Rabia Chaudry, the Washington D.C. lawyer who initially brought Adnan Syed’s case into the public eye, has said that there is tension between her family and Serial's Sarah Koenig.

Her admission may come as a surprise to fans of the podcast, as the 43-year-old, who has always been unwavering in her belief of Syed's innocence, was the one who initially reached out to Koenig in the first place.

However, in a new interview, she claims that she only approached the former local journalist in an act of desperation.

“It felt like we were begging for help,” she told The Telegraph. “We were desperate.”

Koenig was intrigued by Chaudry’s request, and went on to re-examine Syed’s case in a 12-episode podcast, revisiting evidence and questioning the legitimacy of the case against the Baltimore local.

The podcast quickly went viral, being streamed or downloaded over 68 million times, and received the prestigious Peabody Award for its “innovations of form and its compelling, drilling account of how guilt, truth and reality are decided”.

Serial's Rabia Chaudry addresses rumoured fallout with Sarah Koenig: “I was naïve when it came to what she could really do for Adnan Syed”