Joyce Mitchell breaks her silence and speaks to Matt Lauer in her first-ever interview. In the NBC News exclusive, Mitchell, the New York prison seamstress who pled guilty to helping two inmates escape, tells Lauer, "I just got in over my head." The candid and emotional interview airs in two parts on NBC's TODAY, Monday and today, September 14 and 18, and as a special two-hour Dateline tonight, September 18 at 9 p.m. ET.
Mitchell sits down with Lauer in Clinton County Jail where she is awaiting sentencing for helping convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat escape the prison where she worked. An excerpt from the interview follows. If used, please credit NBC's TODAY and Dateline with air dates (September 14 and 18).
Excerpts:
JOYCE MITCHELL: I know it's hard to believe. But I do love my husband. And I've always loved my husband. I just-- I was going through a point in my life-- a lot of people go through depression. A lot of people go through that. And I just got in over my head. And I couldn't get out. And I couldn't tell anybody. I couldn't tell my husband. Couldn't tell my family. I couldn't tell my coworkers. I couldn't tell anybody. There's nobody you can tell.
MATT LAUER: He [Richard Matt] had complete control of you, in your opinion at that point?
JOYCE MITCHELL: Yes. He was-- he was good at that.
NBC News is a global leader in news across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS with Lester Holt, TODAY, Meet the Press and Dateline, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The rapidly-growing
NBC News Digital Group provides continuous content to consumers wherever they are, whenever they want it.
NBC News also operates Peacock Productions, an award-winning in-house production company, and the
NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.
NBC News is part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation. For more information about NBCUniversal, please visit www.NBCUniversal.com.
Photo courtesy of NBC
Comments
To post a comment, you must
register and
login.
