SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 15 –
Larry Ray, known as the sex
cultist of Sarah Lawrence
College but before that, a
hob-nobber with Mikhail
Gorbachev and Bernard Kerik,
had his criminal trial begin
on March 10. Inner City Press
has covered every step of the
case before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Lewis J. Liman, and live
tweeted the opening
statements, here
(podcast here)
Then the
first sustanstive witness, Day
1 live tweeted here.
On Day 2 of the
trial, March 11, Santos
Rosario continued on direct
examination, Inner City Press
live tweeted it here
(morning vlog here)
On Day 3 of the
trial, March 14, Santo Rosario
finished his direct and the
cross began. Inner City Press
live-tweeted here
(morning vlog here)
Day 4 of the
trial started late - Larry Ray
had a seizure - but then got
into troubling videos and a
question. Inner City Press
live tweeted here
(morning vlog here)
OK - Larry Ray
trial Day 4 starting, nearly 2
hours late. Federal Defender
says Ray "suffered a seizure
this morning" but will now go
forward.
After Federal
Defenders ask to keep the jury
from knowing about the
seizure, at least for now, it
starts:
Federal Defender:
So Doctor Hughes, you are
being paid by the government?
Dawn Hughes: Yes. FD: You do
this a lot? Hughes: It's half
of what I do. FD: Usually, an
abuser would not ask his/her
victim to tell their family or
others about the relationship,
right?
Hughes: I
suppose. But the data shows,
for example, that if 100 women
are rapes, only 25 go to the
police. FD: I'm talking about
wider "help seeking."
Federal
Defender: Let's talk about
grooming... Adolescents are
susceptible, because their
brain development is not
complete, right? Hughes: The
younger, the more vulnerable.
But it can occur with young
adults or even adults.
Federal Defender:
But generally adult are less
susceptible, wasn't that your
testimony? Hughes: I'm not
sure that was my testimony.
FD: But it's it normal to try
to be charming at the
beginning of a relationship?
Hughes: I'm skeptical, given
my work. But yes.
Federal
Defender: It's normal for
adults to talk about sex, yes?
Dr Hughes: It depends on the
context. It wouldn't be
appropriate for you to talk to
me about sex. FD: Are you
familiar with the podcasts
Call Her Daddy, or Death Sex
& Money on WNYC?
Hughes: I am not
Next witness
works at US Attorney's Office,
putting into evidence more
emails, now by Santos Rosario
[never sent?] AUSA: What does
Santos Rosario write? Witness:
I thought I should just buy
pills at Duane Reade b/t 93
& 94 St on 3d Ave. But I
should face justice
SDNY witness
(con't reading from Santos
Rosario text) "after I left
the apartment I went to the
Duane Reade but I thought you
had me followed by the guy in
the construction vest, at 4
am. So I bought cigarettes,
and asked my mom to pay you
back for the tongs"
AUSA: Let's turn
back to the first page of this
email. Who forwarded it? SDNY
witness: From Santos Rosario
to Larry Ray, who forwarded it
to Isabella Pollok. [Then an
email by Talia about her Gucci
bag, and by Felicia Rosario
"confessing" to stealing
$160,000]
Next email
read into the record is by
Talia, writing: I
remember when nobody thought
Kerik would go to jail, when
he was with Rudy Giuliani. But
Kerik had to step down from
the Homeland Security position
Bush created for him. We did
that.
Things have taken
another dark(er) turn in the
Larry Ray trial, with the
prosecution showing the jury a
video of Larry Ray throwing a
woman on the floor and pinning
her down.
Now a video of
Larry Ray grilling a crying
young woman, Claudia
[Drury]"Why do you want to
damage my website? Say hello
to all your Facebook friends,
Claudia. What do you want to
tell them?"
Claudia:
"Nothing." In the video, shown
to jury in US v. Ray Larry
Ray: What do feel bad about,
about your father? Claudia:
That I didn't have a
relationship with him like you
have with Talia. But I didn't.
Larry Ray: So you're jealous.
Claudia (crying):
No!
Now going
into evidence: an email from
Talia Ray to Larry Ray,
telling him to turn up the
volume setting to film these
videos.
[Inner City Press
question: Why hasn't Talia Ray
been indicted, like Isabella
Pollok now awaiting separate
trial?]
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