A man who pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Gone Girl kidnapping of a California couple has broken his silence to claim that he is not guilty.
Matthew Muller, 40, was sentenced to 40 years in prison last year after pleading guilty to breaking into the Vallejo home of Denise Huskins, 32, and Aaron Quinn, 33, when they were sleeping in 2015.
Prosecutors say the disbarred Harvard University-trained lawyer tied the couple up, drugged them and then kidnapped and raped Huskins over a two-day ordeal.
Police initially believed the kidnapping was so elaborate and bizarre that they dismissed it as a real life 'Gone Girl' hoax plotted by the two victims.
Matthew Muller spoke out for the first time in a prison interview with NBC on Wednesday to claim he is not guilty in the 2015 Gone Girl kidnapping case he pleaded guilty to last year
In a jailhouse interview with NBC on Wednesday, Muller said he was not guilty and plans to fight the charges.
'It's pretty simple. I'm not guilty,' he said.
'I'd really love to take the stand and be asked questions... It's a very intricate story, but it also a true one.
'Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes, but it will come out, and there's evidence for exactly what happened.'
Muller was given the 40 year sentence as part of a deal for pleading guilty to the kidnapping charge in federal court.
Police initially believed the kidnapping was so elaborate and bizarre that they dismissed it as a real life 'Gone Girl' hoax plotted by victims Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn
He said he will fight state charges accusing him of raping Huskins and assaulting her boyfriend.
Muller said he plans to use a mental illness defense when he represents himself.
Matthew Muller, 40, was sentenced to 40 years in prison last year after pleading guilty to breaking into the Vallejo home of Denise Huskins, 32, and Aaron Quinn, 33, when they were sleeping in 2015
When explaining why he initially pleaded guilty, Muller said he had fallen into severe depression while being held at a Sacramento jail and he didn't care what happened to him.
He added that he wanted to help the couple in some way by taking the deal.
Muller is due to appear at a preliminary hearing next week and said he is likely to direct questions to Huskins and Quinn.
The couple are due to get married soon, but Muller denied he had planned the timing of the court case to cause them more pain.
'I did not control the timing on this. To suggest somehow I’ve plotted to make this happen right before they got married is ridiculous,' he said.
Huskins and Quinn were awarded $2.5million in damages earlier this year after suing the Vallejo Police Department for defamation after they were accused of faking the kidnapping, which subsequently drew comparisons to the 'Gone Girl' film.
Prosecutors said Muller had used a remote-controlled drone to spy on his victims before breaking into their home, blindfolding and tying them up in March 2015.
Muller, a disbarred Harvard University-trained attorney and ex-Marine, pleaded guilty last year to kidnapping Denise and holding her for ransom
Huskins and Quinn were awarded $2.5million in damages earlier this year after suing the Vallejo Police Department for defamation after they were accused of faking the kidnapping
He made them drink a sleep-inducing liquid before playing a pre-recorded message that made it seem as if there was more than one kidnapper.
Authorities said Muller then put Huskins in the trunk of car and drove to South Lake Tahoe where he held her hostage for two days and allegedly raped her twice while demanding a $15,000 ransom from her boyfriend.
Quinn called police after the break-in but was immediately questioned as a suspect in her possible murder.
After Huskins reappeared two days later, police said the pair had made the entire thing up.
Investigators dropped that hoax theory after Muller was later arrested in an attempted robbery at another San Francisco Bay Area home.
Police then apologized to the couple prior to them being award the damages in their lawsuit.
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Main photo article A man who pleaded guilty and was convicted in the Gone Girl kidnapping of a California couple has broken his silence to claim that he is not guilty.
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