{"id":306851,"date":"2026-07-27T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306851\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:26:10","slug":"bryan-kohberger-now-claims-hes-innocent-wants-to-withdraw-guilty-plea-in-shocking-first-prison-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306851\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Kohberger now claims he’s innocent, wants to withdraw guilty plea in shocking first prison interview\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryan Kohberger<\/a> now claims he\u2019s innocent and wants to withdraw his guilty plea \u2014 a year after he copped to butchering four University of Idaho students.<\/p>\n

Kohberger<\/a>, 31, claims he was duped into agreeing to a guilty plea deal<\/a> because of \u201cfalse promises and blatant disinformation,\u201d he told The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bryan Kohberger at his sentencing hearing at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on July 23, 2026. KYLE GREEN\/POOL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Final photo of the victims Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Instagram\/Xana Kernodle<\/p>\n

He insisted on his \u201cabsolute claim of innocence,\u201d the Times reported after a Sunday night phone call.<\/p>\n

A mountain of evidence ties Kohberger to the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana\u00a0 Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was asked multiple times during his plea hearing in June 2025 whether he admitted to the crimes, and he said yes.<\/p>\n

The house in Idaho where the four murders took place. Kohberger is serving time for the murders. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n

Blood seeps from the house where the murders took place on Nov. 30, 2022. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n

He was allowed to plead guilty instead of facing the possibility of death by firing squad.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kohberger<\/a> also agreed to waive his right to appeal the case during his plea hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryan Kohberger now claims he\u2019s innocent and wants to withdraw his guilty plea \u2014 a year after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30675,303,27524,3130,238,9,11,10,30677,58],"class_list":["post-306851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-bryan-kohberger","tag-crime","tag-idaho","tag-jail","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-university-of-idaho-murders","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}