An anonymous person recently posted this comment on my blog. Many others have said similar things.
I think it’s important enough to warrant a direct response:
I’m probably a minority in that I’m following this case but not necessarily part of the “jfc” crew. I don’t think it’s fair to make assumptions until now evidence is seen though I admit all evidence out there really supports Clayton’s side. I agree it’s reasonable to assume she did think she was pregnant (or even was early on)… Heck, Clayton believed it enough to take a test. I’m sure if you really did NOTHING that was even at risk of getting someone pregnant you wouldn’t bat an eye. BUT here is where I think the difference is that makes everyone mad. She didn’t just miscarry and then move on………. she faked ultrasounds (which she admitted) and while she hasn’t admitted to it I think it’s obvious that she faked an ongoing pregnancy while knowing she wasn’t pregnant (ie: showing up to court in November with a bump). now whether all of that stuff is related enough to get her trouble in court? I don’t know. I’m not involved in law enough. But I think that’s at least the basis of everyone being so angry.
OK, let’s unpack this comment, because it’s something I have seen a LOT of people speculating about. The theory goes like this:
1.) Laura had like 5-6 positive pregnancy tests before she filed the paternity case against Clayton (actually I think it was 4 positive tests BEFORE the case was filed, and then many positive tests after)…..so OK, that’s actually pretty strong proof she was pregnant. Since we can’t prove she faked any of these tests, we can probably give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she WAS pregnant….at least at first (and keep in mind – the paternity case was filed on August 1, 2023).
2.) Even if Laura WAS pregnant on August 1, she claims she later had a miscarriage, maybe even as late as 22+ weeks into the pregnancy, but maybe sooner. At that late stage, if she miscarried a child (or twins) that were between 4-5 months along, there MUST have been an obvious dead baby/babies. You can’t have a dead 5 month old fetus fall out without noticing it. That would make NO sense (DSG note – I agree 100%).
3.) Laura has failed to offer any proof of these dead 4/5 month old fetuses, and she has never explained where the dead babies went, therefore she MUST be lying. GOTCHA!
OK, for all you keyboard warriors out there who read some shit on Reddit, watched a few videos on YouTube, and NOW you think you know EVERYTHING about pregnancy, let me break some hard truth for you — you’re wrong. You don’t know everything (and neither do I, by the way).
That is why you HIRE EXPERTS. Because average people may think they know it all, but the truth is, you just don’t. No, seriously — STOP. You don’t. D__ N___? I’m talking to you here….
And in case you didn’t catch this news — Clayton HAS hired two OB/GYN experts. OOH WOW! TWO EXPERTS! HE MUST BE DOUBLE WINNING! SO MUCH WINNING FOR BIG STRONG CLAYTON!
But Clayton has not shared anything about what his experts are going to say. Having litigated TONS of cases with experts, I can tell you — that’s not normal. The rules require this disclosure, so I assume Clayton will be sharing that info soon.
But here is more news — Laura has also hired an OB/GYN expert. Just one. Sorry, not doing the twin expert thing. That’s a noob move.
Our expert is still reviewing info and asking questions, and he hasn’t produced his expert report yet. Obviously that will be disclosed to Clayton’s team as soon as we have it, probably next week (I don’t like to rush these things).
So while I can’t tell you exactly what Laura’s expert has concluded, I can share with you some information — it is ABSOLUTELY possible that Laura could have been pregnant with twins, had an early miscarriage of one, continued to gain weight, and then ended the pregnancy with a “SAB” (the medical term for a miscarriage), ALL WITHOUT EVER PASSING A STILLBORN FETUS.
But don’t take Dr. Gingras’ word on this. This is a REAL medical thing that happens. It even has a pretty intriguing name: “Vanishing Twin Syndrome“:
Vanishing twin syndrome, as the name depicts, is a condition in which one of a set of twins or multiple embryos dies in utero, disappear, or gets resorbed partially or entirely, with an outcome of a spontaneous reduction of a multi-fetus pregnancy to a singleton pregnancy, portraying the image of a vanishing twin. In simple words, the number of embryos conceived, as observed via ultrasonographic examination in early pregnancy, differs from the number of fetuses delivered. This phenomenon occurs in multi-fetus pregnancies, commonly during the first trimester.
Twin loss can happen in the form of miscarriage, of which the mother is aware or in the form of vaginal bleeding or spotting in the first trimester without any knowledge of the mother, as vaginal bleeding is instead a frequent obstetric complication during the first trimester of pregnancy so that the twin loss may go unnoticed. This phenomenon can range from the disappearance of an early empty gestational sac to a sac that had developed a fetal pole to a fetus with documented heart activity.
Without getting too graphic (and to be honest, this is something I hadn’t even considered), it is medically possible for a woman to become pregnant with twins, have two babies develop inside her womb, and then something goes wrong and one baby stops developing and dies, but the fetus is not discharged from the woman’s body; the fetus/uterus is simply “reabsorbed” into the body.
Be honest — did you know such a thing was possible? Until a few days ago, I had no clue this was possible…and to be honest with you, I kind of understood why people like Clayton’s lawyer were jumping up and down saying: “WHERE’S THE BABY!?! WHERE’S THE BABY!?!” In the absence of any other medical explanation (and for people who are NOT doctors), this made a lot of sense.
I’ve even seen suggestions that Laura MUST be lying about miscarrying so late in her term because if that happened, she would have been legally required to file a death certificate for the baby/babies. Again, sounds like a cool theory….but is it solid?
No, it’s not.
Everything changes when you understand it is entirely possible Laura was pregnant with twins, had a partial early SAB (miscarriage of one baby), remained pregnant with the other, and then had a second SAB followed by reabsorption (rather than stillbirth). By legal definition, Laura would NOT be required to file a death certificate in that case because no child was ever stillborn after 20 weeks. See A.R.S. 36-301(14) (defining “fetal death” to mean “the cessation of life before the complete expulsion or extraction of an unborn child from the child’s mother….”) A dead fetus that is reabsorbed into the mom’s body doesn’t count as a “fetal death” because the unborn child never left the mom’s body (yes, this is all seriously kind of creepy, but just stay with me).
In this case (and yes, you will still need to wait for trial to get the full/final story), it is medically possible that Laura experienced Vanishing Twin Syndrome, or something similar. That would explain literally every detail of what happened to her.
It would explain the positive pregnancy tests at the start. It would explain the partial early SAB, followed by more positive tests, concluding with very low HCG tests which confirm the non-viability of the second fetus, followed by complete reabsorption rather than stillbirth. This explains her weight gain. Explains the NOT-fake “moon bump”. Explains the NUMEROUS positive pregnancy tests, followed by positive (but unrealistically low) HCG results. Explains the lack of a fetal death certificate.
Explains literally EVERY. SINGLE. DETAIL. ALL OF IT, START TO FINISH.
But hey — screw the facts. What fun is the truth when a lie sells SO much better? Breadsticks aren’t free, and people want more drama, more scandals, more LIES, rather than nasty depressing stories about dead babies reabsorbing into the mom…EEEEWWW. So we keep selling lies. It’s better that way.
So I agree — screw the truth. Just keep blogging about what a liar Laura is, what a saint Clayton is, and what an immoral scumbag attorney I am for standing by Laura’s side. Keep doing that folks. No chance Laura will sue any of you into homeless oblivion when it’s all done, because we know you all really tried darn hard to be honest and fair. Just not sure a jury will see it that way.
Enough unpaid commentary for now. Just remember what our friend Mark Twain said:
