Breaking Down 'Attorney' Lori Vallow's First Court Appearance With Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to unpack the layers of Lori's alleged delusional mindset, her courtroom antics, and how someone can present as "competent" while seemingly detached from reality. As Lori spins her narrative, one can't help but wonder: is this a ploy, a symptom, or both? And just how low is the bar for courtroom competency?
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| 0:26.1 | You're tuned in to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:28.9 | Featuring psychotherapist and author Chauvonne Scott. |
| 0:32.9 | Lori Valo Daybell, she was in court not that long ago. Acting has her own attorney, which is, well, |
| 0:42.0 | humorous in a horrible, horrible, dark way, because ultimately we are talking about murder of two |
| 0:47.7 | innocent children, the likely murder of other spouses, of former spouses, and really anyone that got in the way of |
| 0:57.0 | Lori Valo Debel as she went on her mission of, I don't know, divine insanity, I guess. |
| 1:04.6 | Dreaming to Scott, psychotherapist and author. |
| 1:08.0 | Your reaction to Lori in court the other day and Lori's attempt at playing attorney. |
| 1:14.9 | Yeah. Well, she obviously has a competent active advisory council, you know, kind of walking her |
| 1:21.5 | through the steps. She was very assertive. She was cogent, which actually didn't surprise me because Lori, even though |
| 1:31.3 | she's been diagnosed with delusional disorder, and we've certainly seen a lot of evidence of that |
| 1:36.3 | in previous, her previous trial testimony. So we can say Lori's crazy, but at the same time, |
| 1:42.3 | she can play normal in a certain context. |
| 1:45.9 | And she was a podcaster. |
| 1:47.8 | She can give, you know, a story, her version of reality. |
| 1:53.1 | And she can do so in small increments over short periods of time. |
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