Irish firefighter pleads not guilty in St. Patrick’s Day rape case

The 37-year-old Irish firefighter accused of raping a woman at the Omni Parker House while visiting Boston to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday. The Boston Globee-reports.

Terence Crosbie, a member of the Dublin Fire Department, remains held on $100,000 bail after previously pleading not guilty in Boston Municipal Court.

The conditions for Crosbie’s release on bail remain the same – he must have no contact with his accuser, must not leave Massachusetts and his passport must be retained by the court, the globe.

The prosecution said on Wednesday that a 28-year-old woman met a man and his colleagues from the Dublin Fire Service on March 14 while out for dinner with colleagues. globe reported. The woman left the restaurant later that evening with one of Crosbie’s colleagues and returned to a room at the Omni Parker House that Crosbie shared with another member of his brigade.

She was sleeping in a separate bed when Crosbie returned to the room, according to prosecutors, and the woman “woke up to find him actively raping her,” globe reports.

“She told him to stop and asked him what he was doing,” Assistant District Attorney Erin Murphy said, according to the newspaper. “The defendant continued and did not stop. He made comments to the effect that he knew she wanted him to do this and that his friend was pathetic for falling asleep.”

The woman left the room and went to a hospital, where she reported the alleged assault and was questioned by police.

Prosecutors have said that after being questioned by police the next day, Crosbie booked a flight for that evening, even though he was originally scheduled to leave several days later. His plane was stopped on the tarmac and he was taken out and arrested.

Crosbie’s lawyer Daniel Reilly said on Wednesday that his client denies the allegations against him, which globe reports.

“He’s glad the case is moving forward because being held for 80 days on what he believes is a completely false accusation is unbearable,” Reilly said, according to the newspaper. “He just wants to go home to his wife and daughters.”

Crosbie returns to court on August 5.

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