Tag: Gilberto Valle
So-called “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle seems to be having a weird couple of days: on Monday, the documentary about his life, Thought Crimes, premiered on HBO. On Tuesday, his case was debated at an appeals court panel, where he was repeatedly compared to a leprechaun by the people who have the power to send him […]
Don’t go into Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop looking for answers about whether or not Gilberto Valle, the so-called “Cannibal Cop” (whose lurid fantasies about kidnapping, killing, and eating women transfixed and horrified the world) is guilty. It’s not that kind of movie. Instead, the documentary, which premieres Monday night on HBO, […]
Gilberto Valle, the media-branded “Cannibal Cop,” didn’t actually eat anyone. He was convicted in March 2013 of kidnapping conspiracy, but that conviction was later overturned when the judge ruled that the evidence indicated Valle’s gruesome forum posts about kidnapping, killing, and eating women were just sick fantasy. Valle could still face life in prison if […]
After spending 18 months in prison — 7 in solitary confinement — New York City police officer Gilberto “Cannibal Cop” Valle has been released from jail. Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Federal District Court in Manhattan overturned Valle’s 2013 “kidnapping conspiracy” conviction this week, stating that there was no sufficient evidence the prove that Valle was actually planning on […]
