Hi all
FWIW and my little ole :twocents: ... Perhaps the DT won't use mental issues as a defense ... simply b/c KC may have just been another irresponsible, reckless, unreliable teen in the run-up to her pregnancy?
Maybe KC was used to 'fibbing' from the moment she could string 2 words together; those grew into "tales" in pre-school years; as a child she may have become used to her broad smile winning people over ... with an "angelic look" to melt hearts ... and the customary fibs grew into bigger, wilder stories as a teen ... and all the while, KC's stories brought her added attraction and attention ... and lies became her crutch.
Until ... her totally self-centered lifestyle caught up with her. This crime was (in KC's mind) one little "whooops" of a
dispose-and-hide that exploded into a monumental story ... and became waayyyyy "too much" for even KC's typically fabricated and embellished lifestyle could manage.
Maybe KC's just a totally spoiled brat - never been anchored in life; always forgiven, pandered to, believed & supported - to such a heightened degree ... that KC has to this day, never grasped responsibility. Perhaps she never will, either. Until, of course, her audience and demographic completely changes. Then, and only then, may we see KC crying "victim". Right now her head may actually genuinely remain in "I'm gonna get outta this and be forgiven for a naughty lil ole lie.. and a big mistake" mode?
Essentially: there may be absolutely nothing mentally wrong whatsoever with KC - as many have also alluded to. KC may just have been in front of too many cameras all her life. To her it's the face & fun, not the person & reality, that really counts.
Crying shame; shocking role model; heinous crime - the wake-up call is but around the corner, methinks.