What Kohberger's First Statement Never Mentioned

After three and a half years of silence, Bryan Kohberger finally spoke — and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott noticed what he left out before she noticed what he put in. His statement calls the case against him "a work of fiction," invites the state to seek the death penalty again, and thanks the people who believe he's innocent. He references the public, the state, his family, his supporters. He never once names Kaylee, Madison, Xana, or Ethan.
Scott breaks the statement down line by line — the opening that positions Kohberger as the wronged party, the phrase "my actual innocence is my truth," and a new affidavit accusing his own defense attorneys of telling him guilt wasn't an important factor in taking the plea.
Meanwhile, his handwritten petition to withdraw that plea has its own origin story. Reporters traced key phrases in it back to a true crime book — "broken plea" is literally the book's title, and "clumps of hair," the detail Kohberger cites as proof of his innocence, appears nowhere in any court filing. His own defense team once tried to suppress that same book with a cease-and-desist letter. A DNA expert his defense hired had already tested that hair and found it consistent with Ethan Chapin's own, according to PEOPLE.
Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta of Defense Diaries joins Tony Brueski to explain why Steve Goncalves — the father who resisted this plea deal hardest — is now the one pushing for a trial and the death penalty, and whether any of what Kohberger filed has a real shot in court. They also walk through the nine-page questionnaire where Kohberger answered "yes" under oath, confirming the plea he's now trying to take back was entered voluntarily.
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