Man awarded $500k after wrongful arrest and prison rape ordeal
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April 11, 2026
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A small business owner from Rio Claro, who was gang raped by fellow prisoners while on remand for a crime he was framed for, has been awarded a little over $500,000 in compensation.
Delivering a judgment late last month, High Court Judge Margaret Mohammed upheld the malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and assault and battery case brought by the man, whose identity was withheld by this newspaper based on the sexual assault claims upheld in his lawsuit.
The lawsuit stemmed from his arrest by police officers on June 14, 2017.
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