Marblehead Police Department
Details Emerge in Alleged Rape of Marblehead Woman
The case against a Peabody man accused of raping a local woman on Washington Street Sunday evening will continue today in Lynn District Court.
The case against a Peabody man accused of raping a Marblehead woman in a Washington Street apartment building Sunday evening came into focus in court Wednesday. The victim, who said she was drunk at the time of the attack, has made rape allegations against the man twice before, only to drop them. The case will continue in Lynn District Court on Thursday. Alex McMaster, 38, of 8 Walnut St., Peabody, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Lynn District Court on a single count of rape. Although the alleged victim was able to complete her testimony in roughly an hour Wednesday, Judge Ellen Flately ordered the case continued during McMaster's turn on the stand because it was time for court to close. During her testimony, the alleged victim …
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kristen
8:39 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
shame on everyone for assuming this monster is innocent! Battered women EVERYWHERE get repeatedly raped, beaten, humilated, isolated from their families' and unable to leave their abuser. And when a rape kit is completed and the victims body is covered with bruises and STILL the lawyer attempt to look like it is the VICTIM's fault society WONDERS why more physically and sexually abused women do … more ›