>> PEOPLE ARE SO MUCH MORETHAN HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO
SURVIVE THIS WORLD.
I DEFINITELY WISH MY EXPERIENCEHAD GONE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I'M
PRETTY PROUD OF WHO I AM TODAY.
[ SIREN WAILING]BEING ON THE FRONTLINES
IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE MIDDLEOF A PANDEMIC AS A PARAMEDIC IS
A VERY SCARY JOB.
I WASN'T MAKING ENDS MEET,SO I MADE THE DECISION TO POST
NUDE PHOTOS OF MYSELF ON THEINTERNET TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND I WAS DEFINITELY CONCERNEDABOUT THE RISKS OF BEING SO
EXPOSED ON THE INTERNET.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOINGTO HAPPEN.
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT KATWEST, AND I THINK ABOUT WHERE
SHE WOULD BE TODAY AND HOW MUCHMORE OF HER LIFE SHE COULD HAVE
FULFILLED.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLARES]>> I STARTED GETTING FACEBOOK
MESSAGES THAT A MURDER HADHAPPENED IN CALERA.
YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,NUDE IN A STREET, IN A NICE
SUBDIVISION.
THAT IS WHAT DOESN'T HAPPENEVERY DAY AROUND HERE, AND
THAT'S WHAT DROVE THIS STORY.
KAT WEST, SHE WAS 42, WAS FOUNDDEAD ON JANUARY 13, 2018.
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
SHE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKEMARILYN MONROE.
>> FEMALE IN THE ROADWAY, NAKED.
C.P.R. NO LONGER IN PROGRESS.
FEMALE NOT BREATHING.
>> Reporter: YOU BELIEVE IT WASMURDER.
>> I DO.
>> IT'S A MYSTERIOUS MURDERCASE: A MARRIED MOM FOUND DEAD
OUTSIDE HER HOME.
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KATWEST AT ALL, AND WE CERTAINLY
DIDN'T KNOW THAT HER HUSBANDJEFF WAS A SUSPECT.
>> JEFF COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLYDONE IT.
I BELIEVE KAT WAS MURDERED, BUTI DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS BY
HER HUSBAND.
>> IT REALLY TURNED OUT THAT KATWAS A LOT MORE THAN JUST A WIFE
AND A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
>> KAT WAS THE VERY OUT THERE,EXUBERANT, LIVELY.
SHE WAS THE LIMELIGHT OFEVERYTHING THAT WE DID.
>> KAT WEST WAS POSTING PICTURESON ONLYFANS, WHICH IS A WEB SITE
WHERE PEOPLE PAY A SUBSCRIPTIONTO SEE RACY PHOTOS.
IT'S SORT OF THE HAPPY MEDIANBETWEEN PORN AND "THE BRADY
BUNCH."
>> SHE HAD SEVERAL HUNDREDFOLLOWERS.
>> EVERYBODY WAS A SUSPECT, TOBEGIN WITH.
>> ONE OF HER SUBSCRIBERS, DIDTHEY COME THROUGH WITH RAGE OR
JEALOUSY OR WANTING SOMETHINGTHAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE?
>> WE WERE CONCERNED.
DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERETHAT'S ACTUALLY KILLING PEOPLE?
>> Reporter: HAD YOU HEARD OFONLYFANS?
>> NO, MA'AM.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGSI LEARNED IN THIS CASE.
>> Reporter: ONE LOOK AT HERONLINE PRESENCE MADE IT CLEAR
KATHLEEN WEST PUT THE "SOCIAL"IN "SOCIAL MEDIA."
>> IT WAS OUT THERE FOR THEWHOLE WORLD TO SEE.
>> Reporter: AND FRIENDS LIKEBRITTANY DRIESLER SAY KAT WAS
VERY EXTROVERTED.
IN THE REAL WORLD, SHE WASALWAYS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, AS
WELL.
>> KAT WOULD GET ON STAGES ANDSING.
SHE COULDN'T SING FOR THE LIFEOF HER, BUT SHE WOULD SING!
>> KAT WAS PROUD OF WHO SHE WAS.
>> Reporter: SO, ON JANUARY 13,2018, WHEN THE 42-YEAR-OLD WIFE
AND MOTHER WIDELY KNOWN AS "KAT"WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE STREET
NEAR HER ALABAMA HOME, VETERANREPORTER AND CBS CONSULTANT
CAROL ROBINSON SMELLED A STORY.
IN THE TIGHT-KNIT BIRMINGHAMSUBURBS, SHE'S KNOWN AS THE
"COCO CHANEL OF CRIME."
>> I DON'T LET WHAT I COVERDICTATE WHAT I WEAR.
>> Reporter: SHE LATER ARRIVEDAT THE SCENE AND STARTED HUNTING
TO SEE IF KAT'S PAST COULD HELPEXPLAIN HER DEATH.
>> SHE LOVED TO BE OUTSIDE.
>> YES.
>> THAT WAS HER BIG DEAL.
SHE HAD A SWING SET.
>> Reporter: KAT'S PARENTS,NANCY AND JOHN MARTIN, SAY AS A
KID IN FLORIDA, SHE DOTED ON HERDOLLS.
AND DID SHE WANT TO BE A MOMSOMEDAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YES.
>> WHEN SHE GOT A LITTLE BITOLDER, SHE WANTED TO DO
MODELING.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS THEOBSESSION WITH MARILYN MONROE?
>> [ LAUGHS]SHE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE HER, SHE
SAYS.
SHE TRIED TO RECREATE SOME OFHER PHOTOS, HER HAIRDOS.
SHE LOVED HER.
>> SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH MARILYNMONROE AND WAS TRYING TO EMULATE
HER IN EVERY WAY.
>> Reporter: AS CAROL ROBINSONRETRACED THE LINES OF KAT'S
LIFE...
>> THERE WERE ALWAYS SELF-ESTEEMISSUES THERE.
>> Reporter: ...SHE REALIZED HERRESEMBLANCE TO THE TROUBLED
MOVIE STAR WAS MORE THAN SKINDEEP.
>> SHE CRAVED ADULATION FROMSOME PEOPLE, WHETHER SHE KNEW
THEM OR NOT.
>> YOU'D TELL HER SHE'SBEAUTIFUL, SHE SAYS, "YOU'RE
JUST MY MOM AND DAD."
>> Reporter: AS TIME WENT ON,KAT'S PARENTS SAY HER FEELINGS
OF ISOLATION, SELF-DOUBT, ANDDEPRESSION SPIRALED OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANYDIFFERENT PLACES WE TOOK HER TO.
