guilty, began in the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts on June 9th, before presiding judge Sarah Weyland Ellis. Mr Crosbie's next trial is due to take place on October 14th. After declaring the mistrial, Judge Ellis increased his bail from $10,000 to $50,000, declaring him a flight risk. It is alleged that on March 14th last year Crosbie raped the now 29-year-old woman at the Omni Parker House, a hotel in downtown Boston. Crosbie had flown to Boston from Ireland on the same day of the alleged incident with colleagues and that he was scheduled to leave the following Tuesday, March 18th. Mr Crosbie was sharing a hotel room with a fellow firefighter, whom the alleged victim said she had consensual sex with after meeting earlier in the Black Rose pub. They subsequently fell asleep in separate beds. Advertisement The victim alleged that she woke in the early hours of the following day to another man sexually assaulting her, and identifying him to police as the defendant. The fundraiser, Family, Friends & Colleagues for Terence Crosbie on claimed on Friday, that 'without immediate support,' he may lose the 'very legal team that knows his case best and has worked tirelessly to defend him. 'That would not only delay his case further, prolonging his unjust confinement, but would risk the fairness of the proceedings altogether.' The organisers outlined:'Since March 2024, Terence (Terry) Crosbie has been incarcerated in Suffolk County Jail, thousands of miles from home and separated from his beloved wife and two young daughters. Advertisement "He is facing serious legal proceedings in the United States, a foreign country where the legal system is unfamiliar and the costs are staggering.' They added that from the very beginning, Mr Crosbie has fully cooperated with law enforcement and 'steadfastly maintained his innocence.' In a statement on the fundraising site, organisers continued: 'In order to defend himself and clear his name, he and his family sought out highly respected legal counsel—attorneys who believe in him and have built a strong defense. 'Terry's legal team fought hard for him in his first trial. But despite their efforts, the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. That means a second trial is now required—and the fight continues. Advertisement 'The emotional and financial toll of defending oneself abroad is more than any one family can bear alone. Terry's loved ones have poured everything they have into supporting him, but the continuing legal costs—attorney's fees, expert witnesses, trial preparation—are simply too great.' The fundraiser reveals that the firefighter's family 'misses him so deeply'. 'Terry is a devoted husband, a loving father, and a kind and loyal friend. His wife and daughters are counting down the days until they can hold him again. Your generosity, your prayers, and your willingness to share this page with others—they all mean more than words can say.' However, the fundraiser on is no longer online and no reason has been provided for it being removed either by the campaign organisers or by the company which runs the website. More than €10,000 had been raised by donations prior to the online campaign being removed. Advertisement In the court hearing defense counsel contend that Mr Crosbie did not rape the woman and that his DNA was not found on her. The Dublin man's defense team repeatedly asked the woman about her account of events focusing on aspects of her story they claim changed at last month's trial. Crosbie has been detained at Nashua Street jail in Boston since his arrest last year.
Irish Daily Mirror
19-07-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Online fundraiser for Dublin firefighter accused of rape in US taken down
An online fundraising campaign launched by the family of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie, who is accused of raping an American woman in a Boston hotel room in March last year, has been shut down. The 38-year-old's court hearing last month which ended in a mistrial heard that the Dublin native was in the American city with work colleagues as part of the St Patrick's Day celebrations on March 14, last year. His trial, in which he pleaded not guilty, began in the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts on June 9, before presiding judge Sarah Weyland Ellis. Mr Crosbie's next trial is due to take place on October 14. After declaring the mistrial, Judge Ellis increased his bail from $10,000 to $50,000, declaring him a flight risk. It is alleged that on March 14 last year Crosbie raped the now 29-year-old woman at the Omni Parker House, a hotel in downtown Boston. Crosbie had flown to Boston from Ireland on the same day of the alleged incident with colleagues and that he was scheduled to leave the following Tuesday, March 18. Mr Crosbie was sharing a hotel room with a fellow firefighter, whom the alleged victim said she had consensual sex with after meeting earlier in the Black Rose pub. They subsequently fell asleep in separate beds. Terence Crosbie. The victim alleged that she woke in the early hours of the following day to another man sexually assaulting her, and identifying him to police as the defendant. The fundraiser, Family, Friends & Colleagues for Terence Crosbie on claimed on Friday that "without immediate support," he may lose the "very legal team that knows his case best and has worked tirelessly to defend him. "That would not only delay his case further, prolonging his unjust confinement, but would risk the fairness of the proceedings altogether." The organisers outlined that: "Since March 2024, Terence (Terry) Crosbie has been incarcerated in Suffolk County Jail, thousands of miles from home and separated from his beloved wife and two young daughters. He is facing serious legal proceedings in the United States, a foreign country where the legal system is unfamiliar and the costs are staggering." They added that from the very beginning, Mr Crosbie has fully cooperated with law enforcement and "steadfastly maintained his innocence." In a statement on the fundraising site, organisers continued: "In order to defend himself and clear his name, he and his family sought out highly respected legal counsel—attorneys who believe in him and have built a strong defence. "Terry's legal team fought hard for him in his first trial. But despite their efforts, the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. That means a second trial is now required—and the fight continues. "The emotional and financial toll of defending oneself abroad is more than any one family can bear alone. Terry's loved ones have poured everything they have into supporting him, but the continuing legal costs—attorney's fees, expert witnesses, trial preparation—are simply too great." The fundraiser reveals that the firefighter's family "misses him so deeply". "Terry is a devoted husband, a loving father, and a kind and loyal friend. His wife and daughters are counting down the days until they can hold him again. Your generosity, your prayers, and your willingness to share this page with others—they all mean more than words can say." Terence Crosbie, 38 However, the GoFundMe fundraiser is no longer online and no reason has been provided for it being removed either by the campaign organisers or by the company which runs the website. More than €10,000 had been raised by donations prior to the online campaign being removed. In the court hearing defence counsel contended that Mr Crosbie did not rape the woman and that his DNA was not found on her. The Dublin man's defence team repeatedly asked the woman about her account of events focusing on aspects of her story they claim changed at last month's trial. Crosbie has been detained at Nashua Street jail in Boston since his arrest last year. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
