Kate Gosselin has declined an invitation from her estranged son Collin to take a lie detector test over his allegations of childhood abuse, and she says she won’t pursue a defamation lawsuit either as she argues a legal strategy won’t work for her as a celebri
Kate Gosselin didn’t wait for a studio set or a courtroom to respond. She went straight to TikTok, answering fans who urged her to take a polygraph to prove her innocence against her estranged son Collin’s claims.
Collin recently invited Kate to undergo a lie detector test after making disturbing allegations about her alleged abuse when he was a child. He raised the accusations on a freelance reporter Strange McKnights’ YouTube channel this past weekend. telling viewers that Kate once used zip ties on his wrists and ankles and locked him in a basement.
On Tuesday morning, Collin posted again on Instagram Story, sharing a note that read: “Never forget the fact that my mom would write in her diary how she ‘had to pray to God to stop hitting me’ (This was while I was 2 years old by the way).”
Kate’s reply didn’t mirror the moment with the same kind of detail. Instead, she made clear she won’t be taking the lie detector test. She also said she won’t be suing Collin for defamation.
Her reasoning was direct: she explained that a legal strategy won’t work because she’s a celebrity.
The dispute is playing out as Collin prepares to release his memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight, Surviving the Reality of My Childhood,” in which he promises to detail the alleged abuse.
Kate’s refusal puts the spotlight back on what Collin is preparing to publish—and on what he has already chosen to say publicly. With both the polygraph invitation and the defamation question now off the table. the next move appears to be Collin’s memoir. timed for an audience eager for answers. and for a mother who says she won’t take the test.
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If she won’t take a polygraph, that kinda says everything tbh.
So she’s like “I’m a celebrity so lawyers won’t work”?? That’s not how court works. Also the TikTok thing is just… wild. I don’t know who to believe but the zip ties story sounds straight outta a true crime doc.
I feel like polygraphs are fake anyways, so why is everyone acting like it’s a magic truth machine. Plus basements and diaries are super hard to verify from the internet. But if he already has a memoir coming out, he’s gonna control the narrative either way.
This is why families should stop airing stuff on YouTube and TikTok like it’s a season finale. Also wasn’t Kate on a studio set like all the time? So “won’t take a test” but she’ll clap back online… okay. I’m not saying he’s lying, but why would she write a diary about praying at age 2 like that?? idk. If she’s innocent just do it, defamation or whatever is just gonna drag it out.