A former New Hampshire prep school student accused of sexually assaulting the son of a faculty member in the 1970s has been found not guilty.
Jurors acquitted Benjamin Baker this week in the St. Paul’s School case, WMUR reported.
His attorney, Christine List focused on the burden of proof.
“The state has to prove each and every part of the charges they brought beyond all reasonable doubt, and when you take that evidence and that testimony and you try and fit it in here, it will not fit,” List said.
In 2019, Baker was arrested in Virginia. He was accused of assaulting two brothers he used to babysit. Their father was a faculty member at St. Paul’s.
The cases have been treated separately. Baker stood trial in one case last year, but the judge declared a mistrial; the jury was deadlocked.
Police began investigating Baker in 2017 when school administrators first learned of the allegations and reported them.
Associated Press