BreakingNews.ie
21-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Dublin firefighter rape trial: Boston judge declares mistrial after jury unable to reach verdict
The trial of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie, who is accused of raping an American woman in a Boston hotel room, resulted in a hung jury following 22 hours of deliberations. Mr Crosbie (38) was in the US city with work colleagues as part of St Patrick's Day celebrations on March 14th last year. Advertisement His trial, in which he pleads not guilty, began in the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston on June 9th before presiding judge Sarah Weyland Ellis. After more than 22 hours of deliberation over four days, the jury of eight men and four women were unable to reach a decision. Judge Ellis declared a mistrial. Mr Crosbie's next trial is due to take place on October 14th. After declaring the mistrial, Judge Ellis increased his bail from $10,000 to $50,000, declaring him a flight risk. According to The Boston Globe, Judge Ellis added: 'The state of the evidence is no longer speculative in this case." Advertisement It is alleged that on March 14th last year Mr Crosbie raped the now 29-year-old woman at the Omni Parker House, a hotel in downtown Boston. Mr Crosbie had flown to Boston from Ireland on the same day of the alleged incident with colleagues and that he was scheduled to leave the following Tuesday, March 18th. Mr Crosbie was sharing a hotel room with a fellow firefighter, whom the victim said she had consensual sex with after meeting earlier in the Black Rose pub. They subsequently fell asleep in separate beds. The victim alleged that she woke in the early hours of the following day to another man sexually assaulting her, and identifying him to police as the defendant. A week ago, Mr Crosbie gave evidence in which he insisted that he had, 'done nothing wrong. 100 per cent I didn't do this. I had no physical or verbal contact with her [the plaintiff] at all.' Advertisement In evidence, the woman described waking up to someone raping her. 'What are you doing? Stop!' the woman told police she said to the man, according to a police report. After the alleged assault, she said Crosbie followed her around the hotel room, trying to kiss her, and pushed her against the wall as she gathered her clothes to leave. Ireland Trial of Dublin firefighter accused of raping woma... Read More The woman said she left the room within 10 minutes of waking up. Defense counsel contend that Mr Crosbie did not rape the woman and that his DNA was not found on her. The Dublin man's defence team repeatedly asked the woman about her account of events focusing on aspects of her story they claim changed. Mr Crosbie has been detained at Nashua Street jail in Boston since his arrest last year. He had attempted to get on an earlier flight back to Ireland on March 15th.
Irish Times
16-06-2025
- Irish Times
Dublin firefighter thought he could ‘rape with impunity' in Boston, trial told
A Dublin firefighter accused of rape during the St Patrick's Day weekend last year 'thought he could come to Boston and rape with impunity', a prosecutor told his trial in closing arguments on Monday. Terence Crosbie (38) is charged with raping a 29-year-old woman in a hotel bedroom while his Dublin Fire Brigade colleague Liam O'Brien was asleep in a separate bed. The woman says she had consensual sex with Mr O'Brien at the Omni Parker House hotel after meeting him at The Black Rose bar in Boston on March 14th, 2024. She later fell asleep in a separate bed but awoke to find Mr Crosbie raping her, the trial has heard. Mr Crosbie denies the charges. READ MORE Closing arguments came after five days of testimony during the trial at Suffolk superior courthouse in Boston in which both Mr Crosbie and the alleged victim gave evidence. On Monday, defence counsel Daniel C Reilly told the court that because Mr O'Brien 'was supposedly asleep' and declined to participate in the trial, 'there are only two people who can know what happened'. He said the woman was a 'less-than-reliable reporter due to intoxication and memory lapses'. Mr Reilly told the court the woman could not remember Mr O'Brien's first or last name or that Mr Crosbie had been in the Omni Parker House hotel room when she and Mr O'Brien first arrived. He also said she did not recall Mr Crosbie having tattoos, did not cry out to Mr O'Brien for help and initially claimed her alleged assailant was about her height. Mr Reilly pointed out that Mr Crosbie is taller than the woman. Mr Reilly also sought to discredit the DNA evidence taken from the complainant revealing two male profiles. Expert witnesses testified during the trial that there was an insufficient amount of DNA to conclusively identify the second male contributor from the samples. Mr Reilly suggested the second male profile could have been someone other than Mr Crosbie. Prosecutor Erin Murphy argued that Mr Crosbie's testimony was 'rehearsed and insincere'. 'Didn't it seem a bit scripted until he got caught fudging it?' she asked. When Mr Crosbie took the stand previously, Ms Murphy played a portion of his interview with police in which he told detectives he had masturbated in the hotel room and questioned whether his DNA could have gotten on the complainant that way. In cross-examination, Ms Murphy said Mr Crosbie would not have had time to masturbate alone in his room until after the alleged assault. 'He tried to come up with some bogus lie to explain why his DNA might be found later,' Ms Murphy told the jury on Monday. She said Mr Crosbie 'thought he could come to Boston and rape with impunity and then skip town like it never happened. But that's not how it works here.' The prosecutor said the complainant's 'nightmare was real'. She was a 'human being' who was questioned repeatedly about the alleged events. 'She didn't fabricate or hallucinate a highly detailed and very specific account of a stranger raping her just because she drank some alcohol,' Ms Murphy said. 'If she was so drunk and she was making up a story, how did she get so much right?' she asked, noting that details of the woman's account were supported by CCTV footage. The trial continues before a jury of eight men and four women.
