1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: When I got to the station, they asked me what 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: I knew about the murderer in the park and do 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: you mind telling me how your shoelace got around the 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: victim's neck. 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 2: This is Kelly Harnett. Fifteen years ago, she was arrested 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: for murder, a murder she says she didn't commit. 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 3: I'm one hundred percent innocent. 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: Kelly says it was her violent ex boyfriend who committed 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: the murder. 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 3: Who screams out, why won't this motherfucker die? 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 4: So now I really she really is going. 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: To kill this man, and that she is just another victim. 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 3: It was like Kelly was his possession. I think she 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 3: was afraid to walk away from him. I'm scared to death. 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: But police don't believe Kelly. So she goes to trial. 16 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 5: All of this way, are you going to go home? 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: But unfortunately that's not what happened. 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 4: She says she had been found guilty. 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 3: Like how how is that possible? 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: That's what I'm hoping to find out. I'm Anisonfield and 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: this is the girlfriend's Gaelhouse lawyer. This show isn't about 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: who'd done it, It's not even really about what happened. 23 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 3: Whether you think I'm guilty or not. It has no meaning. 24 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: It's about how it happened, about how a woman who 25 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: was a victim of the most horrific domestic abuse became 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 2: a villain in the eyes of the law and served 27 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: twelve years in prison. As the journalist and producer behind 28 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: The Girlfriends, I've interviewed so many women throughout my career, 29 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: but Kelly Hannett is the most complicated one I've ever met. 30 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: All of your stories. 31 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: Seen shocking and like they're almost. 32 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 3: Sometimes hard to believe. 33 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: It's hard to believe that. 34 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 3: Yes, there's been a lot of insane stories. 35 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: I agree, Kelly's story is the toughest I've ever reported. 36 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: It's going to challenge your understanding of what it means 37 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 2: to be a victim. 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 6: You have to think of the domestic violence aspect and 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 6: not the truth finding aspect. 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: I'm trying to figure out, how the hell am I 41 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: going to get out of this one? Well, I live 42 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: to see the next minute. 43 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 2: Who's the victim? 44 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: I think everybody's the victim. Yeah, like they're all the victim. 45 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: This story will even challenge your understanding of justice itself. 46 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: This is the justice system in God we trust, No 47 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: you know there is no god there. 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 3: What do you want my blood? That's what everyone would 49 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 3: have preferred, a dead girl in the park. 50 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: But don't worry, girlfriends, because along the way, I'm going 51 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: to introduce you to an incredible cast of women. 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: Our sisterhood. 53 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 5: We called ourselves the Showties. 54 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 2: You shore it, women who've been through hell and back again. 55 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: I said, were you a victim of domestic violence? And 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 4: she was like, yeah, my father was drunk and trying 57 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 4: to kill me. I ended up killing him. 58 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 5: He came up behind me and put me in an 59 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 5: Oh man, it was an awful chocol Next thing I know, 60 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 5: I was being arrested for a murder and a first degree. 61 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: Women who have somehow managed to find strength in each other. 62 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: As terrible as an experience is, in order to survive it, 63 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 5: We're going to find lightness and everything. 64 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: And in the center of all of this is Kelly Hannett, 65 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: in her many complicated multitudes, a woman who went to 66 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: prison on a murder conviction. 67 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 3: I said, what do you want me to do? I 68 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 3: was found guilty. 69 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: She goes ah guilty Shmelty, who ended up finding that 70 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 2: the law would be the greatest love of her life. 71 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: I said, how many people have gotten other incarcerated individuals 72 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 4: out of here. 73 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: He goes, like, you mean other inmates. Nobody's ever done that. 74 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 3: I said, I'm going to be the first one to 75 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 3: do that. 76 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: Is Kelly fought back, not just for her own freedom, 77 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: but for her girlfriends too. 78 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 4: She said, Kelly, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't 79 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 4: be walking out of these doors. 80 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 5: Know they say they're suposed to have your faith in God, 81 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 5: but I had nothing but faith in her. 82 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 3: I think I have a mission from God. 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: I think I was put here to save souls by 84 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: getting people out of prison. 85 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: You're a very unique person, Kelly. 86 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 3: Thank you. I take that as a compliment. 87 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 5: It's a compliment. 88 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 3: It is a compliment for sure. 89 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,559 Speaker 2: The girlfriends gel House Lawyer with Me and Sinfield. Listen 90 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: from July fourteenth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 91 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcasts. 92 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 6: God, I just hope listeners can open up their hearts 93 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 6: and give me the chance because I've faced too much 94 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 6: injustice already. 95 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 3: Please please just be fair with me.