We're going live to break down the bombshell lawsuit against Washington State University. Four families — the parents of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — are suing WSU for allegedly knowing Bryan Kohberger was dangerous and doing nothing to stop him. The 126-page filing alleges thirteen complaints in one semester, security escorts for terrified female students, professors warning colleagues about Kohberger's predatory behavior, and a supervisor more worried about getting sued by the stalker than protecting women on campus. We're answering your questions in real time: How does an institution ignore this many red flags? Does WSU's defense hinge on the victims being University of Idaho students killed off-campus? What happens if this goes to discovery and those internal emails come out? We'll also discuss what the families are really fighting for — is it money, accountability, or forcing WSU to admit what they knew on the record? Bring your questions, your theories, and your takes. This is the kind of case that exposes how institutions protect themselves at the expense of the people they're supposed to serve.

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We're going live to answer your questions about the Nick Reiner case. Rob and Michele Reiner are dead, their son Nick is charged with their murders, and you've had a lot to say. Why did celebrity attorney Alan Jackson walk away two weeks before arraignment? What does the schizophrenia diagnosis mean for a potential insanity defense — and does fleeing to a hotel and attempting to clean up contradict that? We're breaking down the argument at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party, the blood-soaked hotel room TMZ reported on, and Rob's own words about struggling to enforce tough love with his son. Seventeen rehab stints. A feature film they made together about Nick's addiction. A conservatorship reportedly in the works. This family tried everything — and the question everyone's asking is whether any of it could have changed the outcome. We're also talking about Jake and Romy Reiner, who lost both parents and their brother in a single night, and what they're facing as this case moves toward trial. No scripts, no filter — just real conversation about a case that's hit a nerve with parents, families, and anyone who's watched addiction and mental illness tear someone apart. Bring your questions.

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The prosecution's entire case rests on one witness: Juliana Peres Magalhães. She's the only person alive who was in that bedroom when Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan were killed. She testified that she watched Brendan Banfield stab his wife to death. She admitted firing the second shot into Ryan's chest. But for over a year, she lied. She wrote letters from jail promising to "take the blame." She told Banfield's mother she would "give my life for his." She only flipped after his arrest, after hospitalization from stress, and after his family stopped paying her legal bills. Now she's negotiating with Netflix. Media producers fund her commissary. She wrote her mother: "We do deserve something."

Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who headed the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us live to analyze Juliana's credibility. How do you evaluate someone who lied for a year and then flipped? What does her behavior on the stand reveal? Does the Netflix deal destroy her credibility—or is it irrelevant to whether she's telling the truth?

The prosecution rested with their most damaging forensic evidence. Blood stain pattern analyst Iris Dalley Graff spent hours walking jurors through crime scene photographs, testifying that Joseph Ryan's body was moved after death and Christine's blood was deliberately placed on Ryan to frame him for her murder. Transfer patterns were "finger-like in shape." Blood droplets on his forearm suggested dripping from above. This directly supports Juliana's testimony that Banfield staged the scene.

Defense attorney John Carroll pointed to body camera footage showing Banfield pressing on his wife's neck when police arrived—the behavior, he argued, of a husband trying to save his wife. The defense now presents their case.

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They called police in 2019. By December 2025, they were sleeping in the same house with someone sources say was in psychiatric crisis. Rob was publicly saying they should have listened to Nick instead of the professionals. They brought him to a party where other guests considered calling 911. What happened to their ability to perceive threat?

Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who spent 21 years at the Bureau including serving as Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us live to analyze what happened inside that family over twenty years. How does trust get exploited through reciprocity, vulnerability, and shared identity? The Reiners had tried tough love. It hadn't worked. They blamed themselves. How does manufactured guilt function as a manipulation tool? Nick co-wrote "Being Charlie" with his father—that's extraordinary narrative control. Could anyone have broken through to Rob and Michele? What would they have needed to hear?

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott delivers our most comprehensive psychological breakdown yet—three parts covering Nick's individual psychology, the family dynamics that trapped the Reiners for 30 years, and systemic failures that allowed tragedy despite unlimited resources. She examines the medication change that reportedly destabilized Nick one month before the murders, how the family "grew used to" behavior that alarmed strangers, and what three decades cycling through 18-plus treatment facilities does to parents psychologically.

Shavaun addresses the hardest questions: can someone plan methodically while not understanding what they're doing? When does supporting a dangerous adult child stop being love? Dr. Drew said 30-day programs were "almost meaningless" for Nick. Alexis Haines said he belonged in a hospital. The care he actually needed may not even exist.

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Monique Tepe did everything right—and it still wasn't enough. She left after seven months. Let him keep the house and the rings. Paid what she owed with an interest penalty clause he demanded. Moved to Ohio, rebuilt her life, married Spencer, had two children. Her family says she never said Michael McKee's name after the divorce. She only called him "her ex-husband." She talked about the emotional abuse. She was always worried. Eight years later, police say he drove 300 miles in the middle of the night and killed her and Spencer while their children slept down the hall.

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us live to break down the psychology of someone who allegedly holds onto rage for nearly a decade. She examines what she calls "deep-seated resentment and hate that just built up"—the behavioral profile of a grievance collector who never lets go, who catalogs every perceived slight, and who watches an ex-spouse's happiness not as closure but as escalating provocation.

