19 Things We Learned From Nancy Benoit's Sister On Talk Is Jericho

9. The Need To Find An Explanation

Chris Benoit Wrestlemania Press Conference In New York
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Sandra understands, as someone who is still struggling with loss nine years later, that there's an immense need to come up with an explanation for Benoit's actions. The daily pain of living with not knowing why it happened is crippling.

She gets why his parents and family want to be able to say that Chris wasn't himself, but she doesn't agree with their stance that he wasn't responsible due to his brain condition.

Jericho talks about how he made it a point to do media after the incident to give people a different perspective on his friend from the portrayal of him as a demon. He mentions a psychiatrist who appeared alongside him on one of the shows that said it's impossible to blame his actions on any one single influencing factor.

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