A jury has convicted the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell of sexually assaulting multiple women after posing as a rideshare driver to target them outside bars and other locations, with the verdict landing one of the state’s most senior law enforcement figures squarely back at the centre of her family’s long-publicised troubled history with the criminal justice system.
Alvin Campbell, 45, was found guilty on Thursday of 21 out of 22 counts relating to sexual assaults committed between 2017 and 2019, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. The jury was deadlocked on one charge of rape, with the district attorney’s office saying it would “determine our action, if any, at a future date on that charge.” Campbell faces up to life in prison for aggravated rape when he is sentenced on 29 June.
Prosecutors said Campbell deliberately posed as a rideshare driver in order to target women at vulnerable moments, picking them up from outside bars and other venues. Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden told reporters after the verdict that Campbell had “deceivingly and calculatedly” preyed on women. “I can’t imagine what that horror must have been like for them,” he said, adding his thanks to the women who testified: “We’re happy that we were able to secure justice and accountability for them and so we thank them.”
Andrea Campbell made history in 2023 when she was sworn in as the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Massachusetts, becoming the state’s chief lawyer and senior law enforcement officer. She has previously spoken openly about her family’s history with the justice system, including her brother’s rape charges, framing her willingness to discuss it as a source of strength rather than shame. “One thing I do frequently is share my story because I think there are so many who carry their story with a sense of shame and don’t want to talk about it, including the criminal aspects of my family,” she told the Associated Press in a previous interview. “But there is no shame in one sharing their story. There is power in it.”
Hayden said he had not spoken with the Attorney General following the verdict. A spokesperson for her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Associated Press on Thursday evening. Campbell’s defence attorney also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
