Peacock has ordered a four-part true-crime docuseries about the legal case involving former “Bachelor” star Clayton Echard and Laura Owens, adapting the investigative podcast “Love Trapped.” Titled “Love Trapped: The Case of Laura Owens” (working title), the series is expected to premiere in 2027 and will include interviews with Echard, Owens, people connected to the case and online investigators who followed it. The announcement arrives weeks after Owens was sentenced in Arizona following guilty pleas in a case that began with her claim that she was pregnant with Echard’s twins.
Peacock orders a four-part Love Trapped docuseries
The project will turn the podcast’s account of the case into a four-part documentary series for Peacock. The streamer has not announced an exact premiere date, but the production is expected to arrive in 2027. The working title is “Love Trapped: The Case of Laura Owens,” keeping the focus on the legal proceedings that brought the two into the public spotlight.
The series is based on “Love Trapped,” an investigative podcast hosted by Stephani Young and produced by Glass Podcasts with iHeartPodcasts. The podcast followed Echard’s account of the dispute and the reporting that connected his experience with claims involving another man. Its move to television gives the story a new format, with the docuseries able to bring together interviews, archival material and accounts from people involved, although Peacock has not detailed the finished episode structure.
The case that brought Clayton Echard back into the headlines
Echard became widely known through reality television, appearing on season 18 of “The Bachelorette” before leading season 26 of “The Bachelor” in 2022. The dispute with Owens began after the two had a brief encounter in 2023. Owens claimed she was pregnant with twins and identified Echard as the father, a claim he disputed.
The disagreement became a public legal fight when Owens filed a paternity case seeking child support. She later said she had miscarried and dropped the case, but the family court proceedings raised questions about the medical records and other material she had submitted. In 2024, the family court judge referred the matter to prosecutors after finding that the pregnancy evidence had been falsified and that Owens had lied under oath, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian.
The investigation widened beyond Echard. Prosecutors also examined a separate case involving another man Owens had dated, who said she had made a similar pregnancy claim after their relationship ended. The two cases became linked through the work of the victims’ attorney and investigators, and the allegations drew sustained attention from online communities that examined court documents and messages.
Laura Owens pleaded guilty and received a 30-day jail sentence
Owens pleaded guilty in August 2026 to four felony counts: two counts of fraudulent schemes and artifices, one count of perjury and one count of taking the identity of another. The plea agreement resolved the criminal cases, with the remaining charges dismissed. She was sentenced in Arizona on October 23 to 30 days in jail and seven years of probation.
The sentence followed a case that had included allegations of fabricated pregnancy evidence, altered medical material and false statements. Prosecutors said the conduct affected more than one man, while the court heard from Echard and another person who described the emotional and financial consequences. Owens also addressed the court, expressed remorse and spoke about threats directed at her and her family; the case therefore includes sharply different accounts of the harm and its aftermath.
It is important to distinguish the criminal outcome from every allegation made during the public dispute. Owens’ guilty pleas cover the specific felony counts to which she admitted guilt, while other charges were dismissed under the agreement. The docuseries will arrive after those proceedings, giving the production a completed criminal case to examine while the people involved may still disagree about how the events should be understood.
Clayton Echard, Laura Owens and online investigators are set to appear
The reported participant list includes Echard, members of his legal team, Owens’ mother Jan Black, other men who were targeted by Owens, podcast host Stephani Young and online investigators who helped piece together the case. Owens is also expected to share her experience in the series. That means the project is being positioned around multiple participants rather than relying only on Echard’s account or the podcast’s narration.
Glass Entertainment Group and Crybaby Media are producing the docuseries. Nancy Glass, Erin Lee Carr and Keayr Braxton are executive producing for Glass Entertainment Group, with Braxton also directing; Danny Passman is executive producing for Crybaby Media. The same production companies were involved in the podcast, creating continuity between the audio series and its television adaptation.
The 2027 release has no confirmed premiere date yet
Peacock has confirmed the four-part order and the 2027 release window, but it has not announced a specific premiere date, episode titles or a trailer. The project is also being described as a working-title production, so the final title may change before launch. No further details about the documentary’s visual approach or the amount of courtroom footage it will use have been disclosed.
The timing gives the series a clear narrative starting point: a reality television personality’s disputed paternity claim, a years-long legal fight, a guilty plea and a sentence, followed by a podcast that drew in online investigators. Its most consequential question is how the people at the centre of the case will describe events when they are brought into the same documentary. Which perspective are you most interested in hearing in Peacock’s “Love Trapped”: Clayton Echard’s, Laura Owens’ or the investigators who followed the case?
