The People made the requisite showing that it was necessary for the complainant to testify by videoconferencing, given the highly unusual circumstance that the complainant had returned to his native country, whose government then prevented him from leaving, after defendant's trial had already commenced.
In late August 2012, approximately two months after he was allegedly assaulted by defendant, the complainant, a dual citizen of the United States and Egypt, returned...
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