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Sunny Hostin’s claim that she was lone holdout in NYC cannibalism trial shot down by sources, reports from the time
New York Post ^ | Sep. 24, 2026 | Larry Celona, Stacie Fenster and Ronny Reyes Published

Posted on 09/24/2026 10:50:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin sensationally claimed on-air that she was the lone holdout juror who forced a notorious NYC cannibal killer to be found not guilty by reason of insanity — but multiple sources from the time directly refute her story, The Post can reveal.

“Several jurors questioned afterwards said one holdout juror was principally responsible for preventing them from returning a guilty verdict,” Hostin read aloud from a New York Times article from the 1991 trial on Tuesday. “That was me,” she asserted.

SNIP

But 35 years ago, jurors told The Post, Newsday, the Daily News and the Associated Press that the actual holdout was an unemployed man who wanted to keep the trial going so he could continue getting paid by the court for his civic duty. “He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals,” juror Valerie Holmes told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: danielrakowitz; hostin; lie; lied; lying; monikabeerle; sunnyhostin; theview

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1 posted on 09/24/2026 10:50:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

How do you know that a liberal is lying? That’s a camera pointed at him/her.


2 posted on 09/24/2026 10:52:39 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: nickcarraway

And she’s a LAWYER.............


3 posted on 09/24/2026 10:56:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: nickcarraway

Stupid, lying broad


4 posted on 09/24/2026 11:00:45 AM PDT by Az Joe ("In regards to A.I. - Democrats have never met a regulation they didn't like.")
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To: nickcarraway
Can we be certain that Sunny wasn't an unemployed man 35 years ago?
5 posted on 09/24/2026 11:02:54 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: nickcarraway
.... WOW .... Who could have known that Sunny Hostin was an Unemployed Male back in '91 .....

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6 posted on 09/24/2026 11:06:21 AM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: alancarp

DEMOCRATS LIE....PERIOD!


7 posted on 09/24/2026 11:11:35 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: alancarp

DEMOCRATS LIE....PERIOD!


8 posted on 09/24/2026 11:11:36 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Such a weird thing to want to take credit for. desperation. tv continues to dwindle and die off


9 posted on 09/24/2026 11:12:02 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: R_Kangel; Joe 6-pack

Actually, the articles do quote her from back then. And she said the guy, “got away with murder.”


10 posted on 09/24/2026 11:30:13 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure she was aware there are 11 others on that jury who could have corroborated her claim. It’s not something one forgets but 11?


11 posted on 09/24/2026 11:48:29 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nickcarraway

The View reminds me of the old Truth or Consequences program.


12 posted on 09/24/2026 11:49:09 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Vaduz

With host Gary Moore?


13 posted on 09/24/2026 12:00:24 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: Az Joe
Stupid, lying broad

Next, she'll claim she landed a C130 while under enemy fire or something

14 posted on 09/24/2026 12:06:09 PM PDT by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: llevrok

“ Next, she’ll claim she landed a C130 while under enemy fire or something”
Maybe a C150, but I doubt it!🤪


15 posted on 09/24/2026 12:09:37 PM PDT by 9422WMR ( )
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To: nickcarraway

They live therefore they lie.


16 posted on 09/24/2026 12:18:39 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: nickcarraway

To be honest I was shocked to find out she was even on the jury.


17 posted on 09/24/2026 12:42:16 PM PDT by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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She wasn’t an attorney that time. She was 22 or 23. But she was a pair of legal group


18 posted on 09/24/2026 12:53:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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is she a liar? is she an asshole? how about both!


19 posted on 09/24/2026 1:02:02 PM PDT by wafflehouse ("there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon" -Alice's Restaurant Massacree)
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To: suthener

She said the trial was before she went to law school. She was a punk kid then.


20 posted on 09/24/2026 1:06:45 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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