A man charged in a 2013 Pennsylvania campus sex assault hires a lawyer to review possible plea deal
May 29, 2025
An American who was extradited from France this year to face charges in a 2013 campus sexual assault case has hired a private lawyer to review a potential plea in Pennsylvania. Ian Cleary made his first in-person court appearance Thursday in Adams County, a half-mile from where the encounter occurred at Gettysburg College. Assistant Public Defender Joshua Neiderhiser says a plea had been in the works. He has been representing the 32-year-old Saratoga, California, man since he was brought back to the U.S. However, Cleary agreed after speaking with his parents to hire a lawyer to review the case, delaying a possible deal.
