@imnotalawyerbut: She Faked Pregnancies to Sue Men for Child Support?? PHOENIX — A Scottsdale woman who claimed she was pregnant with twins by former Bachelor star Clayton Echard, and took him to court seeking child support, has been sentenced to jail. Laura Owens, 35, was sentenced Oct. 23 in Maricopa County Superior Court to 30 days in county jail and seven years of supervised probation. Another 12 months of jail is deferred until October 2027. If she violates probation, she could face up to 12.5 years in prison. Owens pleaded guilty in August to four felonies: two counts of fraudulent schemes, one count of perjury, and one count of taking the identity of another. Ten other counts were dismissed under the plea deal. The case started in August 2023, when Owens filed a paternity suit claiming Echard fathered her twins. Echard said the two never had sex. In June 2024, a family court judge ruled she could not find that Owens was ever pregnant with Echard’s child, found the case was brought in bad faith, and referred it for a criminal investigation. Prosecutors say investigators found that Owens ordered hCG injections, the hormone that makes a pregnancy test turn positive, days before she told Echard she was pregnant. They also say she used her sister’s ultrasound, photoshopped a baby bump, and in an earlier case passed off a stranger’s ultrasound from a 2015 blog post as her own. Echard wasn’t the first. In 2021, Owens told another man she was pregnant with twins after three dates, then sued him for abortion coercion and domestic violence. That case was dismissed in 2022.

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 23:00:00 GMT