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Host Argues Central Park Five Confessions Were Genuine Despite DNA Exoneration

Matt Walsh Show · Ep. 1795 - They Lied About Karmelo Anthony. What Else Have They Lied About? · June 11, 2026
Host Argues Central Park Five Confessions Were Genuine Despite DNA Exoneration
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Ep. 1795 - They Lied About Karmelo Anthony. What Else Have They Lied About?
"We believe the inconsistencies contained in the various statements were not such as to destroy their reliability. There was a general consistency that ran through the defendants' descriptions of the attack on the female jogger. The consistencies found in the defendants' statements make it more likely than not that the defendants participated in an attack upon the jogger."
Walsh cited the Armstrong Report and detailed interrogation footage to argue that the Central Park Five confessions contained credible details and material consistency despite later DNA evidence linking serial rapist Matias Reyes to the crime. He claims prosecutors barred detectives from fully interviewing Reyes, who had motives to lie, and that an acquaintance said Reyes privately admitted joining an attack already in progress. This directly contradicts the Netflix dramatization and mainstream narrative that the teenagers were completely innocent.
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