What Clayton Echard has said about State of Arizona v. Owens

7 quotes · 4 episodes · Apr 23, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026

Clayton Echard, Former star of The Bachelor and respondent in the Arizona paternity case, has been quoted on State of Arizona v. Owens 7 times in 4 episodes of Love Trapped, most recently on July 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Echard described Owens's look in court as resembling a scared child, mixing fear and apparent remorse.

    “she was looking at me and it was almost like a scared child. So it was fear, but it was also a mix of like, I'm sorry”

    Love Trapped: Not Over Yet | EP 15 (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 25:28

  • Echard said he feels powerless and views the justice system as broken and glacially slow.

    “Maybe we just see it for what it is, a system that's broken that is still moving forward at a glacial pace”

    Love Trapped: Not Over Yet | EP 15 (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 33:13

  • Echard predicted Owens will reject the plea deal, go to trial, face worse charges and receive prison time.

    “I feel very strongly that she will not take the plea deal and she will go to trial and she will end up with worse charges”

    Love Trapped: All the Best | EP 12 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 4:50

  • Echard said he believes the state is right that Owens targeted him to leverage his fame, given investigators' access to her communications.

    “They're right. They've uncovered her motives because they have access to more than I've ever even seen”

    Love Trapped: All the Best | EP 12 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 23:17

  • Echard said justice for him would mean Owens going to prison, noting she has never apologized.

    “I hope for justice to be served. And to me, what that looks like is her going to prison”

    Love Trapped: Where is Laura? | EP 11 (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 3:24

  • Echard recounted an Arizona investigator telling him the paternity scandal was the least of Owens's worries given what they had uncovered.

    “what Laura doesn't realize is what we found out about her and the things that we have uncovered. The paternity scandal is the least of her worries”

    Love Trapped: Where is Laura? | EP 11 (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 17:48

  • Clayton Echard celebrated the indictment as the end of a two-year ordeal.

    “This nightmare is over. I am so ready to not have to think about this anymore”

    Love Trapped: Pregnant by the Effing Bachelor | EP 10 (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 34:55

Episodes

  • Not Over Yet | EP 15

    Love Trapped · Jul 9, 2026 · 48 min

    Stephanie Young follows Clayton Echard and Greg Gillespie through hearings where Laura Owens's plea deadline was extended again, plus her parents' troubled bankruptcy case.

  • All the Best | EP 12

    Love Trapped · May 7, 2026 · 1 h 10 min

    In the Love Trapped season finale, Stephanie Young revisits the Laura Owens case with Clayton Echard, Mike Marraccini, an anonymous childhood friend, and online investigators while Owens's plea decision remains pending.

  • Where is Laura? | EP 11

    Love Trapped · Apr 30, 2026 · 1 h 9 min

    Stephanie Young follows the dismissal of Laura Owens's restraining order against Mike Marraccini, her seven new felony charges, her bankruptcy, and a pending plea deal.

  • Pregnant by the Effing Bachelor | EP 10

    Love Trapped · Apr 23, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Stephanie Young chronicles the police raid on Laura Owens's home, her seven-count felony indictment, the state's investigation report, and her renewed restraining order fight with Michael Marraccini.

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