New York to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated of Alice Sebold's rape

[@Wongseifu548]

She coudln't identify him in a line up and still said it was him.....seriously

[@tonywilliams4223]

Racism is real

[@deonna9100]

​@@tonywilliams4223 🤦🏾‍♀️🎯

[@DistrustHumans]

And then built a very profitable career based on that lie...

[@anti-nasty5952]

@@DistrustHumans yea it’s messed up

[@kevinnelson7070]

​@@DistrustHumansyeah he should seriously SUE her as well💯

[@paramandeepsandhu154]

5.5M is not enough, 16M for 16 years!

[@nicoleraheem1195]

❤Yes!!

[@thecedc1]

A million dollars tax free for every year that he served unlawfully..

[@Ph4r4oh_444g]

It will never be enough 😞

[@rockon8174]

No. She needs to serve the same time for lying!!!!!

[@angiebenedek7039]

I pray he has the most beautiful farm, that he wants.

[@JasonBoyce]

SHE should be paying that money. She made millions off of falsely accusing him and putting him in prison

[@deonna9100]

MF RIGHT🤷🏾‍♀️

[@RCKMSCKM]

Exactly. She'll pay though.

[@yvonnekinch7308]

I am sure every night and every morning this will be on her mind or consciouse, she will live with this for the remainder of her life ,lord Jesus help this man as he adjust back into society

[@gabster1638]

He can civilly go after her for damages.

[@THEREINVENTION_]

​@yvonne Kinch probly not

[@tonlishus]

Put her in jail for 16 year's smh this poor man!!!

[@Zero11_ss]

That's what should actually be happening instead of the taxpayers forking over millions for every case when the person wouldnt even have been able to earn the same amount

[@joelmelissam]

I thought she hadn't picked him out of a lineup. Doesn't that then mean that the police and/or prosecutors are at fault?? Not being facetious, don't know much more about the case. Off to have a look. But I just feel this rage at the thought of people losing SO much of their lives, and nobody having to pay for that.

[@DistrustHumans]

​@@joelmelissam She still went ahead and testified against him in court...

[@joelmelissam]

@Henry Valentino-Hernandez I didn’t know that. Thanks. Tragic.

[@ljeans531]

​@@DistrustHumans Often times, police will tell you they have the suspect, and convince victims to just testify. She couldn't pick her attacker out of a line up, but she testified against him. Seems strange.

[@srichey444]

It should be a Million for each year....and she should be charged for making false statements.

[@Lillyxx_plays]

More than that! The man suffered for 16 years in a box. Think about the emotional distress this man went through........😮 This guy could get way more than 1mil per year.

[@ljeans531]

Welll, she was SA but not by him, seems like the police corced her into believing that it's was his. Seems like she would have been unable to recognize him.

[@jabbarhudson6569]

Leave me this country is on the verge of actually falling apart and breaking down I'm coming apart at the seams everyday I see it coming and it's already here corrupt law enforcement and corrupt judges everything about this country is subjected to white supremacist.

[@AlexWilliams-qf3rp]

She should be put on jail for 16 years as well.

[@Marco-iw7pw]

@@ljeans531 Yet she still made a lot of money based on this case... Stop making excuses

[@yourjjrjjrjj]

Wow, that woman did NOT apologize.

[@rockon8174]

Admission of guilt opens her up for litigation.

[@MrLawalker]

They never do.

[@lynnd.5135]

When do white women ever take accountability

[@keymusabe7207]

@@MrLawalkerhe “black” what we expect…?

[@commynash5052]

This is unfathomable! As a human being and a Black person, I am enraged beyond words! The only reason this poor man got convicted is because of the color of his skin!

[@wadi5145]

@MAC Levi a reoccurrence of this nature can't be neglected. The justice system must be fair and all ought being equal in front of the law⚖️

[@genevepolyte8486]

Exactly the case and so many in the past to date… Pay up all the wrongs against the Blacks that was imprisoned…

[@yunarukami6161]

That's why marshmallow people get softer every year

[@Dip-t1q]

😑 now he has 5.5 million dollar.

[@minion0777]

​@MAC Levi Poor you "black prople"....Go hug a tree 🌳 dear!!

[@bartonseagrave9605]

Yes, $5.5 is not enough and the Prosecutor must be looked at for irregularities.

