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A Bay Area power couple has been dragged into fresh drama after their daughter allegedly tricked a reality television star into thinking she was pregnant.
Legendary KGO AM radio host Ronn Owens and his wife, former journalist Elizabeth Ann Naylor, allegedly misled GoFundMe donors who believed they were sending money to cover his health issues.
Instead of spending the $135,000 on Owens’ medical bills for four bouts of cancer and “some serious heart issues,” the family is accused of paying off personal expenses.
Among those were their mortgage and their daughter Laura’s legal expenses for allegedly lying to “The Bachelor” star Clayton Echard about being pregnant to force him into a relationship with her.
Laura was indicted in May 2025 on seven felony counts of perjury, fraud, forgery, and evidence tampering related to a pregnancy lawsuit she filed against him.
She’s currently set to go to trial later this year after requesting a continuance from the scheduled trial date of July 29.
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Federal officials from the U.S. Trustee’s Office have reviewed 18 months of the Bay Area couple’s bank records and discovered the couple spent just $17,209 on health care and pharmacy costs in that period while pouring money into their mortgage and limited liability companies they controlled.
They spent more than six figures on their home and controlled businesses.
Federal officials from the U.S. Trustee’s Office have reviewed 18 months of the Bay Area couple’s bank records and discovered the couple spent just $17,209 on health care and pharmacy costs in that period while pouring money into their mortgage and limited liability companies they controlled.
The federal filing also noted the couple splurged on food delivery, credit card payments, restaurants, their daughter’s legal expenses, subscriptions, travel expenses and retail purchases. Laura is also fully financially dependent on them and lives with her parents.
The Justice Department did not conclude that the couple broke the law, but the spending presented “a serious question whether donors received what they were promised.”
The couple never promised to pay only medical bills in the GoFundMe, but much of its content focused on his health challenges.
Red flags first went up for the couple’s spending after they filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy several months after raising the GoFundMe money.
The bankruptcy revealed $2.3 million in liabilities and owed over $511,000 in debts to more than 40 banks, credit card companies, and other creditors.
But nearly half a million of the debt came after the couple raised the money from the GoFundMe.
The couple’s bankruptcy request was denied this year, and they again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, this time trying to get bankruptcy protection for their Scottsdale home.