People magazine named lawyer Gary Zerola to their 2001 list of America’s Most Eligible Bachelor’s. He also tried out for the TV reality show The Bachelor. He has a dark side and has been charged with raping three young women.
His first trial begins on Tuesday in Boston. She is charged with raping a 19 year old woman in 2004. Immediately following that trial, he will be tried for raping another 19 year old woman in 2006. He will then be turned over to Florida authorities where he will stand trial for drugging and raping an 18 years old women in October of 2007.
According to prosecutors, he meets young women in bars, puts on the charm and then assaults and rapes them when they refuse to have sex with him. Apparently he is not considered a flight risk because he has been free on $100,000 bail.
The 36 year old lawyer was an excellent student who delivered his law school commencement address. In 2000 he opened his own law practice as a criminal defense attorney. Zerola is said to have had a very difficult childhood, the majority of which was spent in foster care.
Zerola’s law license has been suspended and his web site indicates that he is not accepting new clients or practicing law.