A new true crime podcast is rolling out this week and it is zeroing in on the paternity fight that has loomed over Bay Area radio veteran Ronn Owens and his family. Love Trapped promises to walk listeners through the public court battle between Laura Owens and former Bachelor star Clayton Echard, along with the criminal investigation that followed. The first two episodes are scheduled to drop Thursday.
Podcast Debuts Thursday
iHeartMedia says the show is a 10-episode investigative series from iHeartPodcasts and Glass Entertainment Group, with the first two installments set to premiere tomorrow. Hosted by Stephani Young, the podcast features interviews with Echard, other alleged victims and the online citizen sleuths who tracked every twist in the case in real time.
What The Series Will Revisit
The series returns to the courtroom clash that began with a 2023 paternity petition and eventually sparked a criminal probe into allegedly falsified evidence. Investigators say Owens altered an ultrasound image, fabricated a pregnancy video and gave inconsistent statements under oath, according to FOX 10 Phoenix.
Charges And Timeline
Owens was first indicted on seven felony counts in May 2025, then later hit with a superseding indictment that increased the total to 14 counts, including fraud, forgery, multiple perjury counts and identity-theft, according to AZFamily. Coverage has also noted that Owens pleaded not guilty and has publicly argued the investigation was fueled by an online harassment campaign, while Echard’s camp says a paternity test result and a judge’s findings prompted prosecutors to step in, per PEOPLE.
Local Fallout For The Owens Family
The podcast arrives as the Owens family wrestles with ongoing legal and financial pressure. The Mercury News reports that Ronn Owens and his wife, Jan Black, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection, a case that was later dismissed on Jan. 30, 2026. A trustee’s sale notice now lists the family’s Scottsdale home for auction in May.
Legal Implications
The charges span fraud, forgery, perjury and tampering counts that Arizona prosecutors describe as part of a coordinated scheme, with some counts labeled in local reporting as class-2 fraud and class-4 perjury and forgery offenses. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says it opened a criminal investigation after a Superior Court judge flagged inconsistencies in the paternity hearing and referred the matter to prosecutors, a sequence the podcast plans to unpack alongside the evidence cited by investigators.
Whether Love Trapped shifts public sympathy or mainly rehashes material already laid out in court filings is an open question. iHeart says the show will be available on iHeartRadio and across major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts. The series lands as Owens moves toward a court calendar that, according to prior reporting, still includes trial events set for this summer, meaning listeners could be binging the story while new legal chapters play out in real time.
