George Fay, a British-born man convicted of sexual offenses in the United States, was released from prison and subsequently deported following an eight-year sentence. Fay, 32, was found guilty in 2018 in New York of rape, criminal sexual act, and sexual abuse involving a university student who was deemed physically incapable of consenting.

According to state records, Fay was released from Otisville Correctional Facility on September 4. His release was conditional, with his supervision transferred directly to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), resulting in his immediate deportation. Fay was returned to the United Kingdom, where his family maintains a residence in the Channel Islands.

The case centered on an incident in which the victim, then 20 years old, was asleep in Fay’s Manhattan apartment when the attack occurred. During trial proceedings, the victim testified that she had spent the evening drinking and using cannabis and had fallen asleep after having consensual sex with Charles Slye, Fay’s close friend and her boyfriend. She stated that she woke to find Fay assaulting her.

Fay’s defense team characterized the encounter as a “mutual misunderstanding," suggesting the victim, in an intoxicated state, mistakenly believed she was engaging with Slye rather than Fay. They sought a retrial, arguing that an expert witness who could have supported this theory was improperly excluded from testifying.

Fay is the eldest son of Judge Michael Fay KC, who holds judicial appointments as a Deputy High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court since 2011 and a Deputy Court of Appeal Judge since 2017. Prior to Fay’s release, his parents reportedly requested that he serve his sentence in the British Virgin Islands, where they own property, but that application was not granted.

Following his deportation, Fay has rejoined his family in the Channel Islands.