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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nick Perry

Trial of youth center worker accused of holding down boy while he was raped turns acrimonious

Youth Center Abuse - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The cross-examination of a man who says he was raped as a teenager by youth center workers in New Hampshire turned acrimonious Wednesday, with the accuser at one point calling an opposing lawyer a "sick man” following a heated exchange.

It was the second day in the trial of Bradley Asbury, who is accused of holding down 14-year-old Michael Gilpatrick on a staircase in 1997 with help from a colleague, while a third staffer raped the teen and a fourth forced him to perform a sex act.

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