Clayton Echard struggled with his return to private life after leading the 26th season of The Bachelor, comparing his experience to a “withdrawal.” Life seemed to improve in April 2023, when he announced his transition into the real estate business in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
It was in that role that he met Laura Owens, the daughter of a famed San Francisco radio personality. Owens might have been best known at the time for her 2021 Tedx talk, “The Livesaving Power of Kindness to Strangers,” where she alleged abuse by an ex-boyfriend and described her recovery from the relationship.
Owens told Echard she was an entrepreneur trying to invest in short-term rentals, and they met on May 20, 2023, at which time they had an “intimate encounter,” according to court docs.
Nearly two weeks later, Owens told Echard she was pregnant with his child and, per court records, showed him medical records and multiple positive pregnancy tests. The allegation that set off months of litigation in Maricopa County’s family law court and eventually lead to Owens being indicted for 14 felony charges in criminal court.
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In August 2023, Owens took Echard to court with a paternity petition alleging she was pregnant with twins. Echard responded to the petition claiming he could not be the father because he and Owens did not have intercourse. Both claimed...
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