“Tell her I buy all her SKIMS and I only wear SKIMS,” the convicted murderer, 21, says during the call, referencing Kardashian’s shapewear brand

In an undated jailhouse call obtained by PEOPLE, Mackenzie Shirilla, convicted of murdering her boyfriend and their friend in a car crash, said she wants Kim Kardashian to be her attorney.

During the call from the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center in Ohio, Shirilla and another person on the line — who is not identified in the call — discussed the media attention surrounding her case, including a reference to an interview with the father of Shirilla’s slain boyfriend, Dominic Russo, published in the Daily Mail.

Mackenzie then suggests the reality star — who has been actively pursuing a legal career for several years but has not yet passed the California bar exam — may have seen the news coverage. Kardashian, 45, advocates for those she believes have been wrongfully convicted, as well as incarcerated people who have demonstrated rehabilitation.

“Well maybe Kim Kardashian’s seen,” Mackenzie says.

The other person agrees, adding, “Yeah, maybe Kim will, now that it’s, like, all over. I was like, I mean, that’s the only thing that might be good about the whole media thing. Maybe Kim will see it.”

Mackenzie then expresses her hope for legal representation from the SKIMS mogul. “I don’t know. You have to figure out because I’m real nervous and I want Kim Kardashian to be my lawyer,” Mackenzie says.

The conversation later turns to Kardashian’s work in criminal justice reform, with the other person noting she “works hard” to help “innocent people get out of jail.”

As the call continues, the other person says, “We’re gonna have her get you out,” prompting Mackenzie to add, referring to the shapewear brand, “Tell her I buy all her SKIMS and I only wear SKIMS.”

Mackenzie, 21, is now serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women.

She was convicted in August 2023 of murder, aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges connected to the July 2022 deaths of 20-year-old Russo and the couple’s friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan.

Dominic Russo, Davion Flanagan
Dominic Russo; Davion Flanagan.GoFundMe; Jardine Funeral Home

Prosecutors argued during her bench trial that she intentionally drove her sedan into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio, at nearly 100 mph after her relationship with Russo had become strained. The judge described her in court as “literal hell on wheels.”

Interest in Mackenzie’s case has resurfaced following the May 15 release of the Netflix documentary The Crash, which features interviews with Mackenzie’s family, the victims’ loved ones, and Mackenzie herself speaking from prison.

“There was no intent whatsoever there,” Mackenzie said in the documentary. “I have excessive amounts of remorse for Dominic, Davion [and] both of their families.”

 

She has maintained that she has no memory of the moments leading up to the fatal collision, saying she passed out due to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a chronic condition that can cause dizziness and fainting. She was 17 at the time.

Shortly after the documentary’s release, PEOPLE obtained the audio of other jail calls in which Mackenzie says she doesn’t “need to be rehabilitated” and expresses concern that she may be unable to “have kids” if she is eventually released from prison, saying she would be “old” by then.

Mackenzie will be eligible for parole at the age of 33 in 2037.