Mayor’s brother arrested on assault to rape charge

On April 14, 2014, in Latest News, by The News Staff

Mayor Joseph Curtatone’s brother, 43-year-old Cosmo Curtatone, will be in Malden District Court Thursday morning for a dangerousness hearing stemming from charges he assaulted and attempted to rape a women well known to him earlier this month.  According to police, the woman has already taken out more than a dozen restraining orders against him.

Curtatone was arrested on a warrant April 8 in Somerville for the incidents the victim alleges occurred at her Everett apartment April 3, which she reported to police April 5. He is also accused of assault and larceny over $250 for allegedly stealing the woman’s phone and wallet and then using her EBT card.

According to the police report, the victim said Curtatone was at her apartment April 3 and took her wallet, cell phone and the keys to her apartment when she had walked into the bathroom. She became aware of the theft of her wallet when a family member of hers reported seeing Curtatone using her EBT card at the supermarket to buy groceries.

The victim told police she repeatedly called Curtatone asking for the items back. While he did return the keys in person at her apartment April 4, , she said he did not return her phone or wallet, nor any of its contents, leaving her without access, according to the report, to money or her medical cards she is required to carry for her cancer treatments.

An argument ensued, during which, according to the report, the victim said “he made numerous and insulting and threatening statements to her,” including calling her a “hunk of sh—.” She said he also told her “’that he can do whatever he wants to her when he wants to’ and reminded her that his political family has many friends that protect him with the police and in the courts.” The victim told police that “the mental and physical abuse had been going on for years.” Police noted in the report that “there is an extensive history of calls for service for the Everett police involving both of these parties.”

The conversation, the report said, then turned, and Curtatone asked the victim to go out with him for ice cream. After she refused, Curtatone, she alleges, attempted to rape her.

“She tried pushing him off of her,” the report states, “causing him to shove off the bed onto the floor where he again mounted himself on top of her and slammed her head off the floor.” During the assault, the victim said she “repeatedly told Cosmo she did not want to have sex with him.”

Bruises she said occurred from the attack were photographed by police.

Although she said she was able to force Curtatone off of her, the victim said he continued yelling insults at her.

“She went on to say that she than (sic) repeatedly began to apologize to Cosmo to appease him and calm him down,” the report states. “He left soon after without any further incident.”

Police advised her of her right to file for a restraining order against Curtatone, which is when they discovered how many times she had already done so in the past.

According to the report, “She also made a point of saying that she is afraid of his long standing violent behavior towards her.”

Curtatone is charged with assault to rape, assault and battery and larceny over $250.

The mayor, according to his office, would not be commenting on the arrest. As it is a family matter, his staff said they would not be commenting on his behalf.  The mayor and Cosmo Curtatone’s sister, Maria Curtatone, is the Middlesex South register of deeds.

 

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