Attorneys Gone Bad.
Adding to the likes of Andrew Speaker (filed under selfish men who only think about themselves and give lawyers a bad name) is Gary Zerola. Only his conduct is even more outrageous. Have you heard about this guy?
Zerola was a rather high profile attorney once named one of People magazine’s most eligible bachelor. He is now facing rape charges in two states.
According to two Boston police reports, officers responded to a frantic 911 call placed by the victim. During the call, officers reportedly heard her say “Gary, stop! Why are you doing this?” The report indicates that, among other things, Zerola slammed the victim’s head against a wall.
And it gets worse. Zerola is charged with a third attack (there were two women who have filed charges in Boston) in Miami where he allegedly drugged an 18 year old girl before raping her in his hotel room.
Things didn’t stop there. Despite being on probation, last month Zerola allegedly left Massachusetts without permission in order to travel to Florida to see the Patriots play the Dolphins. Zerola currently sits in jail.
One more thing… while I believe that every defendant is entitled to zealous representation, Zerola’s counsel, Janice Bassil’s arguments border on offensive. The defense strategy seems to be “blame the victim.” Says Bassil:
Here you have women pretending to be 21 years old, drinking. These are not vunerable children. As far as (Zerola) knew, these women were 21.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:58 am
12+ Victims of Gary Zerola:
4 Rape victims of Gary Zerola testified under oath about what happened to them. I have heard of at least 3 other victims that came forward and told police similar stories. Below are just 4 more blogs about 5 other victims of Gary Zerola. So far that is 12 women who all claim they were victims of Gary Zerola. There are many many more blogs posted by other victims of Zerola. Think about it. He is clearly a serial rapist and needs to be put away.
“4 years ago Gary Z managed to gain the trust of my family through business ties he has with my father and then drugged and raped my sister as soon as he had a minute alone with her. Luckily he never got his hands on me. This loser behind being put away is the best news I’ve ever heard! I can only hope that his fellow inmates teach him what it feels like to be manhandled.”
-RT
Boston Herald
“a similar situation happened to me with gary, but i never reported it, and i was also 18 years old.”
-a girl
Boston Herald
“Gary Zerola raped two friends of mine about 9 years ago. The last thing they remember was Gary buying them drinks at West St. Bar. They woke up naked next to Gary in the morning. Gary made sure he put enough drugs in their drinks so they wouldn’t remember how they got there. They do know that they were raped. Neither of them had ever blacked out before in their lives. Read the blogs on Gary Zerola…. other’s have similar stories”
- Florida International University Beacon
Posted by BURN IN HELL GARY
these girls are absolutely telling the truth. how do i know? i’m in the same boat. i hope gary is miserable and tainted for the rest of his life, just like the girls he abused.
-Boston Magazine
“Boston magazine has found reference in court documents to prosecutors’ allegations of a fourth incident, involving a young woman who claims her friends had to whisk her away from Zerola after he allegedly drugged her, though no charges were ever brought.”
-Boston Magazine