The Stephen Patterson Interview
Legally Brunette
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
At just 19 years old, Stephen Patterson was given a life sentence in prison for a crime he did not commit. When an eye-witness wrongfully placed Stephen at the scene of a murder, his life changed forever.
Today, Emily and Shane are sitting down with Stephen to discuss his 18 years in prison, his involvement with The Innocence Center and life after a wrongful conviction.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, guys. Welcome to another episode of Legally Brunette. I will be your host, Emily Simpson, and... |
| 0:08.0 | Shane. Did you forget your name? What happened there? I forgot you were talking about me. |
| 0:13.6 | Oh, yeah. You? All right. I normally, I love that we do this podcast and it's always legally based and we never talk about housewives. |
| 0:21.9 | But today we're just going to have to break that rule a little bit because we're going to have |
| 0:26.0 | to talk about Wendy and Edward Acefo. |
| 0:29.3 | So Wendy is a star on the Real Housewives of Potomac along with her husband, Eddie. |
| 0:35.7 | And the two of them are facing multiple criminal charges in |
| 0:39.0 | Carroll County, Maryland, which are tied to what investigators allege was a staged burglary |
| 0:44.9 | and false insurance claims. Wendy was indicted on seven counts of insurance fraud, |
| 0:51.2 | eight counts of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and one count of false |
| 0:56.2 | statement to a police officer. Edward was indicted on nine counts of insurance fraud, eight counts |
| 1:01.9 | of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and one count of false statement to a police officer. |
| 1:08.8 | According to county officials, the couple was taken into custody |
| 1:11.7 | on Thursday, October 9th, following a grand jury indictment. Now, we were filming the reunion |
| 1:17.3 | on Thursday, October 9th. So I like to put myself in that position where I'm like sitting on a |
| 1:22.4 | couch, probably yelling at someone or getting yelled at. Or getting yelled at one or the other. |
| 1:26.3 | And Wendy and her husband were taken into custody. |
| 1:29.5 | You know, my question is when I think about timelines, I filmed Wiveswap, and we know |
| 1:33.6 | Wendy filmed Wife Swap as well. |
| 1:35.0 | I filmed it back in May, which means Wendy probably filmed it in like the April. |
| 1:39.8 | May, probably. |
| 1:40.8 | April-ish time frame. |
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