A construction worker imprisoned for nearly three years was cleared by an apologetic Manhattan state court judge yesterday after his accuser admitted she had lied about being gang raped to make her friends feel sorry for her.
William McCaffrey hugged his lawyer when Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers—who had also presided over William McCaffrey’s rape and kidnapping trial—threw out the conviction and dismissed the initial charges.
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