Interview with a juror in the Gregory Cody trial

The Gregory Cody verdict came in late Friday night.

Cody sexually assaulting a woman he met while he was a police officer on a 911 call years ago.

He said the relationship between himself and his accuser eventually became physical.

She said she felt coerced into keeping the relationship going and that the two engaged in over 50 sex acts.

One juror says that the case was much deeper than just a he said, she said situation.

“The nature of their relationship I think, is still difficult to determine. I think there was a lot conflicting evidence besides just their testimony,” the juror said. 

With Cody and his accussers’ relationship in question for this juror, there was one piece of evidence that he felt convicted Cody of the crime.

A controlled call set up with Cody and the victim with the Nebraska State Patrol listening.

He said that although Cody never explicitly confessed to the assault, the terms he used were confession enough.

“Like you said stop and I didn’t stop, we don’t really use those words for anything but sexual consent,” the juror said. 

Cody claimed that a new medication he was taking caused him to act out.

Our juror said you could hear the remorse and regret in Cody’s voice on the call, but says regardless, he felt Cody still did it and took advantage of the situation.

“If they say no and you disregard that and do it anyways, you’re still guilty,” the juror said.

With Cody claiming that the relationship was consensual, our juror felt there needed to be more discussion of the idea that sexual assault can happen in a consensual relationship.

“I think that we miss an opportunity to have that conversation if all we get is, cop found guilty of sexual assault,” the juror said. 

Cody will be sentenced august 29th.

He faces up to 50 years in prison.