Laura Owens: Arizona Woman Faces New Charges After She Allegedly Tried To Use Fake Pregnancy To Tie Men Down
Authorities in Arizona have filed new charges against Laura Michelle Owens, 35, after prosecutors accused her of staging another fake pregnancy to manipulate a man into a relationship.
Prosecutors announced the indictment on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
It’s the latest twist in a case that already grabbed national attention earlier this year after Laura made similar allegations against “The Bachelor” star Clayton Echard.
According to Maricopa County prosecutors, Owens went on three dates with a Scottsdale man during the summer of 2021.
When he decided not to pursue a relationship, Owens allegedly told him she was pregnant.
However, Investigators later discovered that it was a lie and that she had falsified documents to support this claim.
Prosecutors have charged Owens with seven felony counts, including perjury, forgery, theft by extortion, identity theft, and fraud.
Court records show that she initially filed a civil lawsuit against the man in August 2021, accusing him of coercing her into an abortion and seeking $45,000 in damages.
However, the man denied the allegations, claiming Owens was never pregnant, as per Mercury News.
He also said that the sonogram image she sent him was identical to one found on a 2014 blog post after a reverse Google image search.
That lawsuit from 2021 dragged on for more than two years before being dismissed, though Owens did manage to obtain a temporary protective order against the man during this time.
The new charges against Laura Owens comes just months after she was indicted in a separate case .
Prosecutors say she allegedly lied against “The Bachelor” star Clayton Echard, claiming that he impregnated her.
Between May 2023 and June 2024, Owens reportedly fabricated ultrasound images, created a fake pregnancy video, and lied multiple times under oath in an attempt to convince Echard that he was the father of her unborn twins.
But investigators later discovered that she was never pregnant.
In June 2024, Judge Julie Mata of Maricopa County ruled that Owens acted in bad faith, citing what she called “serial fabrications” in her testimony and written statements.
The civil court referred her case to the county attorney’s office for possible criminal prosecution, which led to her indictment earlier this year.
Owens has pleaded not guilty to those charges and continues to insist on her innocence.
Meanwhile, Echard expressed relief following the indictment, posting a video statement to his followers:
“This nightmare is over. I am so ready to not have to think about this anymore. I want to thank the investigators for serving up justice. I have not been this happy in two years.”
The allegations against Owens don’t stop there. Just a day before her most recent indictment, she reportedly failed to appear in San Francisco Superior Court for a case involving another ex-boyfriend, Michael Marraccini.
Owens had claimed Marraccini got her pregnant with twins years earlier and sought to renew a restraining order against him.
However, when she didn’t appear in court—either in person or remotely—the judge dismissed her petition.
Marraccini later told reporters, “It feels like the handcuffs have been taken off,” referring to the end of the protective order that had restricted his movements in San Francisco.
Owens, who works as an equestrian and podcaster, comes from a well-known broadcasting family. Her father, Ronn Owens, spent over four decades as a host on KGO 810, while her mother, Jan Black, was a former reporter with KCBS.
The family moved from California to Arizona during the pandemic, where Owens later met Echard in May 2023, reportedly after contacting him about real estate investments.
Laura Owens is currently free on her own recognizance as she awaits trial in January 2026 for the charges involving Echard.
Her attorney, Joshua Kolsrud, declined to comment on either case, citing the ongoing proceedings.
As both cases move forward, prosecutors say Owens’ pattern of alleged false claims demonstrates a calculated effort to manipulate and defraud men she dated.
If convicted, Owens faces years in prison. For now, she continues to deny all wrongdoing, maintaining that she is the real victim of what she describes as “an online mob” fueled by the “Justice for Clayton” community.
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