No charges against Brooklyn lawyer Sanford Rubenstein in rape investigation
A flashy New York attorney who once represented the family of a man killed in a police chokehold won’t face criminal charges after being accused of rape, prosecutors announced Monday.
Prosecutors decided no charges were warranted against Sanford Rubenstein, who has denied any criminal conduct in an episode that prompted him to step down from the chokehold case and became an awkward point for the Rev. Al Sharpton. Rubenstein, who has served as Sharpton’s own attorney, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman involved in Sharpton’s National Action Network after Sharpton’s birthday party.
“Given the available evidence, the degree of the complainant’s recollection of what occurred at the suspect’s apartment, and the results of the toxicological testing, neither the provable facts nor the applicable law support a prosecution in this matter,” said Joan Vollero, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney.