European couple who taped Jordan Neely subway chokehold death could have ‘favorable’ testimony in Daniel Penny case — but refuse to cooperate
By Kyle Schnitzer and
Ben Kochman
Published Sep. 11, 2024, 2:37 p.m. ET
A European couple who videotaped the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely could be “incredibly favorable” to ex-Marine Daniel Penny’s defense at his upcoming trial, his lawyers say — but the mystery lovebirds have refused to testify.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley revealed Monday that the two European eyewitnesses have rebuffed prosecutors’ bid to get them to turn over the footage and return to the city for Penny’s trial next month, according to a transcript obtained by The Post.
The couple “apparently took a video of the incident, and since that time have declined to testify in the Grand Jury, and have gone back to their home, which apparently is in Europe someplace,” the judge said during a lawyers-only conference.
“They have so far refused to share the video that they took,” the judge added. “They refused to share it with the DA, or with anyone else, and they are so far refusing to come back to testify.”
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