Overview
- Opening statements are set to begin at Suffolk Superior Court, launching the long-delayed trial.
- Prosecutors say he targeted intoxicated women by posing as a rideshare driver, and police report DNA links to multiple assaults from 2017 to 2019.
- The case stalled for more than six years through lawyer changes and fights over suppressing evidence, with a recent bid to dismiss on speedy-trial grounds still part of the record.
- Campbell has been held without bail since 2020 and maintains the encounters were consensual.
- A 17-person jury was seated last week, and the judge has said a rape conviction could bring a life sentence based on his criminal history.