Ex prosecutor and criminal justice reform advocate cleared of rape

A high profile, former Boston prosecutor, who was charged with the rape and sexual abuse of a 25-year-old woman while she slept in a midtown Manhattan hotel in 2017 has been acquitted of all charges by a jury.

Adam Foss, 43, who gained national attention with a 2016 TED Talk about criminal justice reform, exchanged texts and calls for about a month with the woman he met at a conference, before the two spent the night together at a Midtown Manhattan hotel.

The woman repeatedly declined Foss' advances, but then claimed he raped her after she fell asleep, later coming forward with the allegations which prompted an investigation last year and subsequent trial which concluded on Friday.

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