Michael Marraccini

Marraccini flatly denies ever abusing Owens.

“I never abused Laura Owens. I can say that with 100% certainty”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:32

Marraccini says Owens sent his new girlfriend messages accusing him of strangulation, beating and rape.

“And it says all these really vile things about me that I took her within inches of her life. I would strangle her. I would beat her. that I raped her”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 55:52

Marraccini says Owens's parents repeatedly pressured him to stay in the relationship.

“Her mom and dad would always pressure me to try and stand by Laura. Like, our daughter is such a good person. Why can't you just make this work?”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 34:47

Marraccini characterizes Owens's conduct as a long-running pattern rather than isolated incidents.

“I know what this woman's capable of, and though she might be small in stature, she's got a pattern of behavior that is just diabolical”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 7:33

Michael Marraccini characterizes Owens's last-minute maneuvering as a power play using the justice system.

“This is what she gets off on, is having power, manipulating people, manipulating the situation, utilizing the justice system”

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Michael Marraccini says he expected to lose the renewal fight and sought an attorney already familiar with Owens.

“I'm pessimistic already. I'm assuming I'm going to lose, but I don't want to spend all of the money up front to lose”

Love Trapped: Pregnant by the Effing Bachelor | EP 10 (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:25

Marraccini says Owens filed a restraining order against him after he made a police report, beginning seven years of lawsuits.

“She filed a restraining order against me and said that I had been harassing and stalking her and taking her within inches of her life. And that's when the next seven years of lawsuits begins”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:06

Marraccini says Owens told him over the course of their relationship that she had two pregnancies and six abortion attempts.

“I remember in total, she had told me she had two pregnancies and six abortion attempts were made”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 22:03

Marraccini believes his accidentally sent screenshot about breaking up prompted Owens to try to bind him to her.

“Me sending the screenshot was the instance that triggered her to try and lock me in”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 15:20

Marraccini says he received a photo of a positive pregnancy test while away for his 29th birthday and found it implausible given they had used protection.

“I get the text and it's just a positive pregnancy test. The immediate thoughts are, oh my gosh, how is this possible? Because we had really only had like protected sex”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 11:26

Marraccini says he saw no surgical evidence when visiting Owens after her claimed ovary removal and could not believe her mother would corroborate a lie.

“I was like, whoa, there's no way she's lying about this. No way her mom is gaslighting me right now about her daughter having cancer”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 29:22

Marraccini says a message purportedly from Owens's doctor told him he was wrong and needed to be a more supportive boyfriend.

“Then she had this doctor essentially respond to me and say, no, you're wrong. Laura's right. She definitely has cancer. You need to be a better boyfriend”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 23:03

Marraccini said his own mother believed Owens's claims of illness and pressured him to stay in the relationship.

“I remember just my mom was so angry with me because she believed Laura over me. And Laura knew she could utilize my mom against me”

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Michael Marraccini recounts that Mitchell responded to his letter within hours and assigned investigators.

“she responded within, I would say, two hours and said, I'm including my investigators on this case”

Love Trapped: Pregnant by the Effing Bachelor | EP 10 (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 7:04

Marraccini says Ron Owens urged him to accompany Laura to Dubai on the grounds that women are not treated well in the Middle East.

“He was like, but she's going to a country in the Middle East. She definitely needs somebody because they don't treat women very well there”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 50:19

Marraccini says he never raised his voice on the Iceland flight and repeatedly asked Owens for space before retreating to the bathroom.

“I never yelled. I never raised my voice once. Never did anything. I was just annoyed. I just said, please just leave me alone”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 46:18

Marraccini says he was told the radio co-hosting contract with Owens was worth about a quarter of a million dollars a year for only a few hours of work a day.

“The contract we're talking about with Laura is like a quarter of a million dollars a year. You don't have to work that much. Maybe like a couple hours a day”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 38:05

Marraccini says Owens told him on their third date that her father was terminally ill and wanted to meet him.

“On the third date, she said that her father was terminally ill and she wanted him to meet me just in case something was to ever happen to him”

Love Trapped: The Third Man | EP 8 (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 9:13