Max Nicastro Rape Charge Dropped: Boston University Hockey Player Says He Wants To 'Move On'

BOSTON — Authorities have dropped rape charges against a former Boston University hockey player.

Prosecutors said during a court hearing Friday they are no longer pursuing the case against Max Nicastro.

The Suffolk district attorney's office says in a statement that prosecutors determined they could not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and "had an ethical obligation not to pursue it further."

The 22-year-old Nicastro says he is relieved and wants to move on. His lawyer says prosecutors' decision not to pursue the case "speaks volumes."

Nicastro, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was arrested Feb. 19 after he was accused of assaulting a female student on campus. He had pleaded not guilty, was suspended from the team and withdrew from school.

The defenseman was a 2008 Detroit Red Wings draft pick.

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Information from: Boston Herald, http://www.bostonherald.com

Comments

[beckbuddy]

07:03 AM on 06/06/2012

Sory, I mispelled your name. It should be GreenGA.

[beckbuddy]

07:02 AM on 06/06/2012

green.

While I feel sorry for the women you report on but that is no reason to punish all men for the actions of a few.

[JanetMay]

06:48 AM on 06/06/2012

I'm new here and I'm not sure i'm doing this right but I have a personal interest in this subejct. to GreenGA, what happened to the other 4 women?

[GreenGA]

06:20 PM on 06/06/2012

I believe this is getting a bit far afield from the topic at hand, although I did open this can of worms…

The second of the two co-workers (the first was noted previously) quit a couple of months after the rape. She just could not face walking past the alley, where the rape took place, twice a day. She tried other paths to the office, but none of them worked out. One day, she called her supervisor and told him she was resigning. We never saw nor heard from her again.

The third rape victim, the one most dear and affected me the most, survived, (my hands are actually shaking as I type this). Luckily, she was/is one of the mentally tougher ones and while we were still together, she did not allow the rape to deter her in any way. I lost touch with her when we parted ways about a year after the rape so I do not know if it influenced her life afterwards. If so, then I hope in a positive way…

The split was not directly to the rape, although it did not help. When she told me of the attack, looking for emotional and spiritual support, I was contemptibly insensitive to her plight. By the time I had realized just how big of an anal-orifice I had been, a couple of years had passed after the split and it was far too late (I tried, twice).

[GreenGA]

06:21 PM on 06/06/2012

The two women who were molested were also co-workers, at two different employers about two years apart. By then, because of my prior experience and contemptible behavior, I had become super sensitive to a woman’s plight, especially in male-dominated workplaces and environments, and I guess it showed. Each woman just stopped by my cubicle or desk one day at lunchtime and poured their hearts out.

Other than offering a sympathetic ear, my shoulder to cry on and expressing concern and offering condolences, there was not much I could do. I suggested they speak with upper management and the authorities; which went absolutely nowhere. Today, this type of workplace behavior would not be tolerated, but back then… From then on, until I moved on professionally, I let it be known that each woman had a new big brother. In no way am I a big, hulking badass, (I am rather pacifistic) but being an anal-orifice does have its benefits. To help these women in other ways, I only wish I had some type of training in how to handle those situations.

[splenetic]

01:25 PM on 06/05/2012

I'm glad we know his name so he can be stigmatized for life, guilty or not. What was the accuser's name again?

[beckbuddy]

11:51 AM on 06/05/2012

I understand rape is a terrible thing to happen to a woman, but what about those women that cry rape when it's convenient or to get even? What about those women that dress to tease and then lead men on and hold up the “STOP” sign at the very last second?

That is what this possibly sounds like here.

[GreenGA]

08:39 PM on 06/05/2012

I do not know how I stumbled onto this topic, but I could not leave without commenting.

I will allow that there are probably situations when a woman cries rape and it really wasn't. While I have read no studies to bolster this point, they must be one of the "less than 1%'ers". But even then... If you want to talk about being lead on, look no further than any channel on your television, which is full of misleading ads.

Tell me, if a woman in your sphere of association were raped, would you be so caviler with remarks such as those? How close must a woman be to you before you stop this type of thinking? Think... your neighbor, coworker, cousin, sister, daughter, mother, girlfriend or even your wife. How far into reading that sentence did you get before your chest started tightening up? Would you accuse any of these known women of "crying rape" or “dressing to tease”, regardless of their outfit?

See next post.

[GreenGA]

08:43 PM on 06/05/2012

I “personally” know at least three women that were raped and two others that were molested. Of the three that were raped, two were coworkers and the other was much closer. None of the three “cried rape” nor dressed to tease, as if that even mattered. Two were just walking down the street when they were attacked, dragged into an alley then assaulted. The third, one of the co-workers, was just walking the 50 feet to her car after dark upon leaving the house of a friend/fellow church member. She was attacked, dragged into the bushes then assaulted. Adding to the insult, the attacker took all her clothing when he ran away.

I am not a woman, so I cannot even begin to pretend to understand the female psyche in this matter. While I know the "physical pain" and trauma will fade over time, the "mental pain" and anguish lasts much longer. For some women, that could be the rest of their lives.

See next post.

[RobertaSandolva]

12:37 AM on 06/06/2012

Actual studies have been done on this issue and have found that about 8% of rape allegations are false.

That's a minority, but it's still a significant number. About 1 in 12 rape accusations are false. That means most are true, but 1 in 12 is enough to justify giving accused men the benefit of the doubt until and unless they are proven guilty in court.

Remember the Brian Banks case? Duke Lacrosse? It happens, and it's awful when it does.

[Vanessa James]

08:03 PM on 07/18/2012

Are you saying that leading a man on justifies rape?

[eclipse535]

09:04 PM on 06/04/2012

Sounds like another Brian Banks case.

[Veritas 1]

10:02 PM on 06/02/2012

I hope the dozen other pending rape cases go well for the other BU players.

[Megandale]

10:45 AM on 06/03/2012

Wow - sounds like a classy program.