>> SHE WENT TO A LOT OFCOUNSELING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A TOUGH FEWYEARS.
HER PARENTS SAY SHE WAS BATTLINGBIPOLAR DISORDER AND DRINKING
TOO MUCH.
BUT BY 2004, THE BROKEN PIECESOF KAT'S LIFE FINALLY BEGAN TO
FALL INTO PLACE.
IT HAPPENED AT A SUPER BOWLPARTY.
>> AND THAT'S WHERE SHE METJEFF.
>> Reporter: KAT STRUCK UP ACONVERSATION WITH A LOCAL ARMY
RECRUITER NAMED JEFF WEST.
>> THEY FELL IN LOVE ON THEIRFIRST DATE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS REALLY LOVEAT FIRST SIGHT?
>> YES.
>> YES, IT WAS.
>> WITHIN THE YEAR,THEY WERE MARRIED IN LAS VEGAS.
>> Reporter: THEY MOVED AROUNDTHE COUNTRY FOR JEFF'S JOB, AND,
IN 2005, THEY HAD A DAUGHTER,LOLA.
>> LOLA WAS HER LIGHT, LOLA WASHER GIFT, AND SHE ADORED HER
DAUGHTER.
>> Reporter: IN 2011, THE WESTFAMILY MOVED TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WHERE ARMY VETERANBRITTANY DRIESLER'S HUSBAND WAS
THINKING OF ENLISTING.
AT THE RECRUITING STATION,BRITTANY SAYS JEFF WEST
BASICALLY HAD HER HUSBAND ATHELLO.
WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF HIM?
>> HE WAS JUST SUPER REASSURINGAND NICE.
HE WAS JUST NICE.
>> Reporter: SO NICE, SHE SAYS,THAT HE EVEN INVITED THE
DRIESLERS TO HIS HOME.
HIS WIFE KAT ANSWERED THE DOOR.
>> SHE WAS JUST IN HER TANK TOPAND SHORTS AND REALLY HAPPY,
BUBBLY AND, "HEY, GIRL!"RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SHE WAS LIKE,
"YOU WANT A DRINK?">> Reporter: BRITTANY SAYS, AS
FAR AS SHE COULD TELL KAT ANDJEFF WEST WERE A HAPPY IF
SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY COUPLE.
>> SEEING HOW KAT CARRIEDHERSELF AND WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE
AND THEN SEEING JEFF, I KNOWOPPOSITES ATTRACT, BUT I WAS
LIKE, "THAT GUY PULLED THATGIRL?
HUH."
YOU KNOW, IT NEVER REALLYMADE SENSE TO ME UNTIL I STARTED
GETTING TO KNOW THEM MORE.
>> Reporter: YOU WOULD NOTDESCRIBE THIS AS A CONVENTIONAL
MARRIAGE.
>> DEFINITELY NOT!
[ LAUGHS]>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TO THE
UNSPOKEN RULES OF ENTERTAINING,SHE ADMITS KAT WAS SO COLORFUL
THAT SHE SOMETIMES COLOREDOUTSIDE THE LINES.
>> SHE WOULD JUMP FROM THEKITCHEN COUNTER TO THE SOFA
AND, SHIRTLESS, BRALESS.
>> Reporter: WAIT, IN FRONT OFYOU AND YOUR HUSBAND?
>> YES!
MY HUSBAND WOULD GO, "OH MYGOSH!"
[ LAUGHS]>>> Reporter: THE COUPLES HUNG
OUT AT HOME BUT ALSO STARTEDGOING TO BARS AND CLUBS.
>> SHE'D BE LIVELY, ANIMATED.
HE WOULD JUST BE SITTING ON THECOUCH, RELAXING, HAVING HIS
DRINK.
>> Reporter: DID YOU EVER SEETHE TWO OF THEM FIGHT?
>> KAT WOULD FIGHT, JEFF WOULDNOT.
KAT WOULD GET EMOTIONAL.
WHEN SHE WAS DRUNK, SHE WOULDGET LOUD.
SHE WOULD GET FEISTY.
BUT HE WOULD SIT THERE AND JUSTSAY, "OKAY, BOO BOO, OKAY.
I LOVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, BABY GIRL."
>> Reporter: YOU NEVER SAW ANOUNCE OF JEALOUSY FROM HIM?
>> NEVER.
[ LAUGHS]NEVER.
>> THAT SURPRISED ME BECAUSEI DON'T THINK MANY MEN WOULD
FEEL THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: CAROL SAYS JEFF WASPROUD OF HAVING AN ATTRACTIVE
WIFE.
IN 2014, THE WESTS HAD MOVED TOALABAMA WHERE HE HAD A JOB AS A
CAMPUS POLICE OFFICER.
THE COUPLE ALWAYS MADE TIME TOBE TOGETHER WITH A REGULAR DATE
NIGHT, INCLUDING ON THE NIGHT OFJANUARY 12, 2018.
JEFF'S PARENTS HAD THEN-12-YEAR-OLD LOLA FOR THE EVENING.
>> THEY GO OUT TO A RESTAURANT,YOU KNOW.
THEY HAVE SOME DRINKS ANDDINNER.
>> Reporter: AFTER DINNER, THEYSTOPPED AT A LIQUOR STORE.
SECURITY CAMERAS SHOW THE COUPLESHOPPING, APPARENTLY WITHOUT
A CARE IN THE WORLD.
>> EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE.
AT ONE POINT, HE EVEN PATTED HERON THE BUTT.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WOULD BE THELAST TIME KAT WEST WOULD BE SEEN
ALIVE.
>> I JUST WAS SHOCKED, BAFFLED.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Reporter: WHEN BRITTANYDRIESLER LEARNED OF KAT'S DEATH,
SHE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED JEFFWEST.
>> "WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?"AND HIS ANSWER WAS JUST, "I
DON'T KNOW."
>> Reporter: NEITHER DIDMACORSHA PURIFOY.
>> IT WAS DARK.
IT WAS COLD.
I WASN'T SURE, LIKE, WHAT I WASSEEING.
>> Reporter: SHE'D BEEN DRIVINGTO WORK BEFORE DAWN THAT DAY
WHEN SHE SPOTTED SOMETHING.
>> I THINK I SEE A PERSON LAYINGIN THE ROAD WELL, HALFWAY.
>> Reporter: MACORSHA WENT HOMETO GET HER PARENTS.
