Peter Joseph Costanza was acquitted of charges of indecent assault and battery and public corruption.
FALL RIVER — A former Bristol County prosecutor has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a courthouse conference room in 2008.
The jurors in Fall River Superior Court returned the verdict Friday in their second day of deliberations.
Peter Joseph Costanza was acquitted of charges of indecent assault and battery and public corruption. He was accused of forcibly kissing and groping a 17-year-old girl and telling her he could help keep her boyfriend out of jail. Costanza was prosecuting the teen's boyfriend in Attleboro District Court.
Costanza's lawyer said his client was the victim of a conspiracy, and the girl tried to frame him by coming on to him. The now 42-year-old Costanza testified he had consensual physical contact with the teen.