David Lewis was raised outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in a home without running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing for much of his childhood. His family survived on farming, hunting, and whatever odd jobs they could find, and when his father left while David was still a boy, the instability at home only deepened. By eighteen, David had earned his GED and enlisted in the Marines, determined to build a life beyond the poverty he grew up in. Though his time in the military ended before his full term of service, it was not due to dishonorable conduct, and it marked the beginning of a relentless drive that would define the rest of his life. After the Marines, David worked for a refrigeration company before striking out on his own, eventually building a successful firearms business from the ground up. His entrepreneurial instincts and larger-than-life personality caught the attention of a television production company, and before long, he became the star of a reality series that aired on the Discovery Channel from 2011 to 2014. The show was a phenomenon, turning David into a household name and drawing millions of viewers who saw in him a self-made success story. But behind the scenes, tensions with other participants and coworkers grew increasingly heated, particularly over the show’s profits. David’s personal life was just as complicated as his public one. He married three times, had two daughters with his first wife, and fathered a third child he did not learn about until she was nearly a teenager. Then came an arrest on charges entirely unrelated to his business or television career, charges that would ultimately end the series and unravel everything David had built. Convicted of aggravated rape involving two young girls, one of them his own daughter, David Lewis remains in a Louisiana prison to this day. What Lies in the Truth is the story of how far a man can rise, and how far he can fall, when the truth finally catches up.