Why We Will Enjoy Watching Lori Vallow Daybell Burn Alive As Her Own Attorney

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What happens when someone with zero legal training decides to play defense attorney in a high-stakes murder trial? Lori Vallow Daybell is finding out the hard way as she chooses to represent herself against accusations of conspiring to kill her fourth husband and attempting to murder her niece's ex-husband. Spoiler alert: it's already an absolute disaster.

Join Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta as they delve into the trainwreck that is Vallow Daybell’s courtroom performance, from her baffling arguments to her delusional self-confidence. With the judge’s patience wearing thin and her legal strategy bordering on absurdity, the real question is: How far will her incompetence take her before the walls come crashing down? And for those watching her unravel in real time, is it justice or just a twisted spectacle?

Can someone so disconnected from reality truly face justice, or are we just poking the bear in the cage?

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0:23.6	They were alive until someone decided otherwise.
0:27.0	You're tuned in to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske, featuring defense attorney and host of the podcast, Defense Diaries, Bob Mata.
0:36.4	Lori Valo DeBell previously convicted for the murders of her two children and her husband's
0:43.0	former wife, now facing additional charges in Arizona, accused of conspiring to kill her
0:49.0	fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and attempting to murder her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreau.
0:55.6	You know, like you do in a happy family.
0:58.5	In a recent court appearance, Valo Daybell chose to represent herself, raising concerns about
1:04.5	her understanding of the legal process and the seriousness of the charges and really her ability to truly be her own attorney.
1:14.3	Joining me to discuss defense attorney, Bob Mata, you do this for a living,
1:20.8	and you saw Lori attempting to pretend to be a defense attorney for that hour of nails on a chalkboard in court.
1:30.0	What was your reaction?
1:32.5	That was exactly what I expected.
1:37.0	It was, like, to me, this whole trial is going to be appointment television or appointment streaming just because like watching her in particular,
1:49.3	where you've just always gotten the sense from her that, you know, she's the smartest person in the room.
1:55.0	Nobody knows better than Lori.
1:57.2	I'm going to handle this defense myself.
1:59.7	I clearly can understand the law and the rules of criminal procedure and the rules of evidence.
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