May 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 17 segments
In the season one finale, we pick up right where we left off — with Laura Owens’ plea deal hanging in the balance. We finally speak with someone who’s known Laura for a long time. After that…
Clayton EchardGuestDanielle MarracciniGuestRachel JuarezGuest
Dave NealGuestMike MarracciniGuest
Steve CarboneGuest
Susie EvansGuestSchnitzel NinjaGuestDiandra ArenaGuest[music] We left you on a cliffhanger at the end of the last episode, a real-time development in the story of Laura Owens.
Would she take the plea deal? The deadline came and went, and I didn't hear anything, so I called Clayton to see if he had any news.
In a shock to no one, we still don't have an answer, at least not at the time I'm recording this.
Laura could be in plea negotiations, or she could be doubling down and refusing to take the plea.
I mean, is it anything that we're surprised about? I didn't really expect an answer because Laura's tactics are delay, delay, delay, and that's just the way that she operates.
It's like, "Let's drag this out as long as I can." So we have no information, which means, like, from here, I will wait with everybody else for a docket update.
Let me slug this Monster energy drink and go for my 51st." And that's what she does.
"All right, loophole 100, loophole 150, loophole 300." That's where we're at right now.
Just because this plea deal expired, it doesn't mean her window to plead guilty is closed.
She can plead up until the day of the verdict, and between now and then, there's an untold amount of loopholes.
The plea deal that expired on April 30th was the prosecution's first offer, and likely, its most lenient one.
But with that being said, the plea comes with the fact that she has to admit wrongdoing, which we know Laura does not like to do.
[music] We left you on a cliffhanger at the end of the last episode, a real-time development in the story of Laura Owens.
Would she take the plea deal? The deadline came and went, and I didn't hear anything, so I called Clayton to see if he had any news.
In a shock to no one, we still don't have an answer, at least not at the time I'm recording this.
Laura could be in plea negotiations, or she could be doubling down and refusing to take the plea.
I mean, is it anything that we're surprised about? I didn't really expect an answer because Laura's tactics are delay, delay, delay, and that's just the way that she operates.
It's like, "Let's drag this out as long as I can." So we have no information, which means, like, from here, I will wait with everybody else for a docket update.
Let me slug this Monster energy drink and go for my 51st." And that's what she does.
"All right, loophole 100, loophole 150, loophole 300." That's where we're at right now.
Just because this plea deal expired, it doesn't mean her window to plead guilty is closed.
She can plead up until the day of the verdict, and between now and then, there's an untold amount of loopholes.
The plea deal that expired on April 30th was the prosecution's first offer, and likely, its most lenient one.
But with that being said, the plea comes with the fact that she has to admit wrongdoing, which we know Laura does not like to do.
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