SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 14 –
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)
Larry Ray trial,
Day 3; Santos Rosario still on
direct amid word that Hulu
will be filing a motion to
quash.
Assistant US
Attorney: What we heard last
week, was that the only time
Larry Ray hit you with a
hammer?
Santos Rosario:
No. AUSA: What was Larry Ray
accusing you of? Santos
Rosario: Of listing his
address as offering mental
health services.
AUSA: Why
did you send Larry Ray
pictures of your journal?
Santos Rosario: He told me to.
AUSA: Please read
this entry.
Santos Rosario:
"I was supposed to give ricin
to Talia." AUSA: And read this
one. Santos Rosario: "Bernie
Kerik came by the house... I
was there with Mashitza."
AUSA: Did Bernie
Kerik come by your house?
Santos Rosario: No. AUSA:
Where did you learned the name
Bernie Kerik? Santos Rosario:
From Larry.
AUSA: Where
did you store your journals?
Santos Rosario: Later I gave
them all to Larry. AUSA: Why?
Santos Rosario: Larry
suggested it. [Now video
shown, Santos Rosario on
couch, crying, with big toe in
view - Larry's? - and Isabella
walking through. Troubling.]
[In video:
Larry Ray is grilling Santos.
Santos is flipping through a
notebook, presumably his
diary, as if looking for
answers. He is crying.] AUSA:
What did the defendant suggest
you could do to make up for
poisoning him? Santos: Paying
him back with money.
AUSA: What
was your understanding of how
Claudia Drury made money for
Larry? Santos Rosario:
Prostitution. I would like up
several thousands of dollars.
AUSA: Did Larry Ray tell you
to have sex with Claudia
Drury? Santos: Yes. In a hotel
she was staying in.
AUSA: Where
was Larry Ray while this
happened? Santos Rosario:
Right next door. AUSA: How did
it make you feel, when Larry
Ray told Claudia Drury to
perform oral sex on you?
[Programming note: DOJ will be
putting on Claudia Drury as a
witness later this week]
[Video
shown of white board with
Q&A on it. Q Would you
kill to not got to jail?
Answer: Yes -SJR, Santos'
initials] AUSA: Where was this
white board? Santos Rosario:
In the apartment [on E 93 St]
AUSA: What was
the defendant's reaction to
the magazine article? Santos
Rosario: Outrage. He said it
was all lies. [Audio played,
with ghoulish female laughter]
AUSA: How does
hearing this make you feel?
Santos Rosario, after a long
pause: Pretty bad. Judge
Liman: Is it a good time for a
break? AUSA: We have only a
bit more with this witness.
Judge Liman: Proceed.
Now Judge
Liman ruling that the NY Mag
story can be discussed, but
the title won't come in [so
jurors won't Google it?]
Defense wants to
exclude the title of the
publication. Sarah Lawrence
College president's letter is
characterized as hearsay and
prejudicial.
Now cross
examination of Santos Rosario.
Federal Defender: So you knew
Talia first, right? Santos
Rosario: Yes. FD: Talia told
you Larry was persecuted by
Bernard Kerik, correct?
Santos
Rosario: Yes. FD: You
witnessed Larry Ray being
assaulted by Frank DiTommaso
at the Hudson Hotel, correct?
Santos Rosario: Yes. [Now
grainy Hudson Hotel security
video shown to the jury.]
FD: Did we just
see DiTommaso strike Larry Ray
several times? Santos Rosario:
Yes.
[Now video is
shown of Larry Ray in bloody
purple polo shirt sprawled on
Hudson Hotel bench after
beat-down, with Santos Rosario
filming and asking, State the
date and time.] FD: So Larry's
apartment was cluttered so
things got damaged, correct?
FD: So your
sister Felicia was having
problems with her mental
health, right? Santos Rosario:
Not that I recall. FD:
You told Larry that most of
the parenting was done by your
sister, right? Santos Rosario:
Yes. FD: & it was after
that that Larry criticized
them?
Now Federal
Defenders show jury an email
to professor Marvin in which
Santos Rosario tells him he
thought of cutting or even
raping Talia, Larry Ray's
daughter.
[And what
did Sarah Lawrence College do?
Will they, like Hulu, seek to
quash? Trial continues]
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