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NEW YORK CITY - A Manhattan trial was recently thrown into chaos by the revelation of “largely sexual, pornographic” videos — starring a juror and the wannabe-killer defendant.
The criminal, with the help of his mom, tried using the seamy footage to overturn his conviction in a situation that stunned even his veteran lawyer.
Avery Dunning, 37, was convicted of attempted murder after shooting a 41-year-old neighbor in Harlem.
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Avery Dunning, 37, was convicted of attempted murder after shooting a 41-year-old female neighbor in Harlem who called him out for allegedly beating his girlfriend.
Dunning and Juror No. 8 (seen here) filmed several “pornographic” videos together the year before his trial, lawyers said.
Steven Hirsch
But the judge wouldn’t budge — and Avery Dunning, 37, now faces up to 25 years in prison for shooting his 41-year-old female East Harlem neighbor in the head during a 2023 fight.
The saga has been a “situation stranger than fiction,’’ said Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Daniel Conviser.
The bizarre ordeal began after the trial ended and right as Dunning was set to be sentenced in July.
That’s when his lawyer alerted the court that Dunning’s mother, Lolita Dunning, had found raunchy videos of her son and Juror No. 8, a woman who had previously told the court that she didn’t recognize the defendant during jury selection.
It turns out she knew the defendant — quite well.
Dunning’s lawyer, Raymond Loving, said in court Thursday that Dunning and the juror had previously recorded 15 “pornographic videos” together, with some of the erotic footage showing the woman pleasuring his client.
“These videos show Mr. Dunning receiving fellatio from a juror,” Loving said. “It’s clear that she had an intimate relationship with a man who she was later called for jury service.”
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