Boston serial rapist suspect Matthew Nilo holds hands with fiancé Laura Griffin outside court - as it's revealed that SHE paid his bail

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Suspected Boston serial rapist Matthew Nilo near nan Suffolk Superior Court hand-in-hand pinch his fiancé aft pre-trail hearings wherever attorneys discussed sharing grounds successful nan case.

Nilo has pleaded not guilty to 7 charges including aggravated rape, kidnapping, indecent battle pinch intent to rape and battle for an alleged drawstring of attacks that took spot successful 2007 and 2008.

His fiancé, Laura Griffin, sat adjacent to him passim nan proceeding aft she posted $500,000 of his $5 cardinal bail earlier this year.

Tuesday's proceeding included sharing notices of discovery, nan process of sharing grounds during nan pretrial shape of nan case, reported WCVB. 

Attorneys discussed whether identifying accusation astir individuals mentioned successful lawsuit documents should beryllium redacted earlier copies are provided to nan defendant.

Matthew Nilo left the Suffolk Superior Court successful Boston holding hands pinch his fiancé Laura Griffin connected Tuesday

Griffin posted $500,000 of his $5 cardinal bail earlier this twelvemonth aft he pleaded not blameworthy to 7 charges see rape and kidnapping

Nilo stands up astatine nan podium during nan hearing. Attorneys discussed whether identifying accusation astir individuals mentioned successful lawsuit documents should beryllium redacted

Nilo donned a grey suit pinch a bluish garment and necktie while Griffin is seen wearing a achromatic turtle neck, plaid pants and a brownish overgarment and heels.

The New Jersey lawyer was primitively accused of sexually assaulting 4 women successful nan Charlestown, Massachusetts, vicinity earlier adding further charges.

Prosecutors alleged that Nilo, a Boston native, attacked 4 women successful nan North End successful 2007 and 2008 — including 2 attacks connected nan aforesaid female conscionable 11 days apart. He was later connected to 4 much attacks. 

One onslaught connected January 14, 2008, occurred during nan mediate of a snowstorm, WCVB reported, while different took spot connected July 4, 2008.

Nilo donned a grey suit pinch a bluish garment and necktie while Griffin is seen wearing a achromatic turtle neck, plaid pants and a brownish overgarment and heels

Nilo has pleaded not blameworthy to 7 charges including aggravated rape, kidnapping, indecent battle pinch intent to rape and assault

Joseph Cataldo, Nilo's lawyer, has antecedently said his customer plans to conflict each of nan charges and intends to situation nan constitutionality of nan grounds collected by police

The drawstring of assaults near nan vicinity connected separator astatine nan time, arsenic constabulary warned women to beryllium vigilant and moreover transportation rape whistles.

Authorities believed nan rapes were connected, and released a composite sketch of nan suspect, which appears to carnivore a resemblance to Nilo astatine nan time.

He was astir 19 to 20 years aged astatine nan time. He was moving arsenic a cyber claims lawyer pinch nan Cowbell security patient erstwhile constabulary arrested him connected May 30. 

Authorities arrested Nilo successful an FBI sting successful which he was lured retired of nan luxury harbor broadside flat he shared pinch his fiancé pinch nan declare that a package had been delivered that was excessively large to fresh successful nan swanky facility's lockers.

Law enforcement claimed to person linked Nilo to nan 4 assaults successful Charlestown pinch DNA grounds identified done nan genealogy database 23 and Me, to which family members had voluntarily submitted samples.

Nilo is seen partying pinch friends during his days astatine a Boston backstage schoolhouse successful 2007

Authorities believed nan historical rape cases were connected and released a composite sketch of nan suspect

After Griffin paid $500,000 towards his bail, Nilo was fitted for a GPS locator and was released connected nan information he surrender his passport, person nary interaction pinch nan victims aliases witnesses and enactment astatine slightest 1,000 feet distant from Terminal Street.

His lawyer, Joseph Cataldo, has antecedently said his customer plans to conflict each of nan charges and intends to situation nan constitutionality of nan grounds collected by police.

'Mr. Nilo denies each nan allegations including nan latest charges,' Cataldo said successful a statement. 'You tin expect some a ineligible and a actual situation to nan government's case.'

Nilo's first alleged victim, Lori Pinkham, said exclusively to DailyMail.com and shared her story.

Pinkham admitted she had mislaid dream that her attacker would ever beryllium caught and said she was, 'in disbelief and awe' erstwhile constabulary came to her location and told her they had identified him.

'He's a very evil personification and he utilized weapons and unit to violently kidnap and rape aggregate women,' she said.

Pinkham could not get into nan specifications of her ain assault, she said, but is prepared to attest against Nilo.