Blayne Alexander contends that Leo's credibility is undermined by his repeated lies and contradictions regarding his involvement in the crime.

“Leo says that's absolutely not true that he was just roped into this that he had nothing to do with what was going on and had no idea what he would find there. But again, um you saw it in the episode. I mean, he lied a number of times.”

Keith Morrison asserts that individuals can convince themselves of false stories over time, making them appear entirely sincere when relaying untruths.

“people develop a way of kind of not exactly editing but just sort of becoming comfortable with a story about something they did or didn't do that isn't maybe exactly correct but they've kind of persuaded themselves it's correct over the years”