Pregnant by the Effing Bachelor | EP 10

**Stephani Young** (0:02)
After the family court judge made her ruling, there was a long wait to see if Laura would be criminally charged. Clayton wanted Laura to face consequences.

**Clayton Echard** (0:12)
We also were like, are we asking for too much? To get her prosecuted, the only win is her being held accountable.

**Stephani Young** (0:21)
He wasn't the only one who felt that way.
Shortly after Clayton's trial, content creator Megan Fox launched a letter writing campaign. The goal was to try to get the attention of Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, so that her office would pursue criminal charges against Laura Owens.

**Megan Fox** (0:40)
All I did was put the idea out there, write a couple of templates for people if they had a problem writing, and ask them to do it.
The fact that people sat down and did this, that's organic. They licked stamps, put them on envelopes, and sent them in. I know that Attorney Mitchell, well, she got a lot of letters.

**Stephani Young** (1:01)
Laura had offended a lot of people, directly and indirectly, and this was their chance to be heard. Here's Megan again.

**Megan Fox** (1:09)
I'm a big believer in writing paper letters because if you send emails, nobody reads them. But if they get faxes and paper letters that you have to dump on their desk, just like in Miracle on 34th Street, they can't ignore you and they really start to think, wow, there's a real problem here. People cared enough to walk to the mailbox and send me a letter and you have to be heard.
And the next thing you know, action starts happening.

**Stephani Young** (1:38)
It wasn't just random Reddit users writing letters to Rachel Mitchell. Some of the letters were from people who'd been personally impacted by Laura Owens, like Danielle Maricini, Mike's wife.
Here's what Danielle wrote.

**Danielle Maricini** (1:53)
I said, Dear Rachel Mitchell, my name is Danielle Maricini and I am writing to you not only as the wife of Michael Maricini, but as a mother and a woman deeply affected by the ongoing trauma inflicted upon my family by Laura Michelle Owens. Michael has been the direct target of Laura Owens manipulative and malicious behavior and it has caused serious emotional, psychological and reputational harm. Her actions have gone far beyond the boundaries of conflict or disagreement. They have been tormenting, targeted and entirely destructive. She has continuously made efforts to disrupt our lives, spread falsehoods and create division within our personal and professional circles.
Over the past several years, I have had to sit through two separate court hearings, one in 2020 and another in 2024, both initiated by Laura Owens falsified claims. I was pregnant with each of my daughters during those proceedings. To endure such stressful and emotionally charged legal battles while expecting our children was incredibly traumatic. As a result of her actions, I have endured intense stress and anxiety, and our family has lived in fear and uncertainty for far too long. The relentless nature of Laura's behavior has caused sleepless nights, strained relationships, and has affected our ability to feel safe in our own lives.
We are pleading with your office to take a closer look at this case, not just as a legal matter, but as a human one. What Laura Owens has done is not only harmful, but unjust. We need accountability, and more importantly, we need protection. I ask that you consider the long-standing pattern of emotional abuse and manipulation of Laura Owens.

**Stephani Young** (3:38)
I'm Stephani Young, and this is Love Trapped.
After Clayton's trial, there was a groundswell of support for people who had been victimized by Laura Owens. Mike Maraccini wrote a letter of his own to the prosecutor. It was not only a plea for them to take Laura's actions seriously, but an offer to help their investigation in any way he could.

**Mike Maricini** (4:25)
I said, listen, I have all this information here. I would love to share this with you.
She's going to try to make all of our lives hell. Please look at this information. She responded within, I would say, two hours and said, I'm including my investigators on this case. They'll be reaching out to you. They called me within another hour and they're like, when can we come to you?

**Stephani Young** (4:50)
Mike sent them evidence he had collected, including what he had on his old laptop. Within a week, the investigators flew to California to interview him.

**Mike Maricini** (4:59)
We talked for several hours at my house and they didn't give me any details of what they were looking into. But they said they traveled all over the US and they were taking this case very seriously.