Laura Michelle Owens & Greg Gillespie
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June 2021 - February 2024: Scottsdale, Arizona
2021
June/July: Laura Owens and Greg Gillespie went on three dates, after which he told her he did not want to continue dating.
After one of the aforementioned dates, Laura and Greg engaged in sexual intercourse. Eleven days after their sexual encounter, Laura informed Greg that she was pregnant. Around this time, she also told Greg that she would let him have control of the outcome of the pregnancy if he committed to being in a relationship with her. Greg alleged that Owens stalked, threatened and harassed him during this time, including emailing his HR department. Source: OOP excerpt included below.
June 30 (estimated): LO and GG go on their 2nd date.
July 16: LO attends an appointment with John Jones, DO, at One Medical due to amenorrhea. She takes a urine pregnancy test while there which turns positive. LO then texts GG that she was pregnant.
August 6: Laura texts a photo of an ultrasound to Greg depicting her alleged pregnancy with twins.[1] After receiving the ultrasound from Laura, Greg runs it through a reverse Google image search which reveals that it was identical to a sonogram found on a blog post from 2015[2]. Greg then texts Laura a link to the blog along with two videos of Laura waiting outside Greg's house when he was sick with Covid[1]. The two discuss the ultrasound and the blog over a phone call that Greg recorded.
August 11: Laura files a civil lawsuit against Greg, alleging Abortion Coercion, Domestic Violence, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED).
August 12: Greg files a Order of Protection (OOP) against Laura. He alleges that Laura attempted to get him fired from his job in retaliation for breaking up with her.
August 22: LO forwards GG an alleged email chain between attorney Joe Cotchett (an Owens' family friend), attorney Allison Cordova, and herself with the subject "Urgent: copy of conversation with Joe Cotchett & contract".
November 12: LO files a Petition for an Order of Protection against GG. Judge John Doody grants the OOP the same day.
2022
January 6: TedX released Laura Owens' talk on domestic violence and her relationship with Mike Marraccini. The Lifesaving Power of Kindness to Strangers | Laura Owens | TEDxMercerIslandHSWomen — YouTube
March 4: Laura alleged she was drugged and sexually assaulted. (See exhibit 4 here.)
August 1: Laura emailed the judge accusing Greg Gillespie and his attorney of being involved in the March 4th assault. [3] Laura alleged that the FBI was investigating the incident. This claim has not been independently verified. It is unknown if this alleged incident was reported to the police.
A hearing on Gillespie's Motion to Dismiss “CV 2021–052893 Owens v Gillespie” (the abortion coercion case in Maricopa County) is held on August 17.
The case was later dismissed by the judge on October 12.