BOSTON – Boston metropolis councilor and candidate for Suffolk County district legal professional Ricardo Arroyo is looking for an impartial investigation right into a Boston Globe report alleging that he was accused of sexual assault when he was a teen.

Arroyo denies sexually assaulting anybody and says police by no means interviewed him. “I used to be by no means advised that these investigations occurred. I had no option to relay that to the general public in any manner,” Arroyo stated at a press convention Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the Boston Globe printed an article detailing the 2 accusations courting again to 2005. Neither led to any prices.

On the press convention, a lawyer learn a press release from one of many girls who the Globe claimed had accused Arroyo of rape, however she stated she didn’t.

“Ricardo Arroyo has by no means assaulted me,” stated Brigite Melo-Cronin, an legal professional for the girl cited within the Globe article. “Once I said this felt like harassment to the Boston Globe, I used to be not talking about Ricardo. I used to be talking concerning the Boston Globe and the way they approached me and the way I felt they twisted the issues I used to be telling them.”

In a press release, Arroyo blamed his opponent interim Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden for the leak. “Sadly, what has now change into clear is that the present District Legal professional – or an official engaged on his behalf – simply weeks earlier than the election has selectively and illegally leaked incomplete info to the media,” Arroyo stated.   

Arroyo says he has no intention of dropping out of the district legal professional race or resigning as metropolis councilor.