Mackenzie Shirilla says she is third victim of crash

Mackenzie Cirilla Calling himself the “third victim” of a fatal car crash that killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russoand their friends Davion Flanagan as she sits behind the wheel.

Shirilla, 21, made this comment while talking to her mother, Natalie Cirillaperiod a phone call from the Cuyahoga County Correctional Center. At the time, the two were discussing her attorney’s decision not to allow her to testify during her 2023 murder trial.

“I asked him if I could testify to show them that I had nothing to hide, and he said, ‘I don’t know if that’s a good idea at the moment,'” Cirilla told her mother after the judge’s hearing. people.

Cirilla later argued that testifying would benefit her case. “If they saw the truth, they would know it was just a car accident,” she said. “They’re only going to see the third victim and that’s me, I lost the love of my life and a good friend and now I have to deal with that grief for the rest of my life.”

She went on to say that she also had to “deal with” “fear of driving and stuff like that.”

Cirila also said she felt the bench trial was not going well and admitted she feared she would have to remain in custody for another year before she could get leave to appeal.

Also in the conversation, Cirilla accused prosecutors of letting “the followers go and stand on the witness stand” during the trial. However, she did not specify what may have happened during the court hearing to make her feel that way.

In a later conversation, Cirilla asked her mother to “pay my bond and get me out of here.” She continued, “Like, go to a bail bondsman and see if they can pay 10 percent.” She was being held on $500,000 bail at the time.

After filing her plea, Cirilla acknowledged that the bond would be revoked in the coming days once a judge rules on her case.

“I got so angry, I needed to get the fuck out of jail because they were just trying to fuck me, it was so bad,” Cirila told her mother.

As Cirilla predicted, her bail was revoked days after the call, when she was found guilty of four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of drug possession and possession of an instrument of crime. She was eventually sentenced to two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life in prison.

Shirilla was arrested and charged following a car accident in Strongsville, Ohio on July 31, 2022. She was driving Russo, 20, and Flanagan, 19, home from a graduation party and a visit to a friend’s house.

As the car was traveling at more than 100 mph, they hit a brick wall, killing Russo and Flanagan.

During the trial, prosecutors argued the crash was a botched murder-suicide attempt. Meanwhile, the defense said Cirila suffered from POTS, a condition that causes dizziness and fainting, and she passed out.

Shirilla also wonders if her medical diagnosis was the cause of the crash in Netflix documentary collapsewhich was released on May 15. Shirilla appears in documentary while in prison, express remorse for criminal conduct.

However, one of her former prisoners came forward claiming she’s a mean girl And he showed no remorse in prison. in a series of TikTok video, Mary Catherine “Kate” Claude Alleges that Cirilla was involved in numerous prison hookups.

“if she feels sad or remorsefulshe would not have gone to jail and spent the next six months in a prison relationship,” she said.