'Cannibal Cop' Lawyer Slams Charges as Thought Policing [View all]
'Cannibal Cop' Lawyer Slams Charges as Thought Policing
MANHATTAN (CN) - The case of a so-called "cannibal cop" is about the "freedom to write even the darkest thoughts of the human imagination," a defense attorney told federal jurors Monday.
Gilberto Valle, the 28-year-old New York City Police Department officer, acknowledges that he repeatedly logged onto the website Darkfetishnet.com to chat with other men about kidnapping, raping, torturing and eating women.
The parties disagree about whether the contents of his chats are evidence of a criminal conspiracy or constitutionally protected speech.
His lawyer, Julia Gatto, told the jury that more than 38,000 other men and women are Darkfetishnet members, and they often discuss fantasies on the website that would be illegal to try in real life.
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