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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Clayton from The Bachelor on Getting Blackmailed, Filing a Restraining Order & Losing $1.3M

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.816.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Clayton Echard, from The Bachelor, joined Matt to share his experience with a pregnancy blackmail scandal and his pursuit of justice. This episode was sponsored by Caden Lane, Curology, SurfShark & BetterHelp. For 20% off your order, head to https://CadenLane.com/UNPLANNED and use code UNPLANNED. For a limited time get your first Curology skincare box for $5 when you go to https://Curology.com/UNPLANNED Get Surfshark VPN at https://SurfShark.deals/UNPLANNED. Enter promo code UNPLANNED for three extra months for free. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://BetterHelp.com/unplannedpodcast and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

She would send me these dating contracts basically saying if you date me I will not go public

0:03.9

we can figure this out behind closed doors.

0:05.5

You get that picture of a pregnancy test?

0:07.1

Yes.

0:08.1

Do you believe it at first? Absolutely because you see a visual image you think it must be true because why wouldn't it be?

0:12.0

If she continues to

0:12.8

double down and the court just says we're going to dismiss it all I'm absolutely

0:16.0

going to sue her for defamation and I will win because I have so much evidence

0:19.0

against her this individual has tried to destroy me every single part of me. I need her to take accountability

0:24.6

and admit that she lied so that I can be exonerated. Do you understand what you've

0:28.0

done to my mental health? You've taken me down. I've had dark thoughts. I went down

0:31.7

a dark freaking pat. There had been points when I didn't want to continue living my life because of this woman

0:36.3

I sat down with Clayton Eckert the star of season 26 of the bachelor this past year

0:41.2

Clayton came under fire for allegedly impregnating women with twins.

0:45.4

But according to Clayton, he isn't the father and the twins don't exist.

0:49.2

He alleges that he was blackmailed and this whole thing was made up in an attempt to force him into a romantic

0:55.0

relationship.

0:56.0

But the craziest part is he allegedly was not the first person that this has happened to.

1:00.0

We talk about all this and so much more in today's episode.

1:05.3

This episode contains discussion of topics that aren't for kids, and the unplanned podcast does

1:09.8

not condone cyberbullying or doxing of any kind.

1:12.6

Dude, thank you so much for being here.

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