Posted on 01/18/2026 3:22:00 AM PST by Libloather
A Massachusetts woman is suing the town of Hopkinton, alleging officials negligently approved a criminal immigrant with a history of workplace sexual violence to operate a business where he later assaulted the plaintiff when she was 16 years old.
The lawsuit, transferred to federal court Jan. 5, names Greek national Petros "Peter" Sismanis, who is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. According to court documents, Sismanis was convicted in June 2025 for the 2023 sexual assault of the plaintiff while she worked at Hillers Pizza.
The complaint also notes that Sismanis was previously accused in 1998 of rape, indecent assault and battery involving female minors, which resulted in his registration as a sex offender. NBC Boston reported he assaulted two employees while operating a donut shop in Hopkinton.
The plaintiff, now 19, claimed Hopkinton officials, the police chief and Hillers Pizza all played a role in fostering a sexually hostile work environment. She alleges that town officials knew, or should have known, about Sismanis’s criminal history when he renewed Hillers Pizza’s license in 2016, a process that requires review by multiple town departments, including the police.
The plaintiff is seeking $1 million in damages, according to Boston.com.
"There is no record of Hopkinton police or Chief Bennett ever raising questions about Sismanis’ ability to operate the pizza shop, even though he was a registered sex offender," court documents state. Despite Sismanis’ prior record, the town approved the license renewal, the lawsuit alleges, endangering the female minors Sismanis often hired.
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Hang ‘em high.
Instead of suing him, they’ll make him president of the chamber of commerce and throw the woman suing him in jail.
According to the article, he was accused.
Was he actually convicted?
Because I always thought under American law, you are innocent until proven guilty?
Not defending the guy, but they left out any talk of an actual trial and verdict.
Can a person be placed on a state’s sex offender registry without a conviction, on accusation alone?
From the excerpt.
Also, the Police Chief is as corrupt as they come, and decided to look the other way.
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