TCAP Reaction - PART 3: Michael Manzi
2He went into the sting house and greeted the decoy. Immediately after the decoy herself acknowledged that it was "weird", he asked if he could "look around" and went straight to the curtain where Chris Hansen was waiting. Hansen came out from behind the curtain and started grilling Manzi. Hansen asked what Manzi was doing at the house with the intent to meet a young teenager.
Manzi explained away his actions by saying he was (ironically) concerned that she was talking to people that were a lot older than her and that he was just going to "search the house". Chris shot down Manzi's excuses with messages from his inappropriate chatlog, revealing that Manzi wanted to "blaze" with her and "whatever was going to happen was going to happen", although Manzi repeatedly denied this and claimed he was a good samaritan, trying to help the girl.
He also dismissed having any marijuana on him, claiming that he only had cigarettes in his car. Eventually, Manzi apologized for his actions and Hansen revealed the sting operation, causing Manzi to ask Ron Knight to let him leave through the front door, knowing he'd be arrested if he went through the garage, telling the crew he "can't afford" to be arrested.