Brooklyn-based Vanity Fair writer kicked off jury in murder trial after posting ... trends now
A writer for Vanity Fair was kicked off the jury of a Brooklyn murder trial because she was caught posting to social media about a 'hot FBI agent' who had been assigned to the case.
Delia Cai, a senior correspondent for the magazine and published author, was assigned to the case of Antony Abreu, one of four men charged with plotting and carrying out a hit against a business rival who was shot in the back of the head while leaving a New York City karaoke bar in 2019.
Cai posted to X about the case of Abreu - a convicted drug trafficker who has already seen one of his cohorts convicted of murder-for-hire - Monday, writing: 'didn't get to see the eclipse bc I'm on federal jury duty but I did get to look at a hot fbi agent.'
She wasn't done discussing the agent, admitting that she was probably skirting the rules in a follow-up post.
'We're literally not allowed to talk to each other outside the courtroom … if I say hi he legally has to ignore me… don't they know this is how I fall in love.'
Delia Cai, a writer for Vanity Fair was kicked off the jury of a Brooklyn murder trial because she was caught posting to social media about a 'hot FBI agent' who had been assigned to the case
By Tuesday, Cai had been thrown off the jury and naturally, documented that on X as well.
'Anyway so i got kicked out of jury duty for posting about it .... learn from this what you will,' she said.
She was reportedly chastened by Judge Carol Bagley Amon and dismissed from the trial after the court had discovered her posts, according to the New York Daily News.
Cai apologized and in an interview following her ejection, said she was simply trying to be funny before being sent to what she termed 'horny jail.'
'I've never served jury duty before. I never interacted with the criminal justice system. I think I went in pretty naively,' she said.
'It was not my intention to make light of something as serious as a murder trial.'
Cai covers pop culture and writes long-form celebrity profiles for the magazine and published her debut book, Central Places, in 2023.
Ultimately, she admitted she posts so much about the details of her life that she has 'posting disease.'
Cai, a senior correspondent for the magazine and published author , was assigned to the case of Antony Abreu, one of four men charged with plotting and carrying out a hit against a business rival who was shot in the back of the head while leaving a New York City karaoke bar in 2019
Cai posted to X about the case of Abreu - a convicted drug trafficker who has already seen one of his cohorts convicted of murder-for-hire - Monday, writing: 'didn't get to see the eclipse bc I'm on federal jury duty but I did get to look at a hot fbi agent.'