THEY RETURNED TO THE SCENE.
>> HER BODY WAS FROZEN, LIKEFROZEN.
I WAS TRAUMATIZED.
I WAS JUST IN THE CAR, CRYING.
>> Reporter: MACORSHA'S MOTHERCALLED 911.
>> THEY ASKED TO SEE IF SHE WASBREATHING OR NOT.
SHE WASN'T.
AND WE JUST WAITED FOR THEPOLICE TO GET THERE.
>> Reporter: CALERA POLICESERGEANT MIKE MEHLHOFF, A
VETERAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR,ARRIVED ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER.
>> LOOKING AT THE SCENE,KATHLEEN'S HEAD IS LAYING IN THE
ROAD.
HER BODY IS ACTUALLY LAYING INTHE GRASS.
>> Reporter: AND THERE WASSOMETHING ELSE HE NOTICED RIGHT
AWAY.
>> IT DID APPEAR THAT THE BODYHAD BEEN MOVED MORE THAN ONCE.
>> Reporter: KAT WEST WAS FOUNDLYING IN A POOL OF BLOOD ACROSS
THE STREET FROM HER HOUSE.
MEHLHOFF NOTICED THERE WASANOTHER BLOOD POOL NEARBY.
NEXT TO KAT'S BODY: HER CELLPHONE, AND AN OPEN BOTTLE OF
ABSINTHE LIQUOR, THE KIND SHEAND HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN SEEN
PURCHASING THE NIGHT BEFORE.
>> THE ABSINTHE BOTTLE, IT WASJUST PROPPED UP ON THE PHONE
JUST LIKE THAT.
IT JUST DID NOT SEEM RIGHT THATIT WOULD HAVE LANDED IN SUCH A
WAY IF IT-- OTHER THAN BEINGSTAGED.
>> Reporter: CAROL ROBINSON, WHOSAW THE CRIME SCENE PHOTOS, ALSO
THOUGHT IT LOOKED STAGED.
>> THAT BOTTLE WAS PLACED ON THEPHONE.
>> Reporter: BY SOMEBODY.
>> BY SOMEBODY.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THERE WASSOMEBODY AT THE SCENE WHOSE
BEHAVIOR CAUGHT AUTHORITIES'ATTENTION.
>> JEFF WEST STANDING IN THEDOORWAY.
AT ONE POINT, HE WAS ON THEPORCH, SMOKING A CIGARETTE AND
WATCHING.
>> Reporter: AND WHEN MEHLHOFFSPOKE TO JEFF INSIDE...
>> HIS BEHAVIOR WAS NOT WHAT IEXPECTED IT TO BE, KNOWING THAT
HIS WIFE WAS OUTSIDE.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOURREACTION TO IT?
>> IT WAS, EVERYBODY GRIEVES INA DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I KEPTTELLING MYSELF.
>> Reporter: KAT HAD A ROUGHLYTWO-INCH GASH ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF HER HEAD.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS BLUNTFORCE TRAUMA.
>> THE INJURY THAT SHE SUFFEREDWAS ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY FRACTURE
THE SKULL.
>> Reporter: THE AUTOPSY SHOWEDSIGNS OF SEX, BUT THERE WAS NO
INDICATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
ALSO, HER BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELWAS NEARLY THREE TIMES THE LEGAL
LIMIT.
STILL, THE MEDICAL EXAMINERCOULD NOT SAY EXACTLY HOW KAT
SUSTAINED THE INJURY.
>> THE MANNER OF DEATH WASUNDETERMINED.
>> Reporter: WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?
WAS KAT SO INTOXICATED THAT SHEFELL AND CRACKED HER HEAD?
OR WAS IT MURDER?
AND IF SO, WHO KILLED KAT WEST?
WHILE AUTHORITIES SEARCHED THENEIGHBORHOOD FOR CLUES AND
WITNESSES, JEFF WENT TOHEADQUARTERS.
POLICE SAY HE STAYED FOR ABOUTSIX HOURS.
WAS JEFF COOPERATIVE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: JEFF WAS ADAMANTWITH POLICE HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO KAT.
HE SPECULATED SHE MAY HAVE DIEDBY ACCIDENT.
HE ALSO SAID THEIR MARRIAGE WASIN A GOOD PLACE.
POLICE LATER DISCOVERED WHAT THECOUPLE'S FRIENDS ALREADY KNEW.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TOCHARACTERIZE HER AS AN
EXHIBITIONIST.
SHE ENJOYED THE ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: JEFF REVEALED HEWOULD ACTUALLY PHOTOGRAPH KAT
AND HELP HER POST SUGGESTIVEPHOTOS ONLINE WHERE HUNDREDS OF
PAYING SUBSCRIBERS KNEW HER AS"KITTY KAT WEST."
>> SHE WAS VERY OUT LOUD ABOUTIT.
SHE WAS MAKING MONEY.
>> Reporter: BUT BRITTANY SAYS,FOR KAT, IT WAS ABOUT A LOT MORE
THAN MONEY.
>> KAT, WHEN NOT BEHIND THE WEBSITE, WAS NOT ALWAYS CONFIDENT.
YES, YOU HAVE YOUR HUSBAND, BUTYOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE PRETTY TO
OTHERS.
>> Reporter: AND REMARKABLY,JEFF SEEMED TO LOVE IT.
>> JEFF GOT THE BEST OF BOTHWORLDS.
HE WAS ABLE TO BE WITH HIS WIFE.
SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED, WHICHWAS, "I GET TO MAKE MY MONEY, I
GET TO SHOW OFF WHAT I HAVE,AND HE'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE ME."
>> Reporter: BRITTANY SAYS, BY2018, KAT'S ONLINE ACTIVITY HAD
REALLY RAMPED UP.
SHE'D BEEN USING THATSUBSCRIPTION-ONLY WEB SITE,
ONLYFANS, TO SHARE ADULT PHOTOSAND VIDEOS.
>> SHE WAS STARTING TO GET KNEE-DEEP IN THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: AND WITH ONLYFANSCAME A NEW FEATURE FOR KAT:
PROVIDERS AND SUBSCRIBERS COULDCOMMUNICATE.
SUBSCRIBERS COULD ALSO MAKEREQUESTS.
HAD YOU HEARD OF ONLYFANS?
>> NO, MA'AM.
