Kody Brown may have made (some) positive changes in the aftermath of the ex-wife apology tour he embarked on this season; however, it appears that the former polygamist continues to struggle when it comes to taking accountability for his actions.

In Access Hollywood’s sneak peek of Sunday’s Sister Wives Season 20 Tell-All, host Suki Krishnan brings up the topic of the Brown Family’s much-disputed Coyote Pass property, leading Kody to double down on his claim that his ex-wife Janelle attempted to push the sale forward behind the back of her former sister wife Meri. 

In the clip, Meri– who is joined by her BFF Jenn Sullivan for this portion of the Tell-All– admits to Suki that she suspected Kody and Janelle had discussed selling the property without her, citing Janelle’s suspicious behavior as a major clue. 

“ … there was a time that I said to Jenn, I’m like, ‘There’s probably something going on because Janelle’s not really talking about stuff, every time we have a conversation, she’s not bringing stuff up, she’s not,’” Meri recalls. 

Meri goes on to claim that she didn’t confront Janelle about her suspicions because she didn’t trust Janelle at the time and doubted that Janelle would be honest with her about what was going on. 

As for Kody, he maintains that Janelle was the brains behind the idea. 

“Yeah, so Janelle’s like, ‘You can force the sale,’” he tells Suki, before then accusing Janelle of “really misrepresenting” what actually transpired between them and of “pressuring” him to go along with her alleged scheme.

“ … it wasn’t my idea,” Kody insists. “Janelle came to me with the idea, ‘You can force the sale on this,’ and then started pressuring me. Very typical plural marriage situation, it was like old times. 

“It’s like, she’s pressuring me against the other wives [and saying], ‘We need to sell, you need to make those other women come into compliance,’” he continues. 

Kody tells Suki that he told Janelle she could be the one to contact Meri and “talk her into” the deal that was on the table at the time, but Janelle “wouldn’t do that,” causing them to be “completely stuck.” Kody claims that this is when Janelle came up with the idea to offload the property behind Meri’s back and to have Kody “pay [Meri] later.” 

“That was a temptation only for a moment,” he admits. 

While Kody also admits that this proposed idea was “backstabby” of Janelle, he denies doing any backstabbing himself, insisting that he “was already at war with Meri” at the time and seemingly didn’t owe her his loyalty. 

“I wasn’t partnering with Meri [or] telling Meri that, ‘Oh, I’m going to protect your interest, Meri,’” he says. “I mean, I wasn’t sitting there sucking up to Meri all the time. Janelle didn’t care. Janelle just wanted to get her money, and I was like, you know what? If we lose the buyer, we lose the buyer.” 

As if placing all of the blame on Janelle for the “backdoor deal” that never happened wasn’t bad enough, Kody then accuses Janelle of making similar demands throughout the entirety of their marriage.  

“This was very normal for Janelle to come up to me and say, ‘I want this and I want this … and in fact, if you don’t do it, then I’m just going to do it myself,’” he claims. 

As ‘Sister Wives’ fans may remember, Meri stated on an episode that aired in November that Kody blamed her for slowing down the process to sell Coyote Pass, before revealing that Kody also wanted her to sign a confidentiality agreement, which she refused to do. 

When asked about this by producers, Kody claimed that when the Browns received their first offer on Coyote Pass, Janelle was worried they’d lose the buyer due to the lot division issue not being settled at the time. He then accused Janelle of “pushing” him to either comply with all of Meri’s wishes or force the sale of the property, while revealing that he nearly made this “backdoor deal” with Janelle to sell Coyote Pass without Meri or his wife Robyn’s knowledge. 

Janelle seemed to confirm Kody’s initial claims (at least in part) during the episode in November, telling viewers that Kody informed her at one point that he could technically sell the property without Robyn or Meri’s consent. 

Meanwhile, Kody claimed on the same episode that Robyn insisted at the time that she and Kody not “mess [Meri and Janelle] over” in the deal. 

As The Ashley previously reported, the Browns were ultimately able to sell Coyote Pass for $1.5 million in April, with each party– Janelle, Meri, Kody and Robyn– receiving $375,000 from the sale. 

The ‘Sister Wives’ Season 20 Tell-All begins airing Sunday on TLC. Watch a clip below.