Cheryl McCollum

Wow, beautiful, promising life, Nancy.

What a narrative.

And as you said, even though he's not the victim, I think this is why there has been a fan base though, because there's these individuals who actually believe maybe he is a victim, that he's some type of anti-hero, that he's misunderstood.

And oftentimes we see this in individuals who might act charismatically.

They just seem to pull people in.

And it's weird because a lot of these people who develop this sort of fan fanhood around Luigi, they're kind of thinking, well, maybe I can be a special person.

in his life.

Maybe he'll pay attention to me.

Maybe I can even develop a friendship with this person.

This person might learn to trust me.

It's really interesting, but some of it actually has to do with a self-centeredness of people who might actually talk to him, that they're hoping to get something special out of it for themselves.

I know it seems completely unbelievable, Nancy, but this does happen.

People start to idolize these potential, I mean, clearly this is a defendant, right?

But they're thinking in their minds, this person is innocent.

Maybe I'm gonna be their special person.

And they're lusting after them the way that they would lust after a celebrity, especially when they see

photos and videos that they can start cutting into their own social media.

They're developing a fictionalized relationship with him, a fantasy and essentially completely erasing all of the facts that have been evident in this case.

And clearly the defendant's attorneys are trying to paint that picture as well, leaning into it as hard as possible because they're hoping to influence the public opinion even before a jury is selected so that they can hopefully get him the outcome that he wants, which is

apparently to escape a death sentence, escape prison maybe.