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.
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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.
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How do you know that a liberal is lying? That’s a camera pointed at him/her.
And she’s a LAWYER.............
Stupid, lying broad
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DEMOCRATS LIE....PERIOD!
DEMOCRATS LIE....PERIOD!
Such a weird thing to want to take credit for. desperation. tv continues to dwindle and die off
Actually, the articles do quote her from back then. And she said the guy, “got away with murder.”
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?
The View reminds me of the old Truth or Consequences program.
With host Gary Moore?
Next, she'll claim she landed a C130 while under enemy fire or something
“ Next, she’ll claim she landed a C130 while under enemy fire or something”
Maybe a C150, but I doubt it!🤪
They live therefore they lie.
To be honest I was shocked to find out she was even on the jury.
She wasn’t an attorney that time. She was 22 or 23. But she was a pair of legal group
is she a liar? is she an asshole? how about both!
She said the trial was before she went to law school. She was a punk kid then.
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