| Larry Ray
Guilty of Sex Trafficking, 15 Counts In
Trial in which Johns' Names Still Coming
Out
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Podcast Vlog
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 6 – Larry Ray has been
found guilty of sexual
exploitation, prostitution,
forced labor and money
laundering. Inner City Press
live tweeted the verdict, the
trial and the case.
Back on February
12, 2020 he was wearing prison
blues and still had a Federal
Defender, but no financial
affidavit to have FD
appointed. Twitter theadette;
More on Patreon here.
On March 29, the
funneling by Ray of Clauria
Drury prostitution money into
North Carolina politics
emerged, and Inner City Press
began researching and asking,
below
On March
9, 2022, the jury for Larry
Ray was picked, by his five
Federal Defenders and three
prosecutors, on the robing
room of Judge Lewis J. Liman.
Inner City Press live tweeted,
thread here
(podcast here)
On March 10 Inner
City Press live
tweeted the
opening
statements, here
(podcast here)
Then the first
substantive witness, 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)
Song 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, resulting in
cancelation of the trial on
March 16 and 17 - but then got
into troubling videos and a
question. Inner City Press
live tweeted here
(morning vlog here)
On March 18 the
trial continued, with Claudia
Drury on the stand. Inner City
Press live tweeted here
(vlog here)
On March 21 the
trial continued - then broke
at 11 am, again. Inner City
Press live tweeted it, here.
[The US
Attorney's Office had put in
an exhibit, cult articles on
Ray's laptop, on Patreon here]
On March 22,
Claudia Drury continued on
direct examination, getting
into her Backpage business for
Larry Ray and describing a
client as creepy. Inner City
Press live tweeted here.
On March 24,
after a day off for seizure,
Drury continued on the stand.
Inner City Press live tweeted
it here.
On March 25
another John was outed, this
time with immunity: editor
Randy Levinson. Inner City
Press live tweeted it, now
#JohnListGone song here.
On March 28,
another Larry Ray victim took
the witness stand: Felicia
Rosario. Inner City Press live
tweeted here:
On March 29, Felicia Rosario remained
on the stand and testified about sending
Claudia Drury prostitution money to a North
Carolina candidate that Talia Ray was campaign
manager for. Not named in the trial, but found
in research: it was Lowell Simon. Isabella
Pollok and Gordon Ray gave him $5000 too - did
Simon only hire Talia Ray to get these
prostitution funds? And, Felicia Rosario sent
over $10,000 in prostitution funds to the NC
Democratic Party, see below. Thread here.
On March 30, after
testimony about how few GoDaddy domain
names Ray sold, Upper East Side
doorman Carlos Pagan testified.
Inner City Press live tweeted
here.
On March 31 as the US case came
to rest, a slew of exhibits
through
Agent McGuire, Inner City
Press live tweeted here.
On April
1, the US rested
then grilled,
along with Judge
Liman, Ray's
former lawyer
Glenn Ripa. Inner
City Press live
tweeted it here.
On April 4
after Ripa,
the US gave
its closing.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted here.
On
April 5, the
defense
closing went
after Claudia
Drury and the
AUSA countered
with the word slut,
drawing a
curative
instruction before
the legal
instructions.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted here.
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