{"id":498855,"date":"2026-05-23T09:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/498855\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:48:17","slug":"kim-kardashian-passes-on-mackenzie-shirillas-legal-help-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/498855\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Passes on Mackenzie Shirilla&#8217;s Legal Help Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Kim Kardashian<br \/>\n                          Not Happening, Mackenzie Shirilla<br \/>\n                          Passes on Legal Help Ask<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:06 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260522_7a3de88860954cfb9b782342d4ef128d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2ccf909b-2d50-4152-b96a-40bd8d6c4adf\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7a3de88860954cfb9b782342d4ef128d_md.jpg\" alt=\"kim kardashian Mackenzie Shirilla getty netflix\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mackenzie-shirilla\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mackenzie Shirilla<\/strong><\/a> wants some legal help from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kim-kardashian\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong><\/a> as she sits in prison for the murder of two young men &#8230; but TMZ has learned that ain&#8217;t happening.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal&#8230; in a call &#8212; obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mackenzie-shirilla-wants-kim-kardashian-lawyer-jail-call-exclusive-11982468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>PEOPLE<\/strong><\/a> and recorded while Mackenzie was held at the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center in Ohio &#8212; the convict said she wanted Kim&#8217;s help. Mackenzie even said she wanted KK to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/22\/mackenzie-shirilla-wanted-kim-kardashian-to-defend-her\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>her lawyer<\/strong><\/a>! Uhh &#8230; Who wants to tell her?<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260521_8b428c14ec08422392b4d43064dd7bfa\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2ccf909b-2d50-4152-b96a-40bd8d6c4adf\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8b428c14ec08422392b4d43064dd7bfa_md.jpg\" alt=\"mackenzie shirilla insta 5\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A source close to Kim tells TMZ &#8230; Kim advocates for criminal justice reform by supporting individuals she believes were wrongfully convicted, as well as people within the prison system who have demonstrated rehabilitation and deserve a fair second chance. This case does not fall within her focus.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As you know &#8230; Kim has spent years involved in criminal justice reform efforts and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/15\/kim-kardashian-posts-bond-for-former-death-row-inmate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>advocating<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for inmates she believes were wrongfully convicted or deserving of sentence reconsideration.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie was convicted in 2023 of murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, and other charges tied to the 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dominic-russo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dominic Russo<\/strong><\/a>, and friend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/davion-flanagan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Davion Flanagan<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea995bb3ec9e4fb49603af49fbaa36c7_md.jpg\" alt=\"051926_steve_shrilla.01_05_25_28\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While the state of Ohio found her guilty &#8230; her dad told us what he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/19\/mackenzie-shirilla-dad-discusses-weed-comments-in-the-crash-documentary\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>thinks<\/strong><\/a> on &#8220;TMZ Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Interest in the case recently exploded again after Netflix released &#8220;The Crash&#8221; earlier this month &#8230; featuring interviews with Mackenzie, her family, and the victims&#8217; loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Not Happening, Mackenzie Shirilla Passes on Legal Help Ask Published May 22, 2026 5:06 PM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,104169,4113,53719],"class_list":["post-498855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kim-k","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-kk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116623266289358887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}