Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery Against Nurse Do Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Our client is a nurse who at the time of this incident was working at a renowned Boston hospital. In late June of 2020 police were dispatched to an address for a domestic disturbance. They encountered the victim who roomed with our client. This woman complained that following an argument our client struck her in the face with a closed fist and pulled out a clump of her hair. Our client denied the allegations and told the officers that it was the victim who was the primary aggressor and that our client only struck her in self-defense. A summons for a clerk magistrate hearing charging domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M issued for our client. COVID slowed the process and yesterday the matter was heard. We presented a percipient witness who corroborated our client’s version of the events. The clerk magistrate did not issue the complaint and the matter is now over.

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