Jurors were in tears as poll worker described defamation by Giuliani: reporter

Rudy Giuliani could be in for a tough ride after two of the eight jurors in the defamation case he's fighting were seen crying as the plaintiff recounted being targeted, defamed, and subsequently attacked.

Specifically, when Ruby Freeman was telling the court that she could no longer use her real name, two women in the juror box were seen getting emotional, according to Andrew Rice of New York Magazine.

Rice, speaking on CNN's Laura Coates Live Thursday evening, said for the most part, the jurors were behaving "as jurors are supposed to: they didn't betray a lot of emotion."

That being said, there were a couple of exceptions, according to Rice.

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"I will say that, at one point in the testimony yesterday when Ruby Freeman, the mother and pair was testifying, she became very emotional. She started talking about how she really couldn't use her name anymore, people knew who she was because of this ignominy attached to her name and she couldn't introduce herself to people."

Rice added that "she moved to a new place, she gave up her home, moved to a new neighborhood, she just felt like she didn't have an identity anymore."

The jurors reportedly responded to that.

"I saw one woman who was similar looking to Ruby Freeman in the sense that she was an older African American woman, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. And then, next to her, a woman who was a white middle aged white women also started... and seemed to be quite emotional. I think that it is only an eight person jury, so if two of the eight people are crying when the plaintiff is talking, it's not good for the defendant."

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