Ep - 144 - DEBRA NEWELL FROM DIRTY JOHN
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Debra Newell discusses with the help of renowned criminal behavior analyst Laura Richards her relationship with John Meehan, which became the subject of the hit podcast “Dirty John” as well as the inspiration for the Bravo series of the same name. After meeting Meehan on an online dating site they quickly married only to find out Meehan, who masqueraded as a successful doctor was a grifter with a long history of stalking, harassment, drug abuse, and time in prison. Debra and Laura discuss signs of coercive control, the impact of psychological terrorism, and give advice to victims suffering in silence.
Writer, theater director and Kate’s elementary school classmate Michael Kimmel reviews the season premiere of Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club on MTV.
Father of six Steve Tate reviews the season premiere of The Bachelor on ABC.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Reality Life is brought to you in part by Milk. |
| 0:03.4 | Keep listening to discover how Milk adds more to your day. |
| 0:06.5 | Now, here's the show. |
| 0:13.6 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with KKC. |
| 0:17.1 | This week's episode is really special. |
| 0:19.0 | There are three parts to this episode. |
| 0:21.4 | The first part is an interview with Deborah Newell. |
| 0:24.5 | And then the name's familiar to you. |
| 0:26.2 | It's because in 2014, she fell for a man |
| 0:29.6 | that she met online on an over 50s single site. |
| 0:32.9 | The romance turned into a nightmare, |
| 0:35.8 | documented in the six-part podcast series, Dirty John, |
| 0:39.4 | and most recently into a TV series of the same name on Bravo. |
| 0:43.8 | Her ex, John Mean, attacked her daughter, Tara, |
| 0:47.3 | in the parking lot of her apartment building two years ago. |
| 0:51.0 | He stabbed her with a knife as he tried to force her |
| 0:53.5 | into the trunk of his car, but she fought back. |
| 0:57.3 | And the altercation left him dead |
| 0:59.2 | and put an end to a two-year saga. |
| 1:01.6 | I was really lucky to secure an interview with Deborah. |
| 1:04.9 | She asked me to do the interview |
| 1:06.5 | with famed criminal behavior analyst Laura Richards, |
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