Rhode Island man held without bail after being accused of sexually assaulting 77-year-old nursing facility patient – ​​Fall River Reporter

PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that a Richmond man has been charged in Washington County Superior Court with allegedly sexually assaulting a patient at Bayview Rehabilitation at Scalabrini in North Kingstown in December 2023.

This week, the state grand jury returned a secret indictment against 54-year-old Scott Leski, charging him with first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and two counts of patient abuse. At a July 26 hearing in Washington County Superior Court, the secret indictment was unsealed and the defendant was arraigned. The court ordered Leski held without bail in the Adult Correctional Institutions.

As alleged in the indictment, while working as a nurse at Bayview Rehabilitation at Scalabrini in North Kingstown, Leski sexually assaulted a 77-year-old male patient in the early morning hours of December 16, 2023. A co-worker discovered Leski during the assault and the victim reported the assault to staff and family the next morning.

Leski is scheduled for a bail review/status conference in Washington County Superior Court on August 13, 2024.

Special Assistant to the Attorney General Steven DeLuca of the Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Patient Abuse Section and Detective Ashley DePolito of the North Kingstown Police Department are leading the investigation and prosecution of this case.

According to several reports, Leski was fired in January.