Extra.ie
14-06-2025
- Extra.ie
Dublin firefighter's DNA not identified conclusively in Boston rape case
The DNA of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie was not conclusively identified on the woman he is accused of raping last year, Mr Crosbie's Boston trial heard on Thursday. Two DNA experts took to the stand on the fourth day of the rape trial stating that the 39-year-old's genetic material was not found on his alleged victim when she went to hospital, according to reports in the Boston Globe. Mr Crosbie was visiting Boston with the Dublin Fire Brigade to take part in the 2024 St Patrick's Day parade and is alleged to have raped a 29-year-old lawyer while his colleague slept in the same hotel room. He has pleaded not guilty. Terence Crosbie. 'Your testing did not identify Terence Crosbie on the genital swab?' defence attorney Patrick Garrity asked an expert on DNA analysis, the Boston Globe said. The DNA analyst replied: 'It did not identify that individual on the genital swab, correct.' The analyst, Alexis DeCesaris, testified that while DNA from two males was found in the woman's genital swab, the amount was too small to compare to a person's genetic profile. Pic: Omni Parker House During her testimony, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stated that she had met Mr Crosbie's fellow firefighter Liam O'Brien at an Irish bar on March 14, 2024. She alleged that after returning to Mr O'Brien's hotel room at the Omni Parker House hotel she had consensual sex with Mr O'Brien. She stated this week to the jury of nine men and six women that she went to the other bed in the room because of Mr O'Brien's loud snoring and got under the covers naked, unaware that he was sharing the room with Mr Crosbie, who was not present at the time. Terence Crosbie. 'I woke up, and a guy was inside of me,' the woman testified, tears streaming down her face as she read a text message she sent to a friend shortly after the alleged attack. The woman stated that she believed it was not Mr O'Brien because he was bald and the person on top of her was not. She later attended Massachusetts General Hospital in the early hours of the next morning. A nurse who treated the woman and completed an 'evidence collection kit,' as well as a doctor involved in the treatment, testified to a 'tear' in the woman's vaginal area, but said that it was possible that this could have happened as a result of consensual sex, the Globe reported. Pic: Omni Parker House In Mr Crosbie's police interview played to the trial he said that he had visited Irish pubs in Boston on the night in question before making his way back to the shared hotel room. Mr Crosbie said he was the first back to the room, but when Mr O'Brien returned with a woman he had been talking to at pub, he left to give them some privacy. He claimed he had waited on a chair beside the hotel's lifts and eventually returned to the room. The court heard Mr Crosbie tell police that the room was pitch black and he used the light of his phone to find his way into his bed, which he claimed was empty. He said he removed his outer clothing and lay down and that several minutes later, he heard the woman who was with Mr O'Brien 'rummaging around' for her things and leaving the room. Rebecca Boissaye, a criminalist at the Boston Police Crime Lab, testified on Thursday that she performed the initial DNA testing on samples from the woman's evidence collection kit, taken hours after the alleged assault. On a breast swab from the woman, she and Mr O'Brien were included as DNA sources, Ms Boissaye said, and Mr Crosbie was 'excluded'. Lawyers for Mr Crosbie asked several times if it was correct that Mr Crosbie's DNA was not found in the woman's swabs. 'In the profiles detected, he was not included,' Ms Boissaye responded. Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Erin Murphy asked why skin cells might not be detected during testing. 'We don't always have enough DNA to detect the skin cells a person may have left behind,' Ms Boissaye said. The trial heard that a detective arrived at Mr Crosbie's hotel the day after the alleged assault to arrest Mr Crosbie, and was told he was not there. He had booked a flight from Boston to Dublin at 7.10pm that evening. Mr Crosbie was removed from the plane and taken into custody. He has been in jail in Boston since his arrest.
