Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's prosecutor Ken Kratz slams filmmakers for portraying him as a 'villain'
'The filmmakers know those are untrue allegations, but they include them in their movie anyway'
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Your support makes all the difference.If you’ve watched Making a Murderer, you’ll recognise Ken Kratz as the prosecutor in the Teresa Halbach case who put both Brendan Dassey and Steven Avery in prison.
Many have pointed out that Kratz comes off as the ‘villain’ in the series, especially towards the end of the series when the filmmakers pointed out that, years after the case ended, he was accused of sexually harassing some of his female clients.
In a recent interview, Kratz has said that a clip which details ‘five women coming forward’ to complain about his acts misrepresented him, as - with the exception of one texting incident - the rest were fabrications.
"In the Making a Murderer documentary, they include a media clip about '5 women coming forward’,” he told The Mirror Online.
“They don't tell you that all of those, with the exception of the texting incident (which I self-reported) were fabrications. They never happened. Why don't they tell the viewers those were all untrue?
"So, the filmmakers knew those allegations were all dismissed, in fact should have known that I was considering a defamation claim against one of the complainants who went on TV saying I had made sexually explicit messages with her that later was determined to be blatantly made up by her. Just to get her face on TV.
"So here's the question: the filmmakers know those are untrue allegations, but they include them in their movie anyway in furthering their attempts to cast me as a villain. How do they justify that?”
Kratz went on to say the allegations in Making a Murderer were unfounded, and questioned the relevance of them being kept in, adding “what possible relevance did including lies about me have to their film?
"Remember, they have claimed that they did not try to make me look bad by edits they made, or what they put in their movie, and we're trying to be fair to both sides.”
Kratz has been very outspoken in the media since the release of Making a Murderer, speaking to numerous news outlets about the evidence left out of the show.
In recent developments in the Teresa Halbach case, Steven Avery’s sons have claimed they are unsure whether their father is guilty, while Avery’s new lawyer believes that new forensic evidence could prove he is not guilty. Catch up with all the latest here.
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