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BENNINGTON â A doctor told the court Wednesday that Leonard Forte is healthy enough to travel to Vermont and stand trial on child sexual assault charges, contradicting the opinion of two doctors who testified for the defense.
Forte, 79, has claimed for nearly three decades that he is too sick to be retried on allegations he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at his Landgrove vacation home in 1987. A retired New York investigator, Forte was found guilty in 1988, but the presiding judge ordered a new trial, saying the female prosecutor had prejudiced jurors by being too emotional.