| Larry Ray Had a Polygraph
Machine But For Now Free Lawyer Still Not
Appointed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Thread,
Patreon
BBC
- Decrypt
- LightRead - Honduras
-
Source
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 26 – When Larry Ray was
arraigned on charges of sexual
exploitation, prostitution,
forced labor and money
laundering on February 12, 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.
A new date of February 26 was
set.
But at the
time, Ray had still not found
his own lawyer, and the free
Federal Defenders had not been
appointed. The proceeding
started late; Judge Liman is
referring the proposed
appointment of counsel - if
Ray is entitled to a free
lawyer - and his bail
application to the SDNY
Magistrates Court on Monday,
March 2. Inner City Press will
be there. Feb 26 thread here.
Assistant US Attorney Lindsey
Keenan rattled off things
found in his storage locker,
including "44 hard drives, 37
cell phones, 5 laptop, 4 Palm
Pilots, 27 memory cards, 70
CDs, 7 recorders and a
polygraph machine." Polygraph?
Federal
Defender Marni Lenox was for
an open ended medical order.
Judge Liman agreed only to
list diabetes, absent more
specifics. Their protective
order is due in a week's time,
if Federal Defenders are
appointed. Is Ray poor enough?
Recently in the Magistrates
Court Inner City Press
reported on a money laundering
suspect with a $600,000 house
getting a free lawyer - from
Milkbank, no less.
The
February 26 sputtered out
thusly: "Judge Liman: I'll
direct that all discovery be
complete in 10 weeks. I'm not
setting a deadline for
motions, but what more
information do you need?
Federal Defender
Lenox: We want to see the vast
majority of the discovery
before deciding.
Judge
Liman: You'd wait on a good
motion to suppress? I'm
skeptical. At the next
conference I'll set a
schedule. Let me set that
date, and entertain an
application for the exclusion
of time under the Speedy Trial
Act. Let's have the protective
order by next week
Judge Liman: Next
conference March 19 at 2pm. At
that conference I'll set a
date for motion. Ms Sassoon,
do you have a sense how long a
trial will take?
A: We'd estimate
3 weeks.
Judge Liman: I do
4 days a week. I might start
taking about a trial date on
March 19.
AUSA: We
move to exclude time under the
Speedy Trial Act. Judge Liman:
Based on no objection and my
own assessment, I exclude
time.
AUSA Sassoon:
Just for the record, I'm Ms
Sassoon, I know it's
confusing, we both have
glasses. Judge: OK. About that
medical order
Federal
Defender: Can you email them
about medical care? Judge
Liman: Do you need me to
specify which time of medical
attention he needs?
FD: No... He's diabetic and
there are other medical issues
not being adequately
addressed.
FD: OK, just the diabetes for
now. Judge Liman: Ms Keenan?
AUSA Keenan: No objection.
Judge Liman: OK, have a good
afternoon."
Judge
Lewis J. Liman after Ray pled
not guilty asked Assistant US
Attorney Danielle Sassoon to
summarize the discovery in the
case. She mentioned electronic
devices seized at Ray's New
Jersey home. She said some
belonged to victims and that
Ray has made them shoot sexual
explicit video on them - then
seized them for purposes of
extortion.
Now some
serious review and editing,
and a protective order, would
be required before the
contents of the devises are
released to Ray. Judge Liman
set the next conference for
February 26 at 3 pm. Inner
City Press will be there. More
on Patreon here.
The charges
are serious and again had some
in the court, many apparently
students, shaking their heads:
"extortion, sex trafficking,
and forced labor. As
alleged in the indictment, RAY
used physical and
psychological threats and
coercion to indoctrinate and
exploit a group of college
students in Westchester County
as well as other
victims. RAY extorted
approximately $1 million from
at least five victims; forced
certain victims to perform
unpaid labor; and caused,
through force, fraud, and
coercion, at least one victim
to engage in commercial sex
acts. He laundered the
proceeds of his crimes through
an internet domain
business. RAY committed
these offenses in locations
including Westchester County,
New York, and New York, New
York, as well as Pinehurst,
North Carolina."
The case has been
assigned to new SDNY Judge
Lewis J. Liman; Inner City
Press will follow it. It is US
v. Ray, 20-cr-110 (Liman).
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 20047, Dag
Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2020 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com for
|
,
