Nick Kasotis

Why should anyone believe Nick Kasotis' story when he's a liar?

Even prosecutor Lori Baio admitted that despite Kasotis' inconsistencies, jurors might have doubts about his guilt.

If you look at him on paper, he looks like Prince Charming.

My mom and dad would have said, oh my gosh, he's a wonderful catch.

He looks fantastic.

So why wouldn't you believe him?

But Baio says Kasotis has been fooling people for years.

He gaslighted everybody, not stupid people, not people that are unaware.

And they all bought it.

Including Mindy.

She believed him.

I mean, there's no one disputes that Mindy never left the house, that she was terrified, and that she stayed home every moment of her life, afraid that if she left, that she'd be killed.

The real story, says Baio, was much more mundane.

Kasotis was hiding, she says, because he didn't want to pay his ex-wife.

Was Nick Kasotis gaslighting his wife and making her believe that their lives were in danger when, in fact, he's just running from a debt?

You know, that's possible.

I mean, he's a prosecutor.

He's a lawyer.

He might be able to convince her of that.

But why kill Mindy?