# Former death row inmate who Kim Kardashian fought to free pleads guilty to lesser charge

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-death-row-inmate-who-kim-kardashian-fought-to-free-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge/
- Published: 2026-11-14T22:13:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T22:22:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290405/death-row-Kim-Kardashian-pleads-guilty.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Glossip pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
- Prosecutors dropped the first-degree murder charge.
- Sentencing is scheduled for 17 and 18 December.

## Summary

Richard Glossip, a former Oklahoma death row inmate whose case Kim Kardashian publicly supported, has pleaded guilty to being an accessory to first-degree murder. Prosecutors dropped the murder charge under a plea deal, ending the prospect of a new murder trial but leaving his sentence to be decided.

Glossip, 63, was sentenced to death in 1998 over the 1997 killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese; another man, Justin Sneed, admitted carrying out the fatal beating and received life without parole. The US Supreme Court overturned Glossip’s conviction in February 2025, and he was released on $500,000 bond in May, which Kardashian paid, while awaiting retrial. A two-day sentencing hearing is scheduled for 17 and 18 December.

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