September 22, 2026 – Sunny Hostin of The View was a holdout juror for man who killed girlfriend, boiled her, and fed to the homeless in a NY park

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In the same episode, Sara Haines says she can’t understand WHEN Patrick Clancy’s “marital love” for Lindsey ended and WHY he wanted to get a divorce. She hopes her husband Max wouldn’t leave her if she killed their kids:

“How did the marital love end so quickly when you admit openly your wife got sick, she got sick. It doesn’t mean you can be with them and it doesn’t mean it doesn’t remind you of the worst day of your life. (…) They were tragically, their arms were around her as she was going down the drain. I would hope that my husband wouldn’t sit there and just move right along.”

(Archived link to NYT article)

UPDATE 9/25/2026

There are conflicting stories as to Sunny Hostin being the holdout juror:

This is the funniest thing on the internet this morning.

Turns out Sunny Hostin was lying about being the lone holdout juror who got The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park off on murder charges.

The holdout was an unemployed guy who wanted the $15/day juror stipend to continue, and Hostin is quoted as being upset he got off:

“He knew what he was doing.”

Earth to Sunny, the truth makes you look far better than the lie!

(…) NewsBusters Associate Editor Nicholas Fondacaro reported on the story as well, noting that while multiple sources had written about an unemployed male holdout juror, multiple sources had also said that there were two holdout jurors.

“Outside the courtroom at State Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan, jurors said that at the end of deliberations, 10 members of the panel wanted to convict Rakowitz of murder, but two others insisted he was mentally ill and should not be held responsible for Beerle’s death. They said the 10 decided to defer to the two holdouts to avoid a hung jury,” the Newsday article said.

The news article had gone on to indeed mention Hostin, under the surname of Cummings at the time.

“The jurors said that one of the two panel members seeking the insanity acquittal wanted the deliberations to drag on for days.

“‘He was unemployed and liked the $15 a day and the three free meals. He liked that we were arguing on and on,’ said juror Valerie Holmes, a 35-year-old clerk,’” the article continued. “‘We had to compromise,’ said Asuncion Cummings, a 22-year-old paralegal. ‘But it is obvious to me he butchered the body and he literally got away with murder. He attempted to commit the perfect crime.’” (Read more: WFMD, 9/25/2026)  (Archive)