FORMER law clerk William Abraczinskas pled not guilty to sexual assault and other charges in Superior Court on Monday.
Abraczinskas, who was out of custody, appeared before Judge Joseph N. Camacho and was represented by Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig. The defendant waived the reading of the information filed against him, and his constitutional rights.
He requested to be allowed to leave his home from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for grocery shopping. The prosecution, represented by Assistant Attorney General Frances Demapan, did not object, and Judge Camacho granted the request.
But he denied the defense motion to disqualify himself from hearing the case, and scheduled a jury trial for Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. and a pre-trial conference on Aug. 30 at 10 a.m.
The case was reassigned to Judge Camacho after Judge Kenneth L. Govendo, who supervised Abraczinskas when he was a law clerk, and Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja recused themselves.
The defendant was previously released on a $100,000 unsecured bond and placed under house arrest.
Abraczinskas, 34, was the law clerk of Judge Govendo prior to his arrest.
He was charged with sexual assault in the first degree, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
According to the complaint against Abraczinskas, on Friday, May 26, 2023, police received a walk-in complaint from a judicial employee who alleged that her co-worker, Abraczinskas, sexually assaulted her on April 8, 2023, at Beach Garden Apartment.
She also told investigators that she had learned that Abraczinskas filed a sexual harassment complaint against her with the judiciary’s human resources office.
After meeting with HR and opening up with her supervisor about the alleged sexual assault, she said she found the courage to come to the Department of Public Safety and tell her side of the incident.
