, Aya Cash portrays Katie Rayburn, the Assistant District Attorney who is prosecuting the unprecedented case of holding Michelle Carter (Elle Fanning) accountable for the suicide of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy (Colton Ryan).
As the Hulu true-crime series continues to recreate Carter’s time in court, the actress gets her “ moment” as Rayburn, who cross-examines the defense’s medical expert in ET’s exclusive clip from episode seven, “Teenage Dirtbag.” After creating too much empathy for Carter during the previous episode, when the defendants’ friends took the stand, Rayburn realizes she has to get more aggressive, especially when it comes to the defense’s latest witness.
As a result, the prosecutor undermines the expert’s claims about his mental assessment of Carter and finds a crack in the defense. “It was great,” Cash says of the scene, explaining that “it feels like a rite of passage to do one of those.” When it comes to Rayburn, who Cash thinks is “amazing,” there’s a lot at stake for the ADA.
Not only is she responsible for bringing this case to trial, but she also has to create a legal argument for something that’s never been fought before a judge.
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