*Linda Fairstein, the real-life prosecutor in the infamous Central Park Five case is finally coming face to face with her demons. She is no longer welcome at the nonprofit organization she worked on for nearly 20 years.
If you’ve been watching Ava DuVernay’s monumental new Netflix series about the case, “When They See Uss Coming,” you already know why she’s getting incoming. Simply put Fairstein was head of the Manhattan D.A.’s Sex Crimes Unit in 1989 when the 5 boys were (wrongly) convicted … and her role in coercing confessions is sparking renewed outrage.
According to sources at Safe Horizon, a nonprofit aiding victims of abuse and violent crime in NYC, staffers are not at all happy that Fairstein has been associated with them, considering who she is.
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Here’s more from TMZ:
We’re told the animosity began when the CEO held a meeting on May 21 where nearly 100 directors were informed about the Netflix drama and Fairstein’s connection to it.
We’re told some staffers didn’t even know Fairstein was on the board of directors, and when they found out tempers quickly flared. Many questioned why she was allowed on the board of an organization that mostly serves minorities.
Felicity Huffman plays Fairstein in “When They See Us” which documents her controversial role in getting the 5 boys — all black or Hispanic — to confess, under heavy duress, to the 1989 rape and attack of a Central Park jogger.Â
We’re told Safe Horizon staffers accused Fairstein of racism and demanded her immediate dismissal, but the CEO asked for time to evaluate.
Our sources say a majority of Safe Horizon’s directors are fed up, and plan to take legal action this week to get Fairstein 86’d if the CEO won’t do it.
As we first reported, Central Park Five exoneree Raymond Santana believes Fairstein — who became a successful author — is finally getting what she deserves. That includes the growing boycott of her books and publishers.Â
As he puts it, “Even if it’s 30 years later, she has to pay for her crime.”
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