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

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

[sgt_lau]

Looks like her hubris will come back and bite her. I hope it does.

[nickcarraway]

She was a paralegal at the time.

[ro_dreaming]

At the time, she was a college student, I believe. Not a lawyer yet.

[vpintheak]

For the life of me I do not understand why people lie like this. I mean, what does it do for them?

[MayflowerMadam]

I just heard on Newsmax (Carl Higbie) that she wasn’t even the “holdout” juror on that case. There was one, but it wasn’t her. She lied.

[bankwalker]

She lied.

are you surprised?

[Fledermaus]

When this was first posted I said she was lying. Got a few of the usual jerks here berate me.

The woman is so stupid she didn’t think people would check?

To the usual jerks - GFY

[MayflowerMadam]

Nope. Not surprised. She’s such a hag.

[bankwalker]

I enjoy tour posts. I think you are the smartest woman on this site.

[MayflowerMadam]

Wow. 😉

[Bullish]

Sunny Hostin’s a liar... And a piece of crap.

But we already knew that.

[Boiler Plate]

[minnesota_bound]

She is a twisted person.

[Vaduz]

Yep