Tony Cercy, the Casper businessman accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his lake house in June 2017 could go on trial in a federal lawsuit next September.
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A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a prominent Casper businessman, who twice had his case heard by Wyoming juries, has filed a federal lawsuit detailing similar allegations.
Tony Cercy was acquitted of first- and second-degree sexual assault following a February 2018 jury trial. A mistrial was declared on a third count of third-degree sexual assault.
The next year, a jury issued a guilty verdict on third-degree sexual assault but following an appeal, the Wyoming Supreme Court threw out the verdict.
However, Assistant Natrona County District Attorney Mike Blonigen declined to refile the case saying the Supreme Court s ruling would restrict what the prosecution could do in terms of alleging contact during the alleged assault, making a conviction nearly impossible.
Wyoming police and prosecutors were repeatedly at odds over the sexual abuse investigation into retired bishop Joseph Hart, police and prosecutor documents say, with police claiming that prosecutors hadn t read