The New Jersey attorney charged in connection with a series of sexual assaults that took place in Boston about 15 years ago is expected to post bail, his attorney said at a brief court hearing Monday.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was not present in the Boston courtroom. But his attorney Joseph Cataldo told the judge his client was prepared to post the $500,000 bail set last week when he pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape and one count of indecent assault and battery.
Nilo, of Weehawken, New Jersey, is also required to wear a tracking device, surrender his passport, have no contact with victims or witnesses and stay away from the area where the attacks occurred.
The charges stem from four attacks that occurred in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood from August 2007 to December 2008, a period during which authorities say Nilo lived in the city.
Prosecutors said at Nilo’s arraignment last week that he was linked to the attacks through DNA obtained from a glass he had used at a corporate function earlier this year.
At that hearing, Cataldo questioned the legality of taking his client’s DNA without a warrant.
Nilo was arrested at the end of May. He is due back in court on July 13.
