see, that's when it gets interesting - because I think Karen makes good decisions and bad decisions, and I am generally pro-karen but that? like. I can call ~trauma~ and ~people in high stress situations sometimes work against their best interests~ and even sometimes seriously, sometimes semi-seriously, "Karen didn't report the murder because she is a Murder Spy, is why, and this is not the first time she has Murder Spy'd Someone to Death," but.

eh.

she's working with two defense attorneys who handled it the first time she was (wrongly) accused of murder, so you'd think that she'd seek them out for advice/counsel.

maybe she's trying to protect them?

maybe she feels that no judge/jury would believe her (because of that pesky "previously accused of murder, and even if the charges didn't stick, it Looks Fishy") and she's not sure if Foggy or Matt would believe that it was self-defense?

and of course the longer you stay quiet about any Big Fuck Up you've made, the harder it gets to come clean, because now instead of saying "hey, Matt, Foggy, somebody kidnapped me and threatened to kill everyone i loved and he had a gun and I grabbed it and shot him to death and booked it," she's got to say "hey...booked it, AND ALSO lied to you for (x) days"?

i'm sorry, I am just so - I am on Karen's side, which in this case mostly means "i want you to win, karen, i get why you keep making terrible choices but you gotta break the cycle, girl."