Kim Kardashian’s new true crime podcast “The System” has recently secured the top spot on Spotify’s U.S. podcast chart, surpassing popular shows such as The Joe Rogan Experience and Meghan Markle’s Archetypes.
However, the debut episode of the show has faced criticism from two victims who were injured in the crime covered.
Siblings Quanita and Quentin Reeves, who survived the 1994 triple murder that Kevin Keith was convicted of, spoke out against the episode in an interview with the Daily Mail.
They claim that neither Kardashian nor her team attempted to contact them about the shooting.
Quentin Reeves stated, “She did not contact us, not one time. If Kim Kardashian wants to get involved, she should come and meet us face-to-face.”
The Reeves siblings insist that Keith, a man that Kardashian is currently working to free from prison, is guilty of the deaths of their cousin, Marichell Chatman; her 4-year-old daughter, Marchae; and Marichell’s aunt, Linda Chatman.
The siblings, who were just 4 and 6 at the time of the shooting, say they not only witnessed the shooting but also sustained bullet wounds after Keith shot them both in the stomach.
Quentin Reeves said, “We saw it with our own eyes. You don’t forget something like that. I don’t care what Kim Kardashian says—Kevin did it.”
He continued, “Why doesn’t Kim Kardashian come out here to Ohio? She doesn’t want to hear from us. She wants to get him out to make her look better…that’s the truth.”
Quanita added, “We should have been the first call.”
Keith, who has been in prison for 28 years, is said to have had an alibi that exonerates him. In the podcast, Kardashian notes that Quanita Reeves identified the shooter as “Daddy’s friend, Bruce” at the time, and that there was no physical evidence that linked the man to the scene.
Kardashian reiterated this point in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, stating that she intended to “shake shit up” and “make noise” in reexamining the case.
“Well, the main thing that really stuck out was that someone can be convicted of a crime, let alone a triple homicide, without any physical evidence linking him to the crime and he was sentenced to death,” Kardashian said.
However, Quanita Reeves explained her naming “Bruce” as the “mistake” of a “terrified” child and that Keith bears a resemblance to her father’s friend, Bruce.
The siblings remain adamant that Keith was the shooter and are angry that they did not have an opportunity to communicate that to the podcast’s production team.
Producers on The System have since responded to the siblings’ claims, stating, “The production team of The System made multiple attempts to reach out to the Reeves siblings.”
“At the time, they decided not to share their story and requested we no longer contact them. If they have reconsidered, we welcome them to sit down for the podcast at any time.”