>> Reporter: MEHLHOFF WASINTERESTED TO LEARN THAT JEFF
HAD PHOTOGRAPHED KAT FOR HERSITE THE NIGHT SHE DIED, AND HER
PAGE CONTAINED SUBSCRIBERREQUESTS FOR PERSONALIZED
CONTENT.
COULD ONE OF HER ONLYFANSSUBSCRIBERS HAVE STALKED AND
MURDERED HER?
>> DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSEOUT THERE THAT'S ACTUALLY
KILLING PEOPLE?
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THEY KNEWTHEY HAD TO CAST A WIDER NET,
SO THEY SENT JEFF HOME.
MEHLHOFF SAYS THEY SPENT ABOUTTHREE WEEKS LOOKING FOR OTHER
SUSPECTS.
>> THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF NAMESTHAT HAD TO BE CULLED THROUGH IN
ORDER TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATETHIS.
>> Reporter: AS POLICE CONTINUEDGATHERING EVIDENCE, CAROL
ROBINSON SAYS THEY HAD MOREPUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THAN THEY
WANTED.
KAT'S DEATH HAD SET THE INTERNETON FIRE.
>> YOU HAD THIS HUGE ONLINEPRESENCE, THESE MURDER
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK GROUPS.
WHILE THEY MAY HAVE STARTED INCALERA, THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER, AND THEY AREN'T QUIETABOUT THEIR OPINIONS.
>> Reporter: IT SEEMED EVERYONEHAD AN OPINION ON THE WAY KAT
DIED...
>> "IT'S THE HUSBAND," "I VOTESTALKER," "IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A FREAK ACCIDENT."
>> Reporter: ...AND THE WAY SHELIVED.
>> "I DON'T AGREE WITH HERLIFESTYLE," "SHE BROUGHT THIS ON
HERSELF," "SHE WAS PROUD TO HAVESUCH AN AMAZING FIGURE, GOOD FOR
HER!"SHE WAS A SYMPATHETIC VICTIM TO
MANY.
SHE WAS AN UNSYMPATHETICVICTIM TO MANY.
>> Reporter: ON FACEBOOK, JEFFLATER MADE IT CLEAR THAT ALL THE
ONLINE CHATTER HAD TAKEN A TOLLON THE FAMILY.
"TO THE PUBLIC, OUR TRAGEDY ISJUICY GOSSIP," HE WROTE.
>> THE FACEBOOK THING WAS REALLYINTRUDING ON THEIR LIVES, IN HIS
OPINION.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS HADFORMED THEIR OWN OPINION: KAT'S
DEATH HAD BEEN NO ACCIDENT, AND,ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, THEY MADE
THEIR MOVE.
>> WILLIAM JEFFREY WEST, THEVICTIM'S HUSBAND, HAS BEEN
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THEMURDER.
>> Reporter: BAIL WAS SET AT$500,000.
BRITTANY DRIESLER SAYS JEFFSHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ARRESTED,
FIRMLY BELIEVING THAT POLICEFAILED TO FULLY INVESTIGATE
THE HUNDREDS OF ONLYFANSSUBSCRIBERS WHO HAD PAID TO SEE
THE RACY CONTENT KAT POSTED.
>> DID SOMEONE ELSE KILL HER?
♪ ♪>> Reporter: SOME SEE IT AS
UNSEEMLY.
OTHERS CALL IT HARMLESS FUN.
>> STAY AT HOME!
>> Reporter: EITHER WAY, THEONLINE VENUE WHERE KAT WEST
POSTED HER RACY PHOTOS, KNOWN ASONLYFANS...
>> WELCOME TO ONLYFANS.
>> Reporter: ...IS A LOT MORETHAN ONLY A WEB SITE, SAYS CAROL
ROBINSON.
>> IT'S SORT OF THE HAPPY MEDIANBETWEEN PORN AND "THE BRADY
BUNCH."
>> WHETHER YOU'RE A BLOGGER,CELEBRITY, MODEL, WHATEVER, YOU
CAN REWARD YOUR LOYAL FANS WITHEVEN MORE OF THE GREAT CONTENT
YOU ALREADY PRODUCE, BUT GETPAID FOR IT!
>> Reporter: SINCE COVID-19CAUSED WIDESPREAD LOCKDOWNS,
ONLYFANS HAS BECOME APROVOCATIVE AND PROFITABLE
PLATFORM FOR CELEBRITIES.
LAST SUMMER, FORMER DISNEY STARBELLA THORNE REPORTEDLY MADE
$1 MILLION IN ONE DAY POSTINGLIFESTYLE CONTENT.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF MYSELF INTHIS VIDEO.
YEAH, SO...
>> Reporter: AND THE SITE HASBECOME AN EXOTIC DESTINATION
FOR MORE SALACIOUS"STAYCATIONERS," AS WELL, A
PLACE TO DREAM OF LIVING LARGEAND POTENTIALLY TO MAKE A GOOD
LIVING IN THE PROCESS.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED TOINTRODUCE YOU TO COURTNEY
TILLIA.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER TEACHERIN THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO TOLD A
REPORTER SHE QUADRUPLED HERINCOME POSTING NUDES ON
ONLYFANS.
>> I WEAR THINGS THAT ALLOW METO FEEL SEXY BECAUSE WHEN I FEEL
SEXY, I FEEL POWERFUL.
>> Reporter: THIS WOMAN SAYS SHEIS PAYING HER WAY THROUGH A
NEUROSCIENCE MASTER'S PROGRAM.
>> AMEN!
>> Reporter: AND THIS PASTORMADE HEADLINES WHEN SHE LEFT THE
PULPIT NOT FOR A HIGHER CALLING,BUT SHE DID EVENTUALLY MAKE A
HIGHER PAYCHECK...
>> CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH AND ANAMEN?
>> Reporter: ...POSTING ONONLYFANS AND NOW REPORTEDLY
EARNING TENS OF THOUSANDSOF DOLLARS A MONTH.
BY THE END OF 2020, THE LONDON-BASED SITE HAD GROWN TO MORE
THAN A MILLION CONTENT PROVIDERSAND 90 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS.
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL TOHEAR THAT AS SOON AS THE
PANDEMIC HIT, ONLYFANS, THEPOPULARITY AND THE USAGE OF IT,
JUMPED BY 75%?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Reporter: IN 2015, LAURENKWEI MOVED TO NEW YORK FROM HER
HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA WITHDREAMS OF MAKING IT BIG ON
BROADWAY.
>> I REALLY WANTED TO MAKESOMETHING OF MYSELF.