The divorce records reveal control dynamics that Coffindaffer says matter. McKee wanted the rings back from a marriage that lasted less than a year. The separation agreement required Monique to reimburse him with interest. Someone who demands jewelry back from a seven-month marriage isn't moving on. They're establishing ownership.

Police labeled this a "targeted domestic violence attack." But there were no prior reports. No restraining orders. Monique's family says the arrest was "not a shock"—they'd suspected McKee from day one but stayed quiet to protect the investigation. They knew. For eight years, they knew. And the system couldn't act until two people were dead.

What does it tell you when a family knows and the system still can't protect anyone?

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They called police in 2019. They put him under conservatorship in 2020. By December 2025, they were sleeping in the same house with someone sources say was in the middle of a psychiatric crisis. What happened to Rob and Michele Reiner's ability to perceive threat? Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who spent 21 years at the Bureau including serving as Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us live to analyze twenty years of family dynamics.

Dreeke explains how trust gets exploited through reciprocity, vulnerability, and shared identity—plus the devastating weight of parental guilt. The Reiners had tried tough love. It hadn't worked. They blamed themselves. Rob was publicly saying by the end that they should have listened to Nick instead of the professionals. Nick co-wrote "Being Charlie" with his father—a movie about their own relationship. That's extraordinary narrative control. What does that level of influence over the family story tell you about who actually held power?

But the system failed catastrophically too. Nick was under court-ordered conservatorship in 2020. A judge found him gravely disabled. A licensed fiduciary controlled his treatment. He could be forced into a locked psychiatric facility against his will. On paper, that's the system working. In reality, California's conservatorship expires after one year with no follow-up. Families can't petition for renewal. The state doesn't even track outcomes.

Here's the statistic that should terrify everyone: 83% of conserved patients remain stable while under conservatorship. After termination? Only 43% stay stable. That's a 57% relapse rate. Nick's conservatorship ended in 2021. For four years, no one was watching. When sources say he had a "complete break from reality" in late 2024—there was no legal mechanism for intervention. Could anyone have broken through to the Reiners? What would they have needed to hear?

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Two FBI experts. One case that demands both behavioral and forensic analysis. We're breaking down Dr. Michael McKee live—examining the psychology of an alleged eight-year obsession and the evidence trail that led police to charge him with premeditated aggravated murder.

Robin Dreeke spent 32 years at the FBI, including heading the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He identifies McKee as a potential "wound collector"—someone who doesn't let go of perceived injuries, who catalogs grievances and carries them for years until they explode. Dreeke explains what separates someone who moves on from a failed marriage versus someone who allegedly stews for eight years then drives 300 miles to kill his ex-wife and her husband while their children sleep down the hall. We examine how high-functioning surgeons can mask dangerous resentment, what triggers wound collectors to finally act, and how they flip the narrative to see themselves as victims.

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer analyzes the forensic case. Surveillance footage shows McKee's vehicle arriving before the killings and leaving after. A preliminary NIBIN ballistics match connects a firearm from his Chicago penthouse to shell casings at the scene. Police recovered the alleged murder weapon eleven days after the crime. But why would a surgeon—someone whose career demands precision—allegedly keep the gun? Coffindaffer examines the no-forced-entry mystery, the behavioral red flags months before including a malpractice process server who couldn't locate McKee at nine different addresses, and what investigators are likely holding back.

McKee had no criminal record. No documented threats. Nothing on paper that flagged him as dangerous. He maintains his innocence. Understanding wound collectors and analyzing the evidence might help someone recognize the signs before the next tragedy.

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Breaking it all down live: Nick Reiner was under a court-ordered LPS conservatorship in 2020. A judge found him "gravely disabled." A licensed fiduciary—Steven Baer—controlled his treatment decisions. He could be forced into a locked psychiatric facility against his will. California gave the Reiners everything the law allows. One year later, it was gone. Four years later, Rob and Michele Reiner are dead.

The loophole nobody's discussing: under California law, if a family provides food, clothing, and shelter for a mentally ill loved one, that person may no longer meet the "gravely disabled" standard. The very act of caring for your child can disqualify them from forced treatment. The Reiners may have lost legal authority over their son's care because they refused to abandon him.

We're examining the timeline in detail: 2019 police calls to the Reiner home. Nick's reported schizophrenia diagnosis around 2020. The conservatorship that lasted just one year. The medication change approximately one month before the killings that sources say triggered a "complete break from reality." And we're breaking down why former conservator Steven Baer will almost certainly be called as a witness—what he knows, what he'll likely testify to, and how it affects Nick's defense.

This case forces a larger conversation. Before 1967, families could petition courts to hospitalize psychotic relatives. California's Lanterman-Petris-Short Act dismantled that system. The state went from housing 37,000 patients in psychiatric hospitals to fewer than 1,500 people on involuntary conservatorships today. The Reiners reportedly tried everything—more than a dozen facilities, the best doctors money could buy. None of it mattered because families cannot initiate conservatorships. Only hospital staff can.

Join us live as we ask the question nobody wants to answer: did we trade one form of cruelty for another?

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