Former prison inmate claims The Crash's Mackenzie Shirilla used 'sugar daddy websites' in jail

Mackenzie Shirilla was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the murders of her boyfriend Dominic Russo and their friend Davion Flanagan in 2022.

A new Netflix documentary, The Crash, which has quickly become the most watched true crime series on the platform, has shone a light on the case once again.

Now, a former prison inmate at the Ohio Reformatory for Women has spoken out about her experience, suggesting Shirilla might be raking in cash from 'sugar daddy websites'.

Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of murder (Netflix)

Kat Crowder told TMZ: "She was artsy and creative in there. She made jewellery like nose rings and bracelets out of an art kit that you could buy through the boxes and she was selling jewellery, custom-made shoes, tailoring clothes and things of that sort.

"She told me and one of my friends that were talking to her about it once that if you wanted to buy it you would have to send it to this Cash App, and it was her mother.

"She was on these 'sugar daddy for inmate' websites. They're not advertised as 'sugar daddy' but that's what we called them inside. She's no longer on them anymore because I think people found out, and it wasn't a good look obviously.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she got a lot of traction from that when she was on there."

The aftermath of the crash (Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office)

The former inmate then compared it to the situation of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, who met her now-estranged husband while she was serving time for her mother's murder.

She was just 17 when she crashed into a brick wall at a speed of 100mph, claiming that she had a medical episode, although data from the car showed that she never pressed the brake and that she had full force on the accelerator in the seconds before. After Shirilla was convicted, court documents said: “It is noted that Shirilla chose to drive early in the morning, when few people would be around to witness the accident or provide help. It concluded that Shirilla intentionally pressed the pedal to the floor, taking the car to nearly 100 mph and aiming the car at the brick wall.

“The court stated that it could only be speculated whether she intended to kill herself. But it concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that Shirilla acted purposefully and intentionally to kill Russo and Flanagan; her actions were ‘controlled, methodical, deliberate, intentional, and purposeful.’”

Although she might be making some money while she's doing her time, she may have to wait a while until she can spend it properly, given that she will only be eligible for parole in 2037.