Man falsely convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold settles lawsuit against New York

Anthony Broadwater, convicted in 1981 on junk science and unreliable witness identification, settles with state for $5.5m

A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5m, his lawyers said on Monday.

The settlement comes after Anthony Broadwater’s conviction for raping Sebold in 1981 was overturned in 2021. It was signed last week by lawyers for Broadwater and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, David Hammond, one of Broadwater’s attorneys, said.