Man Freed From Prison After 30 Years Now Charged In Lawrence RapeA man who spent 30 years in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit was ordered held without bail Monday on charges in another rape case.
George Perrot, 51, was arrested in January after allegedly raping an unconscious woman on a sidewalk in Lawrence. He was indicted in March. He pleaded not guilty Monday at his arraignment in Essex Superior Court in Salem on charges of rape, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and open and gross lewdness.
“The victim was revived using Narcan and reported to officers that the defendant allegedly offered her drugs and she did not remember anything after that,” Carrie Kimball, a spokesperson for Essex District Attorney’s Office, said in a statement Monday. “She reported not consenting to sexual contact nor was she in a dating relationship with the defendant.”

George Perrot appeared in court Monday morning (WBZ-TV)