Not Over Yet | EP 15

There's no way out.

You'd better believe.

I'll be raising holy hell, my love, if you ever, ever, ever, ever try to leave.

Last week, on Monday, June 29th, Laura was back in court.

She's facing 14 felony charges, including fraud, forgery, perjury, tampering with physical evidence, and theft by extortion.

She'd been offered a plea deal by the state, and we thought that on June 29th she'd either have to accept the plea or begin the trial process.

Instead, the deadline for her criminal plea was extended once again.

I don't like to be the person who brings you this news.

I feel like the boy who cried wolf.

I believed, like a lot of my sources in this story, that we would finally have an answer on Monday, but we didn't.

So I'm going to walk you through what happened.

Let's go back to Friday, June 26th.

That's when there was a settlement conference in her case.

It's basically a meeting where a defendant can have a more transparent conversation with a judge about how this case can be resolved without trial.

We were told these meetings are typically private, behind closed doors, so I didn't plan to attend.

But to our surprise, this one was open to the public.

Two of the victims listed in this case, Clayton Eckard and Greg Gillespie, were both in attendance.

I caught up with Clayton and his attorney, Woodnick, right after the hearing, and you'll hear from them throughout this episode.

Thankfully, the hearing was recorded and posted on YouTube.

YouTube.And the court will call matter on the calendar, State v. Laura Owens, case number 02025-007905.

Can I have appearances, please, starting with the State?

Good afternoon, Your Honor.

Ed Leiter on behalf of the State.

Afternoon, Your Honor.

Christian Luters on behalf of Laura Owens, who's present with me at the defense table.

There's no way out.

You'd better believe.

I'll be raising holy hell, my love, if you ever, ever, ever, ever try to leave.

Last week, on Monday, June 29th, Laura was back in court.

She's facing 14 felony charges, including fraud, forgery, perjury, tampering with physical evidence, and theft by extortion.

She'd been offered a plea deal by the state, and we thought that on June 29th she'd either have to accept the plea or begin the trial process.

Instead, the deadline for her criminal plea was extended once again.

I don't like to be the person who brings you this news.

I feel like the boy who cried wolf.

I believed, like a lot of my sources in this story, that we would finally have an answer on Monday, but we didn't.

So I'm going to walk you through what happened.

Let's go back to Friday, June 26th.

That's when there was a settlement conference in her case.

It's basically a meeting where a defendant can have a more transparent conversation with a judge about how this case can be resolved without trial.

We were told these meetings are typically private, behind closed doors, so I didn't plan to attend.

But to our surprise, this one was open to the public.

Two of the victims listed in this case, Clayton Eckard and Greg Gillespie, were both in attendance.

I caught up with Clayton and his attorney, Woodnick, right after the hearing, and you'll hear from them throughout this episode.

Thankfully, the hearing was recorded and posted on YouTube.

YouTube.And the court will call matter on the calendar, State v. Laura Owens, case number 02025-007905.

Can I have appearances, please, starting with the State?

Good afternoon, Your Honor.

Ed Leiter on behalf of the State.

Afternoon, Your Honor.

Christian Luters on behalf of Laura Owens, who's present with me at the defense table.