Jury deliberations go into second day

Requests by jurors in case involving Northeast Center employee included read-back of testimony

Jurors concluded their first day of deliberations in the Jacky Stanley sex abuse trial without reaching a verdict. Jurors deliberated for more than four hours Monday before being sent home for the day by Ulster County Judge Donald A. Williams.

Stanley, 50, of Kingston, has been charged in a 33-count indictment with predatory sexual assault, criminal sexual act, sex abuse, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person physically disabled person for allegedly sexually abusing six residents of the Northeast Center Rehabilitation and Brain Injury.

Testimony in the trial concluded Friday.

Throughout the day, jurors asked for a number of pieces of evidence, including to hear again testimony about the alleged abuse and the access Stanley would have had to each of his accusers, as well as the civil suits filed by four of the six men who have accused Stanley of sexually assaulting them.

The state Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting the case, says that, between July 2014 and February 2015, Stanley sexually abused six male patients at the brain injury center on Grant Avenue in Lake Katrine. Defense attorney Thomas Melanson says the charges against his client are false and that Stanley is innocent.

All six said the abuse occurred in their rooms, shortly after arriving at the center. One accuser said he was molested the day of his arrival.

Stanley was a counselor at the Northeast Center and was responsible for helping new residents ac-

climate to the facility. His duties included managing the social environment and ensuring residents participated in their required programs.

Five of the accusers said they didn’t immediately notify authorities about the alleged incidents, and three

— including the first man to go public with accusations — have filed lawsuits against Stanley and the center. A fourth said he expects to file a civil suit.

On Monday, jurors again heard that the initial accuser, who the Freeman is calling Mr. F because it doesn’t publish the names of alleged victims of sexual assault, has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit. They also, through Mr. F’s testimony,

heard again that Mr. F gave the names of three other accusers to his attorney who have also filed lawsuits.

Jurors also asked to see the admission and discharge records of each of the accusers and listened again to the testimony of Jared Whiteford, a Northeast Center employee who said that the six men were on a unit that mandated that all new admissions be checked on every

15 minutes.

Whiteford didn’t say how long that requirement was in place for each of the accusers.

Jurors heard a read-back of the testimony of Mr. B, a resident who was confined to a wheelchair, who said Stanley took him out of bed, wheeled him into the bathroom, leaned him against the sink and performed oral sex on him.

Jurors also wanted to

know which man town of Ulster Detective Joshua Norman told that Stanley had admitted abusing him. Under cross-examination, Norman said Stanley made no such admission and that he made that claim up.

On Tuesday, jurors will hear again a portion of the testimony of Mr. D that related to “the moment the alleged sexual assault occurred.”

On the witness stand,

Mr. D testified he woke up to find Stanley massaging his shoulder. Mr. D testified that when Stanley’s hand went below Mr. D’s navel, Mr. D said “that’s enough,” got up and went to the bathroom. Mr. D testified he said he told a staffer at the unit desk that he was uncomfortable with Stanley in his room.

The jury is expected to resume deliberations at 9:30 a.m.