The episode has a compelling narrative can a former porn star be raped ? Well yes of course they can just as any one can be raped irrespective of what they do the students former " job" has zero to do with what happens to her. Well in an ideal world it wouldn't but of course the Defense blacken her name and to be honest the line of questioning would really be shut down by a impartial judge in the real world but here it plays to the ending. I wasn't surprised by the ending although in reality it makes little sense. The judge overrules the jury's guilty verdict a so called JNOV judgement notwithstanding verdict A judge is not allowed to enter a JNOV of "guilty" following a jury acquittal in United States criminal cases; such an action would violate a defendant's Fifth Amendment right not to be placed in double jeopardy and Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury. But they can overturn a guilty one If the judge grants a motion to set aside judgment after the jury convicts, however, this action may be reversed on appeal by the prosecution. Why I say it makes little sense is because the defendant admits his guilt on the stand therefore the judge has zero reason to overuse the verdict and also before such a serious step he would almost certainly have summed up to the jury in a manner that made it clear to them that an acquittal was what he was thinking and when that didn't happen well tough cheese he should have sucked it up and let the verdict stand. A bit of a silly episode overall if they are to play this sort of game they should have at least stated the verdict would almost certainly stand on appeal considering what the prosecution got the defendant to admit on oath re him raping her. Not a good episode in the end just played for shock value and little truth to it.
Review of Pornstar's Requiem
