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Sep 26, 2026
PaulieHOST
That's crazy.
PaulieHOST
But 35 years ago, jurors told the Post Newsday Daily News that the Associated Press that actually, excuse me, 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.
PaulieHOST
A law enforcement source from the time also told the Post this week that the holdout was a man.
PaulieHOST
He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals that juror Valerie Holmes told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict, quote, he liked that we were arguing on and on, unquote.
PaulieHOST
Holmes reiterated the claim that the Post, the Daily News, describing the holdout as being very determined and manipulative.
PaulieHOST
Man determined to get excuse me, oops, page won't walk you there for a second, to get his way.
PaulieHOST
From day one, the particular person was determined that the jury was going to find Rakowitz not guilty by reason of mental disease.
PaulieHOST
Jury foreman Lois Markle told the AP at the time, Meanwhile, Houston was quoted as a juror on the case in multiple news clips at the time, but she did not identify herself as the holdout, nor did any of the fellow jurors who talked about the press after the trial.
Mark LevinHOST
In the butcher of Tompkins Square Park case, as she discussed the parallels between that case and Lindsay Clancy's own insanity defense.
Mark LevinHOST
But 35 years ago, jurors told the Post, Newsday, the Daily News, oh, and the AP, 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.
Mark LevinHOST
A law enforcement source from the time also told the Post this week that the holdout was a man.
Mark LevinHOST
Is it possible Sunny Houston was a man at one point, Mr. Medusa? Is that possible that she was like the first transy, or is it tranny, I should say? You don't know? Yes, let's hear what she had to say.
Mark LevinHOST
Somebody lost a daughter, and this woman's a buffoon.
Mark LevinHOST
And now according to the New York Post story, it wasn't her.
Mark LevinHOST
Quote, "He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three fear, free meals," juror Valerie Holmes told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict.
Mark LevinHOST
They got like five newspapers who are saying this.
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Oh
Sunny HostinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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-
Bubba the Love Sponge ClemHOST
Oh.
Bubba the Love Sponge ClemHOST
Oh, so now she might be tutted.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Exactly
Sunny HostinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
By the court for his civic duty.
Sunny HostinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
"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.
Sunny HostinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
"He liked that we were arguing on and on." Holmes reiterated that claim to The Post and the Daily News, describing the holdout as being a very determined and manipulative man determined to get his way.
Ross PattersonHOST
Several jurors questioned afterwards said one holdout juror was principally responsible for preventing them from from returning a guilty verdict, and then Hostin said it was me, live on air.
Ross PattersonHOST
But 35 years ago, jurors told the Post, Newsday, and the Daily News and 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.
Ross PattersonHOST
Was it Pauly Shore? I mean, this is jury duty.
Ross PattersonHOST
It literally is the plot of jury duty here.
Ross PattersonHOST
Shit.
Ross PattersonHOST
No wonder you want to go anywhere.
Ross PattersonHOST
This was juror Valerie Holmes with an L, which I love, told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict.
Ross PattersonHOST
He
Derek HunterHOST
Halston, 57, told the tale of being the lone holdout juror in the Butcher Thompson Square case.
Derek HunterHOST
But 35 years ago, journalists told the Post or jurors told the Post, Newsday and 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.
Derek HunterHOST
In contemporary news reports, in all of those news outlets.
Derek HunterHOST
A law enforcement source from the time also told the Post this week that the holdout was a man.
Derek HunterHOST
Quote, he was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals.
Derek HunterHOST
Juror Valerie Holmes told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict.
Derek HunterHOST
Huh.
Derek HunterHOST
He liked that we were arguing and on and on.
RoverHOST
He liked the $15 a day and the three free meals.
RoverHOST
Somebody, uh, told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict back in the day...
RoverHOST
So again, these are going back, this particular statement is from 35 years ago.
RoverHOST
"He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals," another juror on the case said.
RoverHOST
So there's another person, the forewoman of the jury says the holdout juror was a man.
DujiHOST
[laughs] Why would you lie about something like that?
RoverHOST
Well, additionally, Sunny Hostin was quoted 35 years ago in the media at the time, she told Newsday, quote, "We had to compromise, but it was obvious to me he butchered the body and literally got away with murder.
RoverHOST
He attempted to commit the perfect crime," she said.
RoverHOST
He liked the $15 a day and the three free meals.
RoverHOST
Somebody, uh, told Newsday in the aftermath of the verdict back in the day, so, uh, again, these are going back...
RoverHOST
This particular statement is from 35 years ago.
RoverHOST
"He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals," a- another juror on the case said.
RoverHOST
So there's another person, the forewoman of the jury says the holdout juror was a man.
DujiHOST
[laughs] Why would you lie about something like that?
RoverHOST
Well, additionally, Sunny Hostin was quoted 35 years ago in the media at the time, she told Newsday, quote, "We had to compromise, but it was obvious to me he butchered the body and literally got away with murder.
RoverHOST
He attempted to commit the perfect crime," she said.
Georgia HoweHOST
In an update to our reporting from yesterday, The View co-host Sunny Hostin, who claimed she was the lone holdout juror who forced a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict for the notorious New York City killer Daniel Rakowitz, well, contemporaneous reporting and multiple people involved in the case are directly contradicting her story.
Georgia HoweHOST
Jurors told the Post, Newsday, the Daily News, and the Associated Press at the time that the holdout juror was an unemployed man who wanted to keep collecting his $15 a day jury stipend for free meals.
Georgia HoweHOST
Hostin was publicly identified as a juror in contemporaneous reports, but never claimed to be the holdout.
Georgia HoweHOST
And her own comments to Newsday appear to conflict with the story she's telling now.
Georgia HoweHOST
Hostin said at the time, quote, "We had to compromise.
Georgia HoweHOST
But it is obvious to me he butchered the body and he literally got away with murder.
Grace CurleyHOST
Meanwhile, Hostin was quoted as a juror on the case in multiple news clips at the time, but she did not identify herself as the holdout.
Grace CurleyHOST
Her statement to Newsday from the time even seems to contradict her story.
Grace CurleyHOST
So this is what she said at the time, nineteen ninety-one: "We had to compromise, but it is obvious to me he butchered the body and he literally got away with murder.
Grace CurleyHOST
He attempted to commit the perfect crime." She told The New York Times, "We don't think he intended to kill her, but once he did, he dismembered her body in an effort to commit the perfect crime." So this really does contradict exactly what she was just bragging about on The View, and it makes me think, get this, that Sunny Hostin may not have always been as crazy as she currently is.
Rico BoscoHOST
By you.
Rico BoscoHOST
No, by Newsday.
Rico BoscoHOST
By you.
Dan KatzHOST
No, by Newsday.
Dan KatzHOST
No one knew the story.
Dan KatzHOST
You kept it alive.
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