The Girlfriends S3/E7: Going Underground

The Girlfriends: Untouchable - Season 4

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Relationships, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.2 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Years into her incarceration, with a decade left to serve… a new law might finally give Kelly, and some of her inmate clients, a chance at freedom. But for some, it might have come too late. If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show please reach out to NO MORE at https://www.nomore.org a domestic violence charity we’ve partnered with. The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. Because The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer has been selected as one of Apple Podcasts’ Summer Listens, we’re offering a 30-Day Free Trial to iHeart True Crime + for a limited time. This includes early access to episodes, 100% ad-free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “iHeart True Crime+, and subscribe today!

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.1	Hey, girlfriends, it's Anna, here to let you know what to expect in this episode.
0:09.0	Like with the last episode, this one takes place inside prison.
0:12.6	There'll be mentions of murder as well as domestic and sexual abuse, plus some distressing
0:17.2	scenes.
0:18.6	But you'll also hear how Kelly makes a real difference for some of the
0:21.3	women of Bedford Hills, in true jailhouse lawyer style. And there's going to be some bad
0:26.8	language. Enjoy. Kelly Harnett's life changed forever on July 7, 2010, with the death of one
0:35.5	man, Ruben Angel Vargas.
0:38.7	But his wouldn't be the last death connected to her case.
0:44.8	The amount of people that have passed away within my case, it's just, it's very eerie.
0:53.6	First, my trial attorney who was in his 50s, passed away.
0:58.5	David Epstein, he died in 2017.
1:02.3	My co-defendant's ex-girlfriend, who used to start fist fights with me every single day in Rikers, passed away.
1:10.9	There was a man who was going to write an affidavit for me.
1:15.7	He actually physically saw Tommy beating me up all the time.
1:21.2	I called one night.
1:23.1	He passed away.
1:26.9	You can't make these things up.
1:29.2	It's eerie.
1:30.7	Hmm.
1:32.3	Yeah, it is eerie.
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