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I'm embarrassed. I'm humiliated. I'm ashamed. I know what I do is wrong. I'm very sorry for it.

Again, I take full responsibility for my actions.

And I ask for mercy. I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal Season 4, Episode 2.

Cat and Mouse

In the last episode, we met Caroline Berega and learned about her husband,

former Colorado Springs Police Lieutenant Joel Kern.

On the outside, they were the perfect American family.

Then on April 11, 2022, Joel detonated a bomb on his life, a bomb that would destroy his family.

It started with the text he sent to his wife that read,

I was caught receiving oral sex from two women in my cop car. I lied about it during an

internal affairs investigation. I am now pending termination. April 11th is now called D-Day by Caroline and her kids.

Here's Caroline and Joel's daughter, Nicole.

That evening, I had a lacrosse game, and so I started kind of getting ready for my

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