Discussion What "Unknown Number: The Highschool Catfish" totally downplayed... Spoiler
Why did Kendra go after Owen's new girlfriend, a full year after he and Lauryn broke up?
That isolated single detail proves this had absolutely nothing to do with protecting her daughter and everything to do with her own predatory obsession with Owen. Owen's mom tried to point it out, but they barely gave her a voice.
It feels like the real story was "Predatory Mom Coach" but decided "Highschool Catfish Story" was way more marketable. It's like they are deliberately downplaying the darkest part of this story and perpetuating Kendra's misdirection/manipulation.
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u/Inevitable-Height851 1d ago
You know what wasn't cool about this documentary was the bit where they talk about whether Kendra had an obsession with Owen - they matched it with RECENT photos of Owen, who is clearly a muscular and attractive young man now, but they SHOULD have matched it with photos of Owen when he was CHILD, because that's when this whole thing occurred, when he was a scrawny little boy!
If they'd done that then maybe they could have also floated the idea that she's a clinical paedophile.
Are we dealing here with double standards? Like if an older woman is attracted to a 13 year old boy we humanise her, as the documentary did, allowed her to talk about her trauama. But if Kendra had been a man, do you think the documentary would have treated her the same? HELL. NO. A man in the same situation would be thoroughly demonised. And rightly so. And so should Kendra.
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u/Zealousideal-Ad-146 1d ago
I didn’t buy her trauma story at all. Yes she may have been raped when 17, but this has NOTHING todo with wanting to „protect“ her daughter from this happening to her! Such a load of BS! Give me a break!
She clearly needed to live the perfect teen life her daughter had and took it from her by doing this evil BS to her and everyone else involved!
She needs to be in a mental institution! Her poor daughter still thinks the world of her! Omg! Protect her from this manipulative evil being!
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u/Inevitable-Height851 1d ago
She's an absolute monster and needs to be locked up. My jaw was on the floor when she was saying how everyone has broken the law at some point, but she just happened to be one of the unlucky ones to be caught. To even show her face on a documentary like this after what she did. She's clearly very mentally ill.
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u/BeerNcheesePlz 1d ago
She compared it to drunk driving. Lady is out of her mind. Her poor daughter can’t even comprehend how dangerous she is. Her sentence was not long enough and honestly she needs to be locked in a ward for some time because she is an absolute lunatic!
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u/Inevitable-Height851 1d ago
Her poor daughter though, oh my god. The poor baby. Talk about cognitive dissonance.
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u/BeerNcheesePlz 1d ago
It was awful to watch! And she still wants a relationship with her. Poor thing. That woman is a monster! I feel like this doc could’ve really gone deeper into her involvement all around. Like going to the games and contacting the other girlfriend. There was so much more than just the texts. Totally fucked up All around.
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u/HotDumbBitch 1d ago
I sat there when it was over and said WOW, that needed to be a 3part Hulu doc lol. Truly wild and sad
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u/XiahouYuan 1d ago
I said the exact same thing! So much was touched on that could have been expanded on.
First and foremost the financial scam she was pulling on her family. Why was she fired? How did she fake that she still had a job for so long? Why oh why did Shawn assume she was paying for the storage unit after they got evicted for non-payment?!
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u/b3ck92 1d ago
Exactly!!! Like if it was either just about "protecting" her daughter or needing to feel needed by her daughter..why the f did she message the new gf then?! She was OBSESSED with Owen. I'm so disgusted. Netflix also failed ok accurately depicting this and speaking the reality of what it really is..a predator and pedophile!!!
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u/SnooLobsters8922 1d ago
My god I was raging when she did that comparison. She definitely needs a lot of treatment.
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u/Bumblebee1223 1d ago
I was yelling at the screen when she gave the drunk driving analogy. “And you’d be right here with me but for a different reason”. Drunk driving obviously isn’t cool and unacceptable especially in the world of Uber. However, the person wasn’t telling their daughter to kill them self and making obscene comments about what Owen was doing to her. Her trying to justify and rationalize it by saying oh people commit crimes all the time and don’t get caught, you could be here too, but for different reasons shows that she has absolutely zero remorse. I’m sorry that she got raped when she was 17 but if she thinks that harassing her daughter via text and her boyfriend and kids in school being collateral damage as a scapegoat, harassing some poor girls, mom that Owen was dating was too “protect her daughter from the same” she is as delusional as we see she is.
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u/lcoppe 1d ago
No remorse ever displayed especially the trauma she caused on not only the kids, but the community. She is definitely a narcissistic person who made excuses as to why she did it. And because of this, she caused a lot of animosity by community members towards her daughter…Owen stating he was made at Lauren and would never talk to her and the one girls parents blaming Lauren. She should have gotten a harsher sentence and registered as a sex offender with no ability to use electronic devices. Hopefully she didn’t get paid for her appearance. Being narcissistic and manipulative I’m sure she would be willing to do it for free
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u/Ok-Department9826 1d ago
I get Owens anger against Lauren. She doesn't see her mother did wrong and she's disassociated herself against her mother's crimes. She has forgiven her and loves her and talks highly of her mother. I get Owens anger on this big time
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u/Inevitable-Height851 1d ago
She got paid no doubt. She's probably desperate for money, that's partly why she did it. Although she's clearly an exhibitionist as well.
