ALFRED, Maine — A jury is deliberating the fate of a Maine corrections officer who once made headlines for donating a kidney, but now stands accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate.
The former inmate testified that there were five instances of sexual contact with Joshua Dall-Leighton in a prison van during her time at a pre-release center in 2015 and 2016 in Alfred.
Prosecutors say text messages back up her story. Dall-Leighton maintains his innocence.
Jurors were deliberating Thursday in York County Superior Court in Alfred.
Dall-Leighton made national headlines in 2015 when he donated a kidney to a woman who posted a plea on the window of her car saying she was in need of a kidney.