>> Reporter: SOON FRUSTRATEDWITH THE RAT RACE, THE 23-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER OF A DOCTOR ANDNURSE BEGAN STUDYING EMERGENCY
MEDICINE AND BECAME A PARAMEDICAROUND THE TIME THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
>> I KNEW THERE WAS A JOB THATNEEDED TO BE DONE.
>> Reporter: ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,SHE FOUND HERSELF TREATING AND
TRANSPORTING CRITICALLY ILLCOVID PATIENTS, WORKING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF LIFE AND DEATH.
>> I STILL REMEMBER TAKINGPATIENTS AWAY WHOSE FAMILY
MEMBERS COULDN'T COME WITH US.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOINGTO BE THE LAST TIME THEY SAW
EACH OTHER.
THAT WAS REALLY ROUGH FOR ME.
>> Reporter: ROUGHER STILL, SHESAYS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE
WAS SAVING LIVES, IT WASIMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE ANY MONEY.
SHE WAS MAKING ONLY ABOUT$40,000 A YEAR, LESS THAN OTHER
FIRST RESPONDERS, LIKE MANY NEWYORK POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.
IS WHAT YOU WERE GETTING PAIDENOUGH TO COVER YOUR MONTHLY
NUT?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
IT WASN'T FEASIBLE TO LIVE OFFOF THAT SALARY.
>> Reporter: AS HER BILLS PILEDUP AND EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
DWINDLED, LAUREN TURNED TOONLYFANS.
>> I DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDEOF MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW.
THIS COULD BE AN EASY BUSINESS.
>> Reporter: USING AN ALIAS, SHESTARTED BY POSTING LINGERIE
PICS, CROPPING OUT HER FACE.
BUT SHE SAYS SHE SOON STOPPEDCROPPING, AND, BEFORE LONG, THE
PARAMEDIC WHO BY DAY WASCOVERING EVERY INCH OF HER BODY
IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING STARTEDTAKING IT ALL OFF ONLINE.
DID YOU POST FULL NUDE SHOTS?
>> YES, I DID.
>> Reporter: AND SHE SAYS IF KATWEST WAS PROUD TO BE ON
ONLYFANS, SHE WOULD HAVE HADREASON TO BE.
>> THE HUMAN BODY, I BELIEVEIT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
>> Reporter: AND HOW DID IT MAKEYOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE POSTING?
>> I FELT EMPOWERED.
I DID NOT FEEL LIKE I WASDEGRADING MYSELF.
>> Reporter: AND JUST TO BECLEAR, THIS WAS MONEY YOU WERE
USING TO PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE?
>> 100%.
>> Reporter: BUT LAUREN ADMITSSHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE
EXPOSURE.
>> IT WAS SCARY TO THINK THAT,YOU KNOW, I'D BE TAKING PICTURES
OF MYSELF THAT WOULD BE ON THEINTERNET.
>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY AS HERPOOL OF ONLYFANS SUBSCRIBERS
STARTED TO GROW.
SHE SAYS SOME OF THE REQUESTSFOR PERSONALIZED CONTENT WERE
DISRESPECTFUL.
>> THERE'S SOME REALLY WEIRDPEOPLE ON THE INTERNET.
>> Reporter: DID YOU EVERCONSIDER THAT MAYBE SOMEONE FROM
HER ONLINE LIFE COULD HAVEPLAYED A ROLE IN WHAT HAPPENED
TO HER THAT NIGHT?
>> WE LOOKED INTO THAT, ANDTHERE JUST WASN'T THAT EVIDENCE
OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: NO EVIDENCE THAT ANONLYFANS ONLINE USER WAS
INVOLVED IN KAT WEST'S DEATH.
WHAT THE EVIDENCE DOES SHOW,SAYS JEFF'S ATTORNEY, JOHN
ROBBINS, IS THAT KAT WASN'TMURDERED.
>> SHE FELL AND HIT HER HEAD.
>> Reporter: JEFF'S PARENTS,JERRY AND SUZI, AGREE.
THEY AREN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW KATHIT HER HEAD, AND THEY DON'T
THINK AUTHORITIES CAN PROVE IT,EITHER.
>> THEY SET OUT TO GET JEFF.
THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION.
>> I KNOW HE'S INNOCENT.
>> I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODYSAYS, HE DID NOT DO THIS.
>> Reporter: JEFF'S PARENTS SAYHE WAS INCAPABLE OF HARMING HIS
FAMILY.
NOW, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOUWOULD EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
PARENTS OF AN ACCUSED KILLER,BUT YOU WOULD PROBABLY NOT
EXPECT TO HEAR THE SAME THINGFROM THE PARENTS OF THE ALLEGED
VICTIM.
>> HE'S HONORABLE, AND HE LOVEDMY DAUGHTER.
I KNOW HE DIDN'T DO IT.
>> HE DIDN'T DO THIS.
>> Reporter: KAT'S PARENTS, JOHNAND NANCY, SAY THEIR DAUGHTER
WAS CONSPICUOUSLY CLUMSY, ANDTHE DRINKING DID NOT HELP.
BRITTANY DRIESLER CONCEDESANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
>> SHE COULD HAVE RAN OUTSIDEIN THE STREET, RIGHT?
BECAUSE SHE WAS SO INTOXICATED.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES INSISTJEFF WEST IS A MURDERER, BUT
THEIR TACTICS SUGGEST OTHERWISE.
JOHN ROBBINS SAYS JUST A FEWMONTHS BEFORE TRIAL, THE
PROSECUTION OFFERED JEFF WEST ADEAL.
IT'S CALLED AN "ALFORD PLEA."
JEFF WOULD NOT HAVE TO ADMITTHAT HE HAD COMMITTED A CRIME,
BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGETHAT THE STATE HAD ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO LIKELY CONVICT.
NOW, IF THE JUDGE ACCEPTED THATDEAL, IT MEANS THAT JEFF WOULD
BE LET OFF WITH TIME SERVEDAND ONLY TWO YEARS' PROBATION.
HE COULD WALK OUT OF JAIL ALMOSTIMMEDIATELY.
WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU, AS ADEFENSE ATTORNEY, WHEN THE
PROSECUTION IS OFFERING A DEAL?
>> THAT TELLS YOU, AS A DEFENSELAWYER, THE PROSECUTION HAS SOME
PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CASE, ANDTHEY RECOGNIZE THAT.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO SHELBYCOUNTY PROSECUTORS, PLEA DEALS
ARE STANDARD IN EVERY CASE, ANDROBBINS SAYS HE TOLD JEFF IT WAS
A REASONABLE OFFER.
