Alex Kelly Rape Trials: 1996-97
The Jury's Verdict
On June 12, the jury took eight hours to find Alex Kelly guilty. He seemed dumbfounded by the verdict. "Are you serious? I'm not guilty!" he said repeatedly to the jury before turning to his accuser. "Why are you doing this to me?" he said.
On June 24, Kelly was sentenced to the maximum term of 20 years imprisonment, to be suspended after 16 years. In contrast to the outburst at his conviction, Kelly apologized to his victim. The sentence, however, stood. So did plans for Kelly's trial for assaulting the identified Stamford woman. Facing a stronger case, which included DNA evidence, the fact that he possessed the woman's underwear when he was arrested, and outstanding charges for fleeing the United States, Kelly pleaded no contest on December 23, 1998. His sentence of 10 years was to run concurrently with his prison term for the Darien rape.
—Tom Smith
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glaberson, William. "Alex Kelly Avoids Trial in Second Rape." New York Times (December 24, 1998): BI, B6.
"The Jury: It Was Rape." Associated Press (June 13, 1997).
Weller, Sheila. Saint of Circumstance. New York: Pocket Books, 1997.
Williams, Monte. "In Retrial, Alex Kelly Is Convicted of Rape Committed 11 Years Ago." New York Times (June 13, 1997): Al, B6.
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