Kessinger opened up about their relationship in 2018.
Chris Watts had a mistress in the weeks before he murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, and she played a crucial role in his conviction. Nichol Kessinger came forward to dish on her affair with Watts even before he admitted to being in an extra-marital relationship. Watts’ crimes are detailed in the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door, which was released on Wednesday. Along with heavy social media documentation from his then-wife Shanann Watts, video footage and photos featured in the film do more than prove Watts was seeing Kessinger at the time he murdered his family. It shows clearly that Kessinger’s account of her relationship with Watts confirmed one of the father’s many lies surrounding his unhappy marriage. Kessinger’s interview with police is featured in the documentary, too. In it, she admits Watts had told her he was separated from his wife, Shanann. This, though, was a lie. Kessinger also revealed she didn’t know about Shanann’s pregnancy.
