WEBVTT - Introducing: Love Trapped

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight former Bachelor star Clayton Eckert Clayton Ecker Clayton Ecker

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<v Speaker 1>Bachelor's Clayton Eckert.

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<v Speaker 2>He had a brief romantic encounter with this woman.

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<v Speaker 1>And later claimed she was pregnant with his twins.

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<v Speaker 2>Who he says, try to destroy him. I mean, this

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<v Speaker 2>is really an unbelievable story. Nothing get pregnant by the

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<v Speaker 2>funning wrestler.

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<v Speaker 1>This story starts with a very familiar scene, an at

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<v Speaker 1>home pregnancy test.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just her and I waiting for the results.

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<v Speaker 1>The woman he was standing next to was essentially a stranger,

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<v Speaker 1>someone who had reached out to him on LinkedIn. They'd

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<v Speaker 1>only hooked up once.

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<v Speaker 2>One line shows up right away.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of us have been there before. Whatever result you're

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<v Speaker 1>hoping for, the weight is excruciating.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the second line starts coming in and I'm like, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>she's actually pregnant.

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<v Speaker 1>This moment changed Clayton Eckerd's life forever, but not in

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<v Speaker 1>the way he expected.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you think it couldn't get crazier, it just does.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the next two years, he would be thrown into

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<v Speaker 1>the spotlight again, this time becoming the center of a

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<v Speaker 1>story that was spiraling out of his control. The media

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<v Speaker 1>is here.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that this case has gone viral. The dating contract,

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<v Speaker 2>stalker ish behavior. She sent me over five hundred emails

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<v Speaker 2>and text messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just chaos. Had she not gone public, things wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>where they are today, would search more. It's a story

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<v Speaker 1>about who you believe and why you believe them. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not about men versus women, It's about victims versus abusers.

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<v Speaker 1>It would take a group of strangers all across the

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<v Speaker 1>country to finally prove the truth. My bullshit meter went

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<v Speaker 1>off right away. They found information that I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>any private investigator could have found. The smoking gun of

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<v Speaker 1>the entire case. Discovered life every day was a new twist.

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<v Speaker 1>She makes up all these characters and she creates fake personas.

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<v Speaker 1>This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much collateral damage from this story. What would come out

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<v Speaker 1>was a whole group of victims who'd fallen into the

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<v Speaker 1>same trap.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a DM that said, hey, you need to

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<v Speaker 2>look into this court case. You're not the only one bingo.

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<v Speaker 1>This shit doesn't happen twice. I'm Stephanie Young. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Love Trapped, and this season you'll hear from Clayton Eckerd himself.

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<v Speaker 2>This is something that's more common than people realize. It's

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<v Speaker 2>called getting trapped.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to Love Trapped on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm gonna ask you

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<v Speaker 1>one final time. You were never pregnant by Clayton ecker

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<v Speaker 1>correct trad