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u/UrbanDurga 1d ago
Yeah, I found that part particularly disgusting, amongst a field of disgusting statements and excuses she made on camera.
Kendra is an ephebophilic, malignant narcissist who told her own daughter to kill herself, sent her graphic and abusive sexual content, threatened to kill her (all the #bangbang stuff), and terrorized her for a year and a half. She became romantically and sexually obsessed with an early teenage boy. She stalked him and sent him - a child - sexually abusive messages as well. Those aren’t ethical missteps like taking the cash out of a wallet you’ve found. She fundamentally altered the trajectory of those kids’ emotional development, and she should’ve been put away for way longer than 19 months.
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u/SnooLobsters8922 1d ago
Yes.
I think the most plausible scenario is a mix of mental disorders.
The theory raised by the school principal(?) was the “cyber Munchausen”. It makes a lot of sense. She wanted Owen and she wanted to break the relationship. She was unemployed and Lauryn getting broken made her needed. The whole thing retroactively fed itself into this monstrosity.
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u/rachelp94 1d ago
I thought this was accurate at first as well. But the fact that she took it as far as telling her daughter to kill herself multiple times makes it less believable.
I think that she was so obsessed with Owen, extremely jealous of her daughter, and so desperate for attention that she actually in a twisted way wanted Lauryn to hurt herself because her twisted mind thought it would be a ‘solution’ to all three of those things for her. Especially considering she downplayed all of it and took 0 accountability.
When she said “I wasn’t afraid Lauryn would hurt herself because of conversations she and I have had and how well I know her”… BULL SHIT!!!! NO LOVING PARENT would ever say that. Especially when their kid is going through something that horrific.
I’m sad that Lauryn hasn’t realized how abusive her mother is. When she found out and had no reaction, I was horrified. It honestly was giving Stockholm syndrome. This poor girl needs a better therapist. And I honestly even have guilt writing this comment because I’m afraid she’ll see all of these opinions on the internet and go to a dark place. She seems so sweet and pretty and I just hope she can have a normal college experience and be happy.
Sorry that was so long lol I just finished the doc and had no one to vent to
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u/BeerNcheesePlz 1d ago
Imagine if her daughter did un alive herself. She probably thought she could get closer to Owen during the mourning process. She definitely had an end goal here.
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u/Important-Fly952 1d ago
This 10000000%. Those prison emails made me sick bc you could see she was still manipulating her. Munchausen and pedophilia. Someone needs to get Lauryn away from this monster.
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u/princesstrouble_ 1d ago
They were really so young. The texts messages read like they were from an adult from the beginning, so sexual and so creepy. 13 year old girls don’t talk about “cream” non stop.
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u/Chauncinator_quest79 1d ago
AMEN. You're spot on. Why is she not STILL behind bars? She encouraged her own daughter to kill herself. This woman is a sociopath. It's only a matter of time before she does this again, and then we'll have a part 2.
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u/Inevitable-Height851 1d ago
Totally. She's a danger to the public, so why isn't something done about that?
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u/MyJoyinaWell 1d ago
She's a danger to the public but she's a huge danger to her daughter who is going to need a lot of therapy to see and to understand what she did to her.
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u/Chauncinator_quest79 1d ago
I don't know if it's just me, but her mother did not seem remorseful at all.
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u/jj2429 1d ago
I thought the same thing about the photos!! Why were they of him now when this happened when he looked noticeably younger
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
I feel like there was a lot that was just morally objectionable about this whole documentary.
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u/whenindoubtfreakmout 1d ago
I feel that the interviewer was wayyy to soft and almost took on an enabler role to her.
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u/Far-Painter7342 14h ago
“Could the comments about her looking anorexic be about yourself”. That floored me. The mom’s eyes lit up like omg yes the perfect excuse! Terrible excuse for the interviewer to have given her an out for that!
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u/AdventureGoblin 1d ago
Thank you for mentioning this I noticed the bait and switch with the recent photos and it turned my stomach. Like NO this woman was obsessed with a CHILD. Like paint her how she really is, stop giving her a sympathetic edit. Stop ignoring the fact that this was like some sort of weird cyber sexual assault on a kid with the things she said to him!
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u/ajmathie 1d ago
100% A lot of those messages were so vulgar and sexually explicit. How does this not count as a CP charge? She sent those things to CHILDREN.
The sob story… the soppy music… I thought I was living in an alternate reality. This woman is a vile pedo who could have driven her own child to suicide. No mental health problem or trauma is an excuse, she should still be in jail. WTF did I just watch.
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u/GodsTaken 1d ago
This was actually so disgusting. Every time I saw Kendra shed a tear I couldn’t help but roll my eyes because who does this to their own kid? She was obsessed with Owen. The end. And why didn’t the Netflix crew ask her real questions 😭
The father reacted appropriately by making her leave and honestly, he was calmer than I would’ve been. It’s a parent’s sole responsibility to take care of their kids and make sure they’re supported in every way. This was literally the opposite and I can only hope that all kids and families involved heal from the trauma.
I’