It just occurred to me when I was reading something else that I believe the team never thought they would get KC off. A lesser count maybe. But not off, not-not guilty and zammm she's out. This creates a lot of problems for them, all of them I doubt they are prepared for. It's not like this is OJ who had money and could get away. Someone has to come up with this money to pay for KC who is now too hot to handle. It's ultimate reversal of fortune.
Instead of JB saying KC screwed up, the baby drowned, she'd seen this movie and thought she could get away with just saying the baby had been kidnapped, duct taped her mouth and hope she'd never be found. Defense had to implicate innocent people, outrage the public sense of decency with allegations against RK, putting TES searchers through the ringer, demeaning T. Miller, ruin lives of her brother, her father, her mother. Now she's coming out and the very affect they were trying to communicate to the public is working against them.
In jail, saved from DP, JB could have been her hero. He saved her life, book deals, media interviews, offers for his own show. Now nobody wants to touch him because the public is done with people making money off this poor child. In jail IRS could not do much to KC. Outside it's a nightmare for JB. He must be scrambling to make up that money she owes IRS because that debt is climbing as we speak. Hiding her is an expense. If she actually has to go to a mental health facility another expense. A place to live, security. It's like a running ticker. jmo