Shock Lawsuit Against "The Tell" Author, Kouri Richins Bombshells, and Nancy Guthrie Investigation Mess, with MK True Crime Hosts | Ep. 1271
March 12, 2026
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5 min readThe Tell, the Trial, and the Tangle: A Day in Kelly's Court
When a billionaire's wife writes a memoir about recovering memories of childhood sexual abuse through MDMA therapy, gets it anointed as an Oprah book club pick, and is celebrated by Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, and Drew Barrymore—only to be sued by a former classmate who claims the abuse actually happened to her—the result is a legal and media mess that Megyn Kelly and her panel of MK True Crime hosts spent two hours untangling. The episode covered three major cases: the Amy Griffin "The Tell" lawsuit, the Kouri Richins murder trial, and the Nancy Guthrie investigation, with a final segment on an IVF clinic mix-up.
The Amy Griffin Lawsuit: Stolen Trauma or Recovered Memory?
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:33) **Amy Griffin Memoir Lawsuit** - Introduction to the plagiarism allegations against the author of "The Tell"
- 2 (09:14) **Maureen Callahan on Early Red Flags** - Why the story never rang true from the start
- 3 (14:51) **Book Publishing Practices** - Lack of fact-checking and author indemnification
- 4 (18:52) **Jane Doe's Alleged Interactions with Griffin** - 2019 meeting, postcard exchange, and 2022 PI contact
- 5 (28:02) **Griffin's Legal Response** - Statement from high-powered defamation counsel
- 6 (29:23) **Media Handling of the Story** - Lack of scrutiny during promotion and failure to update audiences
- 7 (46:01) **Legal Panel Analysis of Griffin Case** - MK True Crime hosts dissect invasion of privacy, fraud, and defamation claims
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Guests on this episode
Show Notes
Megyn Kelly is joined by Maureen Callahan, host of The Nerve, to discuss a new lawsuit accusing author Amy Griffin of "stealing" a story of sexual assault and using it as her own in her memoir "The Tell," her claim that she acquired the "memories" by using psychedelic drugs, the details of the lawsuit against Amy Griffin over "stolen" memories, the evidence that Griffin may not have had the experiences in her book herself, how Griffin has gotten such easy treatment during her book tour from Oprah, Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow, whether outlets like NBC will now have to correct the record, and more. Then Dave Aronberg, Phil Holloway, and Ashleigh Merchant of MK True Crime join to discuss the explosive Kouri Richins trial moments, the best arguments for Richins' innocence and guilt, the witnesses we've seen so far, and more. Then Mark Geragos and Matt Murphy of MK True Crime to talk about why the Nancy Guthrie investigation has been a "clown show," how the bungling of the messaging has been helpful to whoever the perpetrator is, their theories of the case, why the Guthrie family will not be able to successfully sue media members discussing questions about the brother-in-law, the standard for defamation, a shock IVF mix-up leading to a heartbreaking new lawsuit against a fertility clinic, the prevalence of these types of cases, and more.
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