Man falsely linked to marathon bombs cleared of sex assault
FITCHBURG, Mass. – A Massachusetts man once falsely linked by a New York newspaper to the Boston Marathon bombing has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman while in college.
A Massachusetts newspaper, the Sentinel & Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2kvYFCQ ), reports that 21-year-old Salaheddin Barhoum was found not guilty Wednesday of indecent assault and battery.
Prosecutors alleged Barhoum, then a student at Fitchburg State University, assaulted a student from New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University in November 2015. The two had met online.
His lawyer said the encounter was consensual.
Barhoum was 16 when he was pictured with a friend on the front page of the New York Post three days after the 2013 bombing. A sub-headline read: “Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.” He sued the newspaper for defamation and reached an undisclosed settlement.
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Information from: Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Mass.), http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com
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