>> HE REJECTED IT IMMEDIATELY.
>> Reporter: WHY DID HE REJECTTHE OFFER?
>> BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I CANNOTSAY THAT I'M GUILTY OF SOMETHING
THAT I DIDN'T DO."
>> Reporter: JEFF WEST DECIDESTO ROLL THE DICE AND TAKE HIS
CHANCES IN COURT.
>> HE UNDERSTANDS THE RISK OFGOING TO TRIAL.
>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN TWOYEARS, JEFF WEST HAS AWAITED
TRIAL IN CUSTODY.
>> WE WEREN'T GETTING A LOTOF INFORMATION AT THE TIME.
THE POLICE WERE HOLDING THINGSCLOSE TO THEIR VEST.
>> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEYJOHN ROBBINS BELIEVES
PROSECUTORS HAVE PROBLEMS WITHTHEIR CASE.
HE SAYS, THE FRIDAY BEFORETRIAL, THEY CALLED HIM WITH
MORE TALK OF A PLEA DEAL.
>> WE DISCUSSED WHAT WOULDIT TAKE TO SETTLE THE CASE.
>> Reporter: BUT THEY COULD NOTCOME TO TERMS.
THE PROSECUTION HAS ALSONOTIFIED THE COURT IT WILL MAKE
A NEW FILING OF EVIDENCE: TEXTMESSAGES BETWEEN JEFF AND KAT.
>> IT WAS VERY APPARENT THAT ITWAS A VERY VOLATILE
RELATIONSHIP.
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS WILLTELL THE JURY THAT THE WESTS DID
NOT HAVE A HARMONIOUS MARRIAGE.
"YOU'RE THROWING ALMOST 14 YEARSOF A RELATIONSHIP AWAY," SHE'D
WRITTEN A WEEK BEFORE SHE DIED.
"YOU DON'T WANT ME, FINE.
SOMEONE WILL."
"I ALWAYS WANT YOU," HE'DREPLIED.
THE TEXTS WENT FROM ERRATIC TOEROTIC SO FAST THAT ROBBINS
ACTUALLY WANTS TO USE THEM TODEFEND JEFF.
>> ANY TIME KAT SAID SOMETHINGTHAT "CAN BE CONSIDERED AN
ARGUMENT," HIS RESPONSE IS, "ILOVE YOU, I WANT YOU, YOU'RE
SEXY."
>> TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THEMURDER TRIAL AGAINST JEFF WEST
IN THE MURDER OF KAT WEST.
>> Reporter: THE JUDGE BANNEDNEWS CAMERAS FROM THE COURTROOM,
BUT WE WERE AT THE COURTHOUSETAKING NOTES.
AND IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THEREWERE AT LEAST TWO THINGS THE
DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION AGREEDON: THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BLUNT
FORCE TRAUMA; AND HOW THE NIGHTBEGAN.
JEFF AND KAT HAD STARTEDDRINKING AT DINNER AND BOUGHT
MORE BOOZE ON THE WAY HOME.
IT WAS LATER THAT KAT APPARENTLYHAD CHANGED INTO LINGERIE AND
ASKED JEFF TO PHOTOGRAPH HER FORHER ONLINE FANS.
ON INSTAGRAM, THAT NIGHT, HEPOSTED THIS PICTURE OF THE
ABSINTHE LIQUOR BOTTLE.
AUTHORITIES CONTEND HE WOULDBLUDGEON HER TO DEATH WITH THE
VERY SAME BOTTLE.
BUT WHY WOULD JEFF WEST WANT TOKILL HIS WIFE?
>> I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPECULATEAS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DROVE HIM
TO THAT POINT.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SAY THAT IFEEL THAT, YES, HE'S-- HE'S THE
ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS WIFE'SDEATH.
>> Reporter: AT THE SCENE,MEHLHOFF SAYS HE FOUND IT ODD
THAT JEFF DID NOT ASK FORDETAILS ABOUT HIS WIFE'S
CONDITION.
>> I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THATHE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ASKED,
YOU KNOW, "CAN I SEE HER?">> Reporter: CAROL BELIEVES WHAT
JEFF DID SAY MADE AUTHORITIESSUSPICIOUS, TOO.
>> ACCORDING TO JEFF, HE WENT TOBED ABOUT 10:30.
KAT STAYED UP.
>> NOW, THAT'S JEFF'S VERSION OFWHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: BUT BEFORE LONG,MEHLHOFF UNEARTHED A DIFFERENT
STORY ON A HEALTH TRACKER APPON JEFF'S CELL PHONE.
>> WELL, THE HEALTH APP ACTUALLYSHOWS JEFF'S PHONE MOVING AS
LATE AS TEN MINUTES AFTER 11:00.
>> Reporter: AND MEHLHOFF SAYSHE BELIEVES JEFF ALSO LIED ABOUT
WHEN HE WOKE UP THAT MORNING.
JEFF TOLD POLICE HIS DOGS GOTHIM UP BY BARKING AT THE
CRUISERS OUT FRONT, BUT ANEIGHBOR REPORTED SEEING JEFF
BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED.
>> SHE COULD SEE A MAN IN THEHOUSE PACING BACK AND FORTH.
>> Reporter: HAVING LAID OUTWHAT THEY BELIEVED WERE JEFF'S
MOVEMENTS THAT NIGHT, POLICELOOK AT KAT'S PHONE, WHICH ALSO
HAD A HEALTH TRACKER APP.
IT SHOWED HER PHONE HAD STOPPEDMOVING 16 MINUTES BEFORE JEFF'S.
BUT WHAT HAD ACTUALLY CAUSEDKAT'S FATAL WOUND?
ABOUT A MONTH AFTER HER DEATH,POLICE GOT TEST RESULTS FROM
THAT ABSINTHE BOTTLE.
IT HAD A SLIVER OF GLASS CHIPPEDOFF, AND THERE WERE TWO SPOTS OF
KAT'S BLOOD ON THE BOTTOM.
>> WE HAD JEFF'S FINGERPRINTS ONIT.
>> Reporter: WOULDN'T YOU EXPECTTHAT, GIVEN THAT THEY BOUGHT IT
TOGETHER AND THEY SAID THEY'DBEEN DRINKING, THAT HIS PRINTS
WOULD BE ON IT?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: BUT MEHLHOFF SAYSTHERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIFIC
ABOUT THE PRINTS THAT HELPEDPOINT THE FINGER OF BLAME AT
JEFF.
