Boston man whose sex trafficking convictions were vacated by the SJC is now facing new rape charges

A Dorchester man who previously pleaded guilty to multiple human trafficking charges is being held pending a dangerousness hearing after assaulting a woman over the weekend, authorities say.

Anthony Dew, 42, pleaded guilty to multiple sex-trafficking, assault and drug charges in 2016, and had his convictions thrown out due to “ineffective counsel” a month after he was released from prison in 2023, according to a statement from the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

At 2:12 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a disturbance on Evelyn Street where they heard screaming upon arrival, officials said.

“Officers observed a female in the walkway with her jeans pulled down to her ankles and a T-shirt soaked in what appeared to the officers to be blood,” the statement said. “The officer observed that the victim’s face was covered in blood and the victim was spitting up blood clots.”

Police said the victim yelled, “he raped me” as she pointed to an apartment where Dew lived.

Dew hit her as she “went in and out” of consciousness, the woman told police.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment for injuries she sustained from the assault, including “swelling and bruising to her mouth, jaw and both of her eyes,” the statement said.

Dew, who had several scratches on his hand and face, was “verbally combative” with officers, the statement said, when he arrived as first responders processed the scene.

Officers placed Dew under arrest, the office said. He was charged at Dorchester BMC with one count of aggravated rape and ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Friday.

“This was a horrific, violent attack, and one that will likely have lasting emotional and physical effects on the victim,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the statement. “We will do everything we can to help her now and as the case moves forward.”