Bachelor Paternity Case In Court! Clayton Echard Wins Big

Former Bachelor Clayton Echard has finally had the first part of his day in court. Laura Owens, a woman he had one night of unwise relations with, which he says did not include intercourse, sued him for paternity of her alleged twins whom she says she became pregnant with eleven days after their encounter. Echard has maintained over the last nine months that Owens was never pregnant and that the entire lawsuit was based on fraud. Legal filings allege that Owens wore a fake pregnancy belly, provided Echard with faked sonograms, went to the media to ruin Echard’s reputation, refused discovery, and would not allow Echard to speak to her alleged doctors. Further investigation into the case found that Owens had taken at least two other men to court with similar allegations in the past.

Owens tried to have the case against Echard dismissed in January when she filed a motion claiming she was “no longer pregnant,” hoping the entire thing would get scrapped. Echard’s attorneys filed a motion to continue the court process to prove that the allegations she made were in bad faith and based on lies. On Wednesday, a Maricopa County, Ariz., judge denied Owens’ attempt to flee the court system, and the case will be heard on June 10. Further, the judge granted Echard’s motion for more time to present his evidence against Owens. The hits kept on coming on Wednesday when Judge Julie Mata also forced Owens to sign a HIPAA release that she had been refusing to sign to date. This means that Echard’s lawyers can subpoena medical records, and the judge allowed it back to 2020 when Owens was alleging another pregnancy with another man she dragged through court for a year.

Owens will also be deposed in March, which she had previously refused to do and failed to show up for the last scheduled deposition because of “privacy” concerns. Owens filed a motion to seal the records in the case and claimed she couldn’t be deposed due to the embarrassment she would suffer if the public was privy to her claims. Judge Mata denied her request to seal the records noting that there is significant public interest in the case and she will have to face questioning on the record. The mainstream press finally picked up on this story after months of independent journalists carrying the load and an AZ Central reporter was in the courtroom on Wednesday. Owens’ ever-changing story of why she is “no longer pregnant” has reached absurd heights.

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