A well-known gay
businessman in Hawaii has been found not guilty of
charges that he raped a 31-year-old man. Jack Law,
owner of Hula's Bar and Lei Stand, was
acquitted after the jury deliberated for less than an
hour. Law is a former member of the Hawaii Civil Rights
Commission and founder of the HIV/AIDS organization
Life Foundation.
The three counts of second-degree sexual assault
were filed by an acquaintance of Law's who claimed the
businessman drugged and then raped him in March
2005. Law never denied the two had sex but maintained
that it was consensual and that he had not given drugs to
the man.
Law's attorney characterized the accuser
as a "truth-challenged" opportunist seeking to ruin
Law's reputation. (Sirius OutQ News)