>> BASICALLY, THE BOTTLE WASHELD INVERTED, MUCH LIKE HE'D BE
HOLDING IT LIKE A CLUB.
>> JEFF'S THUMBPRINT WAS FOUNDIN A DOWNWARD POSITION ON THE
BOTTLE, AND HIS RING FINGERPRINTWAS FOUND OVER HERE.
>> SHE WAS NOT HIT IN THE HEADWITH THAT BOTTLE.
>> Reporter: ROBBINS SAYS THAT'SCLEAR BECAUSE JEFF IS A RIGHTY,
AND THE PRINTS ON THE BOTTLEWERE FROM HIS LEFT HAND.
AND THERE'S A GOOD REASONTHEY'RE UPSIDE DOWN.
>> THE BOTTLE WAS IN A BAG.
YOU WOULD PULL IT OUT OF THE BAGIN THE SAME WAY, WHERE YOUR
THUMBPRINT WOULD BE GOING DOWN.
>> Reporter: BUT TO WIN THISCASE, THE DEFENSE WILL TELL THE
JURY THAT JEFF WEST COULD NOTHAVE MURDERED HIS WIFE BECAUSE
KAT WASN'T MURDERED.
>> I'VE HANDLED WELL OVER AHUNDRED MURDER CASES.
NEVER WENT FORWARD ON A MURDERCASE WHERE THE MANNER OF DEATH
WAS CLASSIFIED AS UNDETERMINED.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENEDTHAT NIGHT TO KAT WEST?
>> IN A NUTSHELL, SHE FELL, SHEHIT HER HEAD.
>> Reporter: ROBBINS SAYS POLICEFOUND JEFF DRESSED IN THE SAME
CLOTHES AS SEEN IN THE SECURITYVIDEO THE NIGHT BEFORE.
>> THERE WAS NOTHING ON HISCLOTHES-- NO LIQUOR, NO BLOOD,
NO BODILY FLUID, NO TISSUE, NOHAIR.
AND THERE WAS NO HAIR ON THEBOTTLE.
THERE'S NO GLASS IN HER WOUND.
>> Reporter: AND, DESPITE WHATPOLICE TOLD US, NO REAL EFFORT,
ROBBINS MAINTAINS, TO CONSIDEROTHER SUSPECTS OR THEORIES ABOUT
KAT'S DEATH.
>> THE ONLY PERSON THEY EVERLOOKED AT WAS JEFF, AND THEY
REALLY NEVER LOOKED AT ITWHETHER IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: WAS THERE EVER ATIME WHEN YOU OR ANYONE IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED INTOTHE POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING AN
ACCIDENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND SAYTHAT I IMMEDIATELY RULED OUT AN
ACCIDENT, BUT JUST THE HEADTRAUMA ALONE, KNOWING THAT THE
BODY HAD BEEN MOVED, IT WAS VERYHARD TO TRY TO LOOK AT THIS AS
AN ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: NOT HARD AT ALL,INSISTS ROBBINS.
THE TWO BLOOD POOLS AT THE SCENESUGGEST THAT AFTER KAT FELL, SHE
COULD HAVE GOTTEN UP AND FALLENAGAIN.
>> 'CAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT SHEMOVED AROUND AFTER SHE HAD THAT
HEAD INJURY.
>> Reporter: JOHN ROBBINS HASWHITTLED HIS ENTIRE CASE DOWN
TO ONLY ONE WITNESS, A WITNESSGUARANTEED TO GET THE JURY'S
ATTENTION.
KAT'S MOTHER, NANCY MARTIN,TAKES THE STAND TO TELL THE JURY
ABOUT HER DAUGHTER'S LIFELONGSTRUGGLES.
IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS.
IT REALLY WAS.
>> MARTIN TESTIFIED THAT SHE,HERSELF, HAD WITNESSED KAT WEST
IN AN INTOXICATED STATE GOOUTSIDE BAREFOOT IN ANY--
WHETHER IT WAS HOT OR COLD,SHE SAID.
SHE WOULD BE IN VARYING STAGESOF DRESS.
>> Reporter: WERE YOU SURPRISEDAT HOW SUPPORTIVE KAT'S PARENTS,
PARTICULARLY HER MOTHER, WAS OFTHE MAN POLICE SAY KILLED HER
DAUGHTER?
>> YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLYRECALL ANOTHER CASE WHERE THE
MOTHER OF THE VICTIM AND THEFATHER OF THE VICTIM WERE SO
ATTACHED TO THE SUSPECT.
>> Reporter: KAT'S PARENTS AREEVEN GIVING JEFF LEGAL ADVICE.
THEY HELPED CONVINCE HIM NOT TOTESTIFY.
>> JEFF'S IN A GOOD MOOD.
HE'S FIRED UP.
>> Reporter: IN CLOSINGARGUMENTS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY DANIEL McBRAYER FINALLYTIES TOGETHER THE STATE'S THEORY
OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT ANDWHY.
HE SAYS JEFF HAD LOST HIS TEMPERWITH HIS WIFE.
>> HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HERDRINKING AND HER SOCIAL MEDIA
USAGE.
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY THEEVIDENCE FROM THAT NIGHT SHOWS
IT.
HE HAD THROWN HER PHONE INTOTHE STREET AND CLUBBED HER TO
DEATH WITH THE LIQUOR BOTTLEWHEN SHE WENT AFTER IT.
AND McBRAYER SAYS THE WAYTHE BOTTLE AND PHONE WERE
POSITIONED CONVINCED AUTHORITIESIT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN
ACCIDENT.
>> THERE WERE THOSE TWO ITEMSSTACKED PERFECTLY TOGETHER,
RIGHT THERE ON THE STREET NEXTTO HER BODY.
>> JEFF LOVED HIS WIFE.
>> Reporter: DID YOU EVERCONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THIS GUY JUST SNAPPED ONE NIGHT?
>> BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TOTHAT.
HE HAS-- DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORYOF VIOLENCE.
>> Reporter: THE TRIAL IS ENDINGWHEN PROSECUTORS MAKE A LAST-
MINUTE MOVE.
THEY CONVINCE THE JUDGE TO LETTHE JURY CONSIDER A LESSER
CHARGE THAN MURDER: RECKLESSMANSLAUGHTER.
>> I THINK THAT WE COULD SEE AVERDICT TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE HARD PART,JUST-- JUST WAITING.
>> THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEYWERE GOING TO LOSE THE CASE.
>> Reporter: JOHN ROBBINS SAYSHE WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE LAST-
MINUTE LESSER CHARGE THATPROSECUTORS INTRODUCED, AND IT'S
EASY TO SEE WHY.
IT TAKES THE JURY LESS THAN FIVEHOURS TO CONVICT JEFF WEST OF
RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER.
>> JEFF IS-- IS STUNNED.
>> Reporter: BOTH SETS OFPARENTS ARE ALSO STUNNED BY THE
VERDICT.
>> THAT WAS [ BLEEP], AND YOUKNOW IT.
>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I REALLY COULDN'T.
>> Reporter: ALMOST THREE MONTHSLATER...
>> JUDGE BILL BOSTICK SENTENCEDJEFF WEST TO 16 YEARS.
>> Reporter: HOW DID YOU REACTWHEN YOU HEARD 16 YEARS?
>> I JUST WANTED TO CRY.
>> Reporter: WITH CREDIT FORTIME SERVED, JEFF WILL BE BEHIND
BARS FOR 13 MORE YEARS.
FOR THE PROSECUTORS, IT'S A KINDOF SPLIT DECISION...
>> OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD HAVEPREFERRED A MURDER VERDICT.
>> Reporter: ...BUT THEY DECLAREVICTORY ANYWAY.
>> WE'RE GLAD TO GET A SENTENCE,AS WE DID.
>> Reporter: FOR THE DEFENSE, ITIS A STINGING DEFEAT.
JEFF KNOWS IF HE HAD ACCEPTEDTHAT PLEA DEAL FROM THE
PROSECUTORS, HE'D PROBABLYALREADY BE HOME.
>> IN RETROSPECT, THAT PROBABLYHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE DEAL.
>> Reporter: BOTH SETS OFPARENTS STAND BEHIND HIS
DECISION.
BY A SHOW OF HANDS, WHO THINKSJEFF IS NOT GUILTY?
>> WE ALL THINK HE'S NOT GUILTY.
>> Reporter: THEY SAT DOWN WITHUS AS A GROUP THREE DAYS AFTER
SENTENCING.
WHO THINKS THAT HE GOT A FAIRTRIAL?
[ CHUCKLES]>> NOBODY.
>> Reporter: NO HANDS.
THEY BELIEVE THE JUDGE THREW THEBOOK AT JEFF WEST IN SENTENCING
FOR REFUSING TO SETTLE THE CASE,AND THAT FROM THE MOMENT KAT'S
DEATH MADE NEWS...
>> A DOUBLE LIFE.
>> ADULT-THEMED SUBSCRIPTION-BASED BUSINESS.
>> Reporter: ...SHE WAS HARSHLYJUDGED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC
OPINION.
>> IT WAS THE FACT THAT SHE WASDOING THESE THINGS THAT SMALL
TOWNS DON'T UNDERSTAND.
[ SIREN WAILING]>> I THINK SOCIETY IS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE HARD ON WOMEN FORANYTHING THAT WE DO.
>> Reporter: NEW YORK CITYPARAMEDIC LAUREN KWEI SAYS, FOR
HER, THE HARSH JUDGEMENTS DIDNOT START UNTIL LAST NOVEMBER,
WHEN A NEWSPAPER REPORTERCONTACTED HER OUT OF THE BLUE.
>> HE SAID, "SOMEBODY TIPPEDTHE 'NEW YORK POST' THAT YOU'RE
A PARAMEDIC WITH AN ONLYFANS."
>> Reporter: HE TOLD HER HE WASINVESTIGATING WHETHER HER
ONLYFANS PAGE VIOLATED HEREMPLOYER'S CODE OF CONDUCT.
>> AND IN THAT MOMENT, I-- IWANTED TO JUST, LIKE, CRAWL IN A
HOLE AND DIE.
>> Reporter: LAUREN SAYS SHECANCELED HER ONLYFANS ACCOUNT
IMMEDIATELY.
THE EXPOSEÉ, INCLUDING HER REALNAME AND WHERE SHE LIVED AND
WORKED, BEGAN CIRCULATING A FEWWEEKS LATER.
>> I OPENED MY INSTAGRAM ANDSAW, YOU KNOW, 600 FOLLOW
REQUESTS.
>> Reporter: WERE YOU AFRAID FORYOUR SAFETY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINKWOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HAD
KEPT YOUR ONLYFANS WEB SITEGOING AFTER THE ARTICLE DROPPED?
>> WELL, I-- I THINK ITDEFINITELY WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT
OF MONEY.
>> Reporter: AS IT HAPPENS, SHEDID ANYWAY.
WORRIED THAT LAUREN MIGHT LOSEHER JOB, A FRIEND SET UP A
GOFUNDME PAGE FOR HER.
SUPPORTERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN$100,000.
BUT THE PRIVATE AMBULANCECOMPANY SHE WORKS FOR...
[ SIREN WAILING]...KEPT HER ON THE CLOCK.
>> IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HARD TOWATCH PEOPLE PASS AWAY.
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT KATWEST, AND I THINK ABOUT WHERE
SHE WOULD BE TODAY.
>> [ CRYING]IT SUCKS THAT SHE WAS TAKEN SO
EARLY.
>> Reporter: KAT'S FRIEND,BRITTANY DRIESLER, IS LIVING
WITH LOSS, TOO.
>> [ CRYING]SHE'S GONE.
THAT-- THAT-- THAT'S HEART-WRENCHING.
THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S INTHE MIX OF EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: I THINK PEOPLEFORGET THAT A CHILD IS INVOLVED.
>> RIGHT.
>> Reporter: EVERY WEEK, LOLA,NOW 16 YEARS OLD, GOES WITH ALL
HER GRANDPARENTS TO SEE JEFF.
ARE THE FOUR OF YOU STICKINGTOGETHER JUST FOR THE SAKE OF
LOLA?
>> NO.
[ LAUGHS]>> NO.
>> THEY'RE FAMILY!
>> Reporter: BUT EVEN WHEN JEFFWEST DOES GET OUT OF PRISON,
THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A FAMILYWITH SOMEONE MISSING.
IN AN HONEST LIGHT, HOW WOULDYOU LIKE HER TO BE REMEMBERED?
>> KIND, CARING MOTHER.
>> KIND, CARING PERSON WHO LOVEDHER HUSBAND AND LOVED HER
DAUGHTER VERY MUCH.
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