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	Man Acquitted of Molesting Girl Sues, Cites Other False Claims WTNH May 15, 2006 http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4902207 (Bridgeport-AP, May 14, 2006 3:40 PM) _ A handyman who was jailed on charges of molesting a 4-year-old girl at a synagogue in 2000 and acquitted in a second trial is suing the parents. Alfredo Vargas is winning support from a rabbi and another family who say the same parents made sexual abuse accusations against their children, though no one else was prosecuted. The 69-year-old Vargas spent about five years in prison fighting the case. Leaders of a Bridgeport synagogue say that after he was convicted, the parents of the girl won a settlement that gave them the synagogue that Vargas had built by hand. Within weeks of the settlement, Vargas was acquitted of the charges in a second trial in January. He was deported back home to Nicaragua. Vargas now accuses the parents of making false sexual abuse accusations against him. The lawyer for the parents declined to comment. In legal papers, he called the lawsuit a retaliation for the settlement, noting that the son of the synagogue's president is a lawyer for Vargas.
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