Queens prosecutors have confused jurors at the trial of an Ivy League-educated lawyer to the point that he could beat a murder rap in the brutal torture-killing of his Weight Watchers-executive girlfriend, a discharged juror told The Post.
“It’s a very complicated case, as you can see,” alternate juror Thomas Sepe, 47, said after he and two other alternates in the case were excused from Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday and their fellow panelists began deliberations in the trial of Jason Bohn.
Bonn has admitted to killing Danielle Thomas, a Weight Watchers exec, during a merciless beating that was captured on audio when the victim’s phone pocket-dialed a friend during the attack.
Sepe said he would have found Bohn guilty of first-degree murder — but said the panel could wind up going with a lesser manslaughter charge.
“I think the prosecutor confused the jurors. He talked down to us when explaining organized and unorganized thoughts,” Sepe said outside court Tuesday. “The defense was clearer.”
Bohn claims he had an episode of Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) and was under Extreme Emotional Distress (EED,) which could make him guilty of manslaughter instead of murder.
“A few jurors may have a tough time understanding the IED and EED,” said Sepe, supervisor of electricians for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Sepe himself said he bought into the defense’s case – until prosecutors revealed the timeline of the attack, showing that it lasted more than 90 minutes.
During closing arguments Monday, prosecutors presented a slideshow that included images of Thomas’ lifeless body in the bathtub where Bohn dumped her, and written excerpts of the chilling voicemail that recorded four minutes of Thomas’ final moments of life.
Jurors earlier heard the full audiotape of the brutal attack.
“The prosecutor’s closings were playing on the juror’s emotions a bit,” Sepe said. “The pocket dial was hard to hear the first time and we had enough with hearing it after awhile. It was heartwrenching.”
Jury deliberations continue Wednesday.