Defense Hires OJ Simpson’s Celebrity Jury Consultant in Trial of Marine Charged in Subway Chokehold Death of Michael Jackson Impersonator

Jo-Ellan Dimitrius has had prior success in picking juries that delivered acquittals in other racially charged cases including that of Simpson and Kyle Rittenhouse.

AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
Jury consultant Jo-Ellan Dimitrius (L) accompanies Daniel Penny as he arrives at the court in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

The legal team defending Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who put a homeless Michael Jackson impersonator, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold on a New York subway last year, has hired the celebrity jury consultant, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, to assist his legal team on jury selection. Her expertise was used in the O.J. Simpson trial and many other high profile defenses. 

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