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Is Sunny Hostin Lying About Being Holdout Juror? The Truth May Surprise You

ABC’s Sunny Hostin made headlines and set the internet ablaze earlier this week when she made the claim that she was the holdout juror in the murder trial against Daniel Rakowitz, aka The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park, and convinced her fellow jurors to find him not guilty by reason of insanity. The View co-host was quickly accused of lying as some conflicting contemporary reports from New York City newspapers pointed to a male juror as the holdout. NewsBusters has investigated and has found the truth.On Tuesday, while discussing the witch-hunt against the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case, Hostin informed her fellow cast members that she was a holdout juror in the high profile murder ...

newsbusters.org     Sep 24, 2026