A man who spent 16 years in jail for the rape of award-winning author Alice Sebold has been exonerated after a producer working on a film of the writer’s memoir spotted glaring inconsistencies. Anthony Broadwater, 61, broke down in tears this week when a judge cleared him of the rape which was the basis of Alice Sebold’s 1999 bestseller, Lucky. The memoir launched Alice’s career and, three years later, she had a hit with novel The Lovely Bones …