[@ioasisyumich]

Evryone who led to his conviction needs 16 years behind bars. That is the ONLY equivalent compensation

[@KirkMillerShow]

​@ioasis yumich 5.5 mil is pretty good I gotta be honest like most people make a fraction of that in a lifetime I bet a lot of homeless people would take as many years in prison as he did for 5.5 mil

[@jojominkah]

@kirk Miller, will you be okay to spend 16 years behind bars for a crime you didn't commit so that you are compensated 5.5 million dollars afterwards? Let's be real and condemn this.Why waste someone full life in prison like that

[@ioasisyumich]

@@KirkMillerShow 5.5 million isn't as much as you think it is. In 20 years 5.5 million will just be middle class. And someone who just spent 16 years in prison is NOT going to know how to properly invest or spend that money and they'll be broke soon enough. Not to mention income taxes will take easily over 1 million of that award to begin with.

[@soapwriter1]

@@ioasisyumichexactly. I wish him the best and hope his legal team will refer him to some organizations that help with him transitioning back into society. but he lost good working years and is now closer to retirement. He had a 16 period with no salary which will affect his SSI at the least. A lot of people who invest early can retire with a 401k in the millions- its not as rare as the commenter makes it sound. it’s not as impressive either when you have to account for increased cost of living, medical expenses and in this case the man will need lots of therapy. In addition , we don’t know what portion of the amount awarded will have to go towards legal expenses and any other costs incurred during this nightmare.

[@Healthy_Stuff279]

Now prosecute Alice Sebold, the cops, lawyers, and all the court people that were associated with putting this innocent man in jail.

[@MrLawalker]

Exactly.

[@duecejackson4156]

Crazy how many people were involved in lying and allowing this man's life to be ruined

[@Steefbroganoff]

unfortunately thats not how the system works. The people actually that need to be seen responsible, never are.

[@fernandofrias6535]

The taxpayers are going to pay for this why doesn't the author pay for it and get arrested for false allegations

[@JasonBoyce]

100%. She should be paying that fine and facing charges

[@LaLagunz187]

My thoughts exactly! 😮

[@reneecollins9681]

I was trying to write something I just can't but I want to say I'm so sorry for what you went through and that little money they gave you is a Band-Aid on a wound that required stitches may peace go with you the rest of your life my brother

[@TheSmily4ever]

​@@JasonBoyce is there any update about her facing any charges soon?

[@kevinnelson7070]

Because that would be too much of the right thing for the legal system to do💯

[@TRIPLEDIGITS]

He needs to sue her as well!!!!!

[@areasonablethought610]

He actually can too. She made money off further slandering his name. Maybe some lawyer will have sense.

[@livewell-xt5xr]

​@@areasonablethought610 omg so she just straight up lied all these years smh

[@areasonablethought610]

@@livewell-xt5xr yes.

[@brentcriminalist]

And what about the woman who falsely accused him of assaulting her? Nothing! SMH.

[@RessurrectionGraves]

This woman never apologized. That’s insane.

[@carlalamar6193]

She never will...she was wrong....that's shameful enough...apologize?...no way!!!

[@jordanhawkins5749]

She was victim who turned her pain into profit. Then she released her trauma onto an innocent black man, who was further victimized by our racist, so-called, justice system and law enforcement, who stole more than just 16 years, with his treatment after exoneration and spat at with $5.5 million that the government is going pinch off of!!!! The greatest insult.... there's no apology from the entitled white woman! SMH

[@eliriseliris]

@@carlalamar6193 she did tho... and anthony broadwater accepted her apology and felt it was genuine. But be outraged, just know you arent doing it for anthony you doing it for yourself.

[@lubu4u312]

@@eliriselirisI hope you lose 16 years of your life and only get a "sorry you felt that way" at the end. For context you started this youtube account 11 years ago. You still have 5 more years left till you get your half-assed apology, and you aren't even in jail.

[@johnstamoss]

She disgusts me.

[@Allen.Fepuleai]

Punish the liar and the prosecutor. Then triple the payment.

[@kittycasino29]

Real justice would be to have everyone who accused and convicted him to go to prison for 16 years, take their lives away. If that were to happen I wonder how many people would be wrongfully convicted going forward.

[@brooklynman14]

Now you’re talking my language…. 🤙🏾

[@Mineo5]

She needs to be held accountable and the prosecutors !!!!

[@RealJugLY]

SMH i feel so sorry for this man.. I pray to god he has a wonderful life from here on to his death . Hope he lives a long and fruitful life!

[@maliahsoroto8521]

Nah they gotta fall....we to grown and sorry ain't gon cut it.....they GOTTA FALL and their freedom is getting snatched, they will be mocked, ridiculed, dehumanized, treated like shyt and then buried like a dead dog whose ashes mean nothing. They will all face the same fate bc the devil always come to collect, their souls are GONE forever and not even a church more less repentance ceremony gon grant them it back bc ITS TIME TO COLLECT on every lie they told, every video they made, every dollar they stole and now they will find out that nobody is above the law NOT EVEN THE COPS 💯

[@chatwat7832]

That dosen't give him back his time

[@RealJugLY]

@@chatwat7832 ok?

[@BookJay35]

He should sue her next and collect every dime she has made off the lies and she should do 16 years herself.

[@tetethatsme28]

This is devastating but I'm so happy he's getting some kind of justice. May the rest of his life be peaceful. ❤ God bless him and his family

[@corazonagoncillo2699]

How sad to know that justice was given to Mr. Broadwater after 16 years and the stigma is still there that money,indeed,cannot and can never compensate or erase!How heart-breaking!

[@knelson3484]

Finally! Write that check and give it to him NOW. I remember this case, this is shameful it took so long. I want a follow up with Anthony Broadwater's farm. Many blessings to you sir.

[@saleem219]

No amount will ever be enough for this trauma for him and his loved ones!

[@MichaelCarlson-e5o]

Why is NY the only entity paying, this man back? Is there a lawsuit and charges against the woman who falsely accused him?

[@ronelljohnson1915]

This cannot compensate for the trauma this man endured.

[@Forever-411]

She should be sent to prison facing the same sentence he did, as should any person who makes false accusations.

[@bobbyjenkins7946]

It makes you wonder about our justice system and how many more people like him are sitting rotten away innocent

[@johannamarshall702]

The people who caused this harm need to go to jail the prosecutor the judge all who made the decision. You can't give him his youth back. God only knows what he was subject to in jail. No amount of money can give 16 yrs of his life back.

[@lco09]

It’s crazy that the producer of her memoir could see that there was something wrong but the police/courts did not. That means that his innocence was obvious. So sickening. I pray thematic he lives peacefully with his settlement, although nothing can give him back those lost years.

[@beachgemblue]

Nowhere near enough. 16 years of this man's life was gone

[@jdmmg4904]

I'm so sad for all what he went through 💔😢

[@starfirechik]

PUT HER IN JAIL!! WTF money does not "acknowledge" all this man went through. that money is NOT enough! SHE NEEDSNTO BE IN JAIL, and all money she made off that book should be given to him

[@cherylmillard2067]

I hope you do a follow up with Anthony Broadwater on his new farm.

[@ABSG7]

I’m so happy for him.

[@brightpage1020]

I hope he sues her for defamation, wrongful imprisonment, lying under oath… her book money for putting him away should be his now.

[@TRIPLEDIGITS]

God Bless. There are many other black men wrongfully accused!

[@mile654]

There are hundreds of cases like that

[@MrLawalker]

Unfortunately.

[@lesstalk4785]

He should sue her as well! Defamation of character!

[@soukkhanhsila134]

"Guilty till proven innocent." That should be the new motto for American justice system.

[@frankroy9423]

All these payouts need to come out of judges, prosecutors and all others pensions not directly from city coffers.

[@bvl98]

💯

[@lamara8497]

So she couldn't I.D. him in a line up but somehow she was able to in court..... Instead of her telling the truth that it wasn't him, so she goes on to write a book and make money off of him basically....

[@MrLawalker]

Disgusting af.

[@lamara8497]

@@MrLawalker he should be allowed to sue her for the profits off of his name

[@royhaynes6193]

Regretfully this is more common than most folks realize!

[@MrsBurns-xy7np]

Thank God he lived to see it. How many pass away in jail and never have their name cleared?

[@sandycollier9101]

I love your outlook on life. Very positive!!!

[@lindazangerle5995]

I will never buy any of her books. She should be sued also.

[@rfotus9207]

The poor guy. His lawyers will probably take all that money.

[@Ishbikes]

It’s like 30% I believe

[@bwat9365]

This is heartrending. I hope Mr Broadwater is able to still have a good life. Why didn't sebold have the grace and class to apologize? Didn't she commit perjury? He should sue her.

[@chestnutbrown9340]

This isn't justice.

[@ForeverSweetx3]

That is NOT enough! Lawyer fees already take up 1/3 of that money.

[@205_Snow]

Money does not fix everything. This is just unacceptable and it keeps happening!

[@rucianapollard4057]

Money certainly can't give him back the 16 years of his life lost in prison!

[@robertmorrison5916]

She got rich while he was in prison because of HER actions. She should pay him some sort of restitution and the fact that she hasn't says so much about her character. She needs to go to PRISON... PERIOD!

[@crystalmasters8582]

Sad that people know there are innocent people in jail but a payout may keep them from getting out

[@jamjardj1974]

Alice Sebold should be paying him. The city should sue her for having to use taxpayers money for restitution.

[@brandnew9834]

She doesn’t have to pay? She needs to be personally sued.

[@gizznajet1]

Hopefully he has a book and a movie coming out Maid by black filmmakers that get him even more money

[@smcdade4577]

Fantastic idea! He needs to expose the lie she told!

[@tkn140]

That's why my mother says pray for those in prisons and hospitals everyday. Everyday souls are being rescued

[@valchung296]

This is so sad... this man lost his life. I hope he can find peace and live the rest of his life.

[@runedarkwarrior]

This happens everyday yet the people of the community do nothing.

[@edwinmalachy]

Anthony's life was RUINED... He CANNOT get back his youth spent behind bars.

[@humblepatrik]

I can imagine innocent people in prison for years right now Heartbreaking 😢

[@keymusabe7207]

No we cannnot imagine the “Justine system” actually works equally for “melanin” people

[@sarahyambao6454]

She should pay him too for the royalties she amassed for years. She didn't even give him a proper apology.

[@LuisAngel-ut5ld]

5.5 million is NOT enough as restitution for 16 years of his life GONE

[@jaifyre702]

That's not enough! How much did that book and movie generate? 93.6 million dollars. All he gets is sixteen missing years and five million? You've gotta be kidding me! 🤬🤬😤😤😤

[@gungral2097]

If she really was sorry. She should offer to write his side of the story, get it publish and have all royalties go to him.

[@666lockupeviltrump]

she should give him quite a bit of money too

[@andrewlpickfordiii9986]

The problem with this kind of thing is the... POLICE OFFICERS! The jury of the legal system has created this type of pain and hateful judgment so many times through out the centuries!.

[@Spiritualchick82]

She looks evil. Something ain't right behind that woman's eyes.

[@christopherbrown9279]

She should be locked up as long as he was along with the officials who prosecuted this case

[@AnnaM4117]

Aw man…this brother needs a hug from the community that he was taken from and an apology from the prosecution that threw him away. I hope he’s able to forgive the misjudgment and find contentment in his freedom 😢

[@rucianapollard4057]

No "hug" or "apology" can give this man back the 16 years of his life he spent behind bars for a crime he didn't commit!!

[@thekingsdaughter7888]

All those convicted wrongly should receive reparations, no matter what race or nationality they are. It wont make amends but it will be a start. Thank you to the attorney's that took this case to the end. Justice should not be selective. We can do better people.

[@40acresandatractor]

Should be $2M per year. $32M minimum😤😡🤬

[@lynettejoubert4291]

Hope they don't make him wait another 15 years for his money.... pathetic that this can happen.....

[@WeAreLegion-]

She should be fined for lying under oath

[@deanbarnette1602]

They owe him much much more!! 🤬💯

[@gwen3010]

Shame what he went through! Praying for Mr. Broadwater.

[@SS-gf6rl]

They have been doing that for years. So many in prison just so they can say they got someone.

[@xaviermagnate]

That small amount of money can do nothing.

[@omadjourney]

Wow she honestly thinks the payment makes up for her lie!!! I wouldn't be surprised if her attacker was not even black,the witch!

[@johnstamoss]

She is disgusting. She needs to admit she made a terrible mistake. She should feel horrible for going through with saying it was him without being sure.

[@omadjourney]

@@johnstamoss I completely agree 💯.

[@mercuryman1250]

Good for him. He deserves happiness and to continue on with life. We get tired of seeing our people wrongfully accused,as well as the poor and other people being beaten,thrown in prison etc. This has to stop

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

That "Beyond Reasonable Doubt" phrase was thrown into the trash can. Such judicial process should be placed under the microscope just like looking for cancer.

[@JasonBoyce]

You got a lot of jurors who are predisposed to think of Black people as criminals, and it's a far lower bar to convict them that way

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

@@JasonBoyce or ineffective counsel. I've seen it first hand.

[@JasonBoyce]

@@manuelmoraleda9684 There’s a lot of ineffective counsel out there, but even effective counsel often doesn’t mean much when a jury is predisposed to thinking a Black person is a criminal based on their skin color. It is a nasty current that runs through a large percent of our population.

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

@Jason Boyce historically, there's improvement in this regard of equating guilt with a dark skin color. It'll take more time and correct education to dispel such notion. I don't know of any group that's free from evil minded members. With that in mind, I see each person as capable of doing noble deeds but also committing the most heinous evil.

[@MrVariant]

Let's also remember people in this man's predicament for sexual assault awareness month. 16 years thrown away by false accusation. That's near retirement/adulthood.

[@dereck4187]

The PR for the lady is not even close to his life journey of pain.

[@roxannethomas3047]

District attorney Fitzpatrick and this woman should be liable and also charge for falsifying documents documents to convict this innocent man and taking. His freedom away from him and destroyed his life.. The city of Syracuse needs to reinvestigate any other cases that district attorney Fitzpatrick has touched. There might be other ones that are incarcerated because of his willingness to convict innocent People.

[@maliahsoroto8521]

The city of Syracuse didn't even help them which is why they struck in NJ so again they can't be saved they wanted to play in the devil's den so now they pay the price.....Their life is way more better than MONEY"

[@Unoriginal1987]

She should have to pay that 5.5m... Ruined that man's life by perjuring herself. She should spend the rest of her life behind bars...

[@elaineford39]

If she could not pick him out in a lineup, the case should have ended right then. To continue to say it was him even though shows obvious malice. Mr. Broadwater has gotten only half his compensation and I dont know why Miss Sebold is not paying her half. This man was literally picked out of a crowd and his life ruined. If there was the death penalty he would have been executed. If the prosecutor fights against the accused using the available technology to find the real guilty person,you know they have probably locked up someone innocent.

[@FLOOXY00]

She should go do time more for falsely accuse the victim. Tf?!!

[@daytimefern8895]

Send her to prison, she should serve 16 years.

[@devendraramanna5193]

5.5 million is a joke, for what this man has been through, they should take the pensions of those that put him there.

[@ACB2K]

So wait, she didn't even apologize?

[@msrenee7023]

He deserves more money than 5.5 million

[@barbarabaldwin9036]

She's the blame. She should be hekd accountable for what she did.

[@DanielPerez-xl6lf]

He should sue her too.. it's the public who pays for her mistake.

[@wendydarling8192]

Put her in jail for sixteen years

[@MB1z]

Finally he gets some justice. The author said the injustice the man suffered, what, the injustice you committed by wrongfully accusing him! Smh. Demonic people.

[@tatakae1981]

Every person who was involved in this injustice needs to serve time in jail. Happy that Broadwater was exonerated!

[@3mryaman]

The woman that falsy accused him should be going to prison for the same amount of time that he did and also be sued

[@TheLovely990]

Blessings to this man, his family, and friends❤❤

[@RedAurora]

Alice Sebold bore false witness against Anthony Broadwater, so she should pay him with her own money, too! Let her at least give the good exoneree all the gross earnings from her book where she wrongly accused him...multiplied by 16 years. On top of that, her publisher should pay twice as much...or more.

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

She profited from a LIE, time to pay up

[@MissEAG]

And they are still trying to salvage he book - ridiculous. The woman who accused him needs to make reparations.. absolutely sickening that she will probably continue to benefit from this disgusting stituation.

[@margekomon4521]

Five millions for all those years? F- CK !😡😡

[@ItzBigby]

Now send her too jail for 16 years.

[@CC-rz1kp]

Not enough money, he should have 1 million for every year he spent in jail .. the courts need to stop rushing to judgements and start looking at the evidence.

[@justinfort5852]

100 million a year for the rest of his life!! And they would still have to owe him; this man can't get his life back.

[@lauraswan8647]

Wishing Mr. Broadcaster every bit of blessings and goodness in his life. Just wondering if that woman who falsely accused him will face charges .