Earring found at alleged rape site

A forensic scientist testified in Long Island yesterday that an earring was found at the scene of the alleged rape of an Irish J1 student in August 2013.

Suffolk County Criminal Court Judge Barbara Kahn also heard that the young woman’s dress and underwear were nowhere to be found in the immediate aftermath of police being called to investigate a reported incident at 1 Clover Leaf Lane in East Hampton, New York.

Jennifer Tripoli, of the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory, analysed the summer house rented by Jason Lee, a former Goldman Sachs executive who is accused of rape and sexual assault, and carried out a search during the afternoon of August 20, 2013, hours after the alleged attack.