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Larry Ray Found Guilty He Asks for
15 Years Blaming Ex Lax Cupcakes
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 6 – Larry
Ray was found
guilty of
sexual
exploitation,
prostitution,
forced labor
and money
laundering on
April 2, 2022.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted the
verdict
here
and below. And see book, here.
On January 6,
2023, Ray's Federal Defenders
put in a memo asking for the
minimum sentence, 15 years,
and blaming Ray's actions
beginning with Ex-Lax in
cupcakes and a manipulative
mother. They say that negative
media coverage is punishment
enough. They put in letters
from Martha C. Ray, Larry
Grecco - then letters entirely
redacted. We'll have more on
this.
On November 1,
Judge Lewis J. Liman set a
hearing on post-trial issues:
"ORDER as to Lawrence Ray:
Count Fifteen of the trial
indictment under Federal Rule
of Criminal Procedure 29 on
November 15, 2022 at 11:30
a.m. The hearing will be held
in-person in Courtroom 15C at
the 500 Pearl Street
Courthouse. The parties should
be prepared to discuss the
following issues: (1) whether
there was sufficient evidence
that Female Victim-1 suffered
"physical injury" as defined
in New York Penal Law § 9."
On November 8,
into an SDNY courthouse empty
on Election Day, Ray's Federal
Defenders submitted an
argument that Claudia Drury's
terror "did not meet the
elements of physical injury"
-- this despite testimony
about suffocation to the point
of passing out.
But when the
November 15 in-person hearing
came, Inner City Press was
there, but not Larry Ray. His
Federal Defenders said he was
in the hospital with lessions.
Judge Liman expressed doubts
about the timely of Ray's
legal issues, but agreed to
postpone until the next
Monday, with sentencing moved
to January 20.
On the next Monday,
November 21, Inner City Press
was there - but again, no Larry
Ray. The argument went forward,
thread here
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