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Tonight, former bachelor star Clayton Eckert.
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The bachelor's Clayton Eckert.
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He had a brief romantic encounter with this woman who later claimed she was pregnant
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Well, he says try to destroy him.
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I mean, this is really an unbelievable story.
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I am done nothing to get pregnant by the fucking bachelor!
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This story starts with a very familiar scene, an at-home pregnancy test.
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It was just her and I waiting for the results.
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The woman he was standing next to was essentially a stranger, someone who had reached out to
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They'd only hooked up once.
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One line shows up right away.
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Many of us have been there before.
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Whatever result you're hoping for, the wait is excruciating.
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And then the second line starts coming in.
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And I'm like, wow, she's actually pregnant.
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This moment changed Clayton Eckert's life forever, but not in the way he expected.
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Every time you think it couldn't get crazier, it just does.
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Over the next two years, he would be thrown into the spotlight again, this time becoming
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the center of a story that was spiraling out of his control.
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You know that this case has gone viral.
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The dating contract, stalkerish behavior, she sent me over 500 emails and text messages.
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Agreed to date me, but I'm also suing you.
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Had she not gone public, things wouldn't be where they are today.
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Please search for a car.
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It's a story about who you believe and why you believe them.
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It's not about men versus women.
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It's about victims versus abusers.
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It would take a group of strangers all across the country to finally prove the truth.
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My bullshit meter went off right away.
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They found information that I don't think any private investigator could have found.
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The smoking gun of the entire case discovered life.
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Every day was a new twist.
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She makes up all these characters and she creates fake personas.
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This is unlike anything I've ever seen before.
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There's so much collateral damage from this story.
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What would come out was a whole group of victims who'd fallen into the same trap.
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I got a DM that said, hey, you need to look into this court case, you're not the only one.
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This shit doesn't happen twice.
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I'm Stephanie Young.
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This is Love Trapped.
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And this season, you'll hear from Clayton Eckerd himself.
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This is something that's more common than people realize.
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It's called Getting Trapped.
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Listen to Love Trapped on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your
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Miss Owens, I'm going to ask you one final time.
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You were never pregnant by Clayton Eckerd.
