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Podcast: The Case Against Kouri Richins
Episode: Kouri Richins Still Believes She'll Be Acquitted — The Psychology of Total Denial
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After nearly three years in jail awaiting trial, Kouri Richins has maintained her innocence. According to her mother, she believes "a hundred percent" she'll be found not guilty. Her defense team previously withdrew citing an "irreconcilable situation."When someone has sustained their alternative narrative this long, through this much contrary evidence, what are we looking at psychologically? Is this strategic denial, or has the distortion become so complete that the objective facts simply don't penetrate?Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines cognitive distortion at its most entrenched — the construction and maintenance of an alternate reality in the fa...