What Clayton Echard has said about Laura Owens v. Clayton Echard paternity trial

Echard says simply having Gillespie and Marraccini present in the courtroom corroborated his account for the judge.

“All you need to do is just acknowledge that they exist. Because then the judge sees it and goes, these guys showed up. There's three of them”

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Echard said Owens' side of the courtroom was nearly empty, which he found significant.

“It was her mom and her medical expert. That was it. Dad wasn't there. Sister wasn't there. No friends. And I think that, to me, also spoke volumes”

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Echard described a surge of anger when Owens testified that he had raped her.

“I remember when she said it, I just felt this massive wave of anger overtake my body. And I remember clenching my fist and just closing my eyes”

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Echard said he needed a legal document to corroborate his account, and the ruling lifted a weight from him.

“I knew my truth the entire time that I was fighting her. But I needed a legal document”

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