Legal Question in Personal Injury in Massachusetts

Re: has the statute run out

It sounds like someone is trying to intimidate you to shut you up. You cannot be "kicked out of the state".

Did you report the rape to the police in 1992? Did they do anything to charge the person who raped you? How old were you when this happened? If you were underage, and sex happened, then the person who did it is guilty of rape, you cannot "consent" when you are underage.

If you did not report the rape, then the defendant, if he is charged, will try to use this fact to imply that you are making things up many years later.

Tom Workman

Re: has the statute run out

I agree with much of what attorney Workman has said. If you were a customer of the store where

the rapist worked, you may have a claim

not only against the man who raped you but also against the store where he worked.

Is your claim barred by the statute of limitations? This would depend on the particular

facts of your case, particularly your age.

If you were a minor when this assault occured,

you would have at least until your 21st Birthday to bring a claim.

With regard to the rapist's claims against you, it is not clear when reported his conduct to his employer. If it was more than three years ago, it is likely that he missed the statute of limitations to accuse you of wrongdoing.

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