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I'm Rebecca Lavoie, and this is Crime Writers on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,

pop culture, other podcasts.

And on this episode, what started as a buzzworthy paternity suit against an unpopular reality star

turned into a bizarre tale of manipulation and obsession.

We'll review Love Trapped from Glass Podcasts and I Heart Podcasts. Joining me to get that done, Ann Moore, is true crime author, TV journalist, and host of. These are their stories podcast, my husband, and the love of my life. Kevin Flynn, hello, Kevin. Hello, Rebecca. Kevin, I'm pregnant. No, you're not. I'm not. Let me see the ultrasound. Unaltered, please. Let me see the turkey base. Also with us, private investigator, certified pet detective, resident cat lady, and author of the Piper Green series of Cozy Mysteries, it's Laura Bricker. Hi, Laura. Hey, Rebecca. And finally, all the way from Valencia, Spain, author of the city trilogy, host of Ripcruent, ancient phalians, and the podcast soon to be a major motion picture. Stranger rivals, it's Toby Ball, K. Pasa, Toby. Ola, boinas. Oh, boy, Kevin. Yes. This is Thursday's program. I see something coming up next week that literally everyone I know is talking about. Oh, yeah? What's coming up on next week's programs?

Yeah, so coming up on next week's shows, we're going to talk about on Monday the Netflix

buzzworthy show.

It's called The Crash.

Yes, it's a documentary.

It's a documentary.

And then on Thursday, week from today, we'll talk about the podcast, City of Lights.

The crash is one of those things that I see literally everyone talking about on our page, on the I think not page. I hear about it on podcast. And I don't know if we're going to like it, but apparently there's stuff to talk about about it. So I'm looking forward to at least seeing what everyone's talking about. I was with this thing that we listen to. So should we start? Yeah, let's do it. All right, leading off. That night I was looking for a hookup. A thousand percent. I assumed we both were on the same page because she was coming over at 8 o'clock at night on a Friday. We know why you're coming. You just sent me a photo of your ass.

Clayton Eckerd was trying to bounce back from his disastrous appearance on The Bachelor

when he hooked up with a potential real estate investor.

Though he claimed they only had oral sex, Laura Owens said she was pregnant with his twins.

What came next from her was an unrelenting mix of romantic overtures and legal threats.

It pains me that you won't even consider giving me a chance.

You've tried a lot of things, but you haven't tried me who actually empathizes and has been in dark spots like you've been in and got...

What if you just honestly and openly gave it a week to be open to something maybe eventually happening with absolutely

no expectations. Clayton became suspicious of Laura's evasive actions to prove her pregnancy

was real. When the reality TV scandal hit the news, internet sleuths began to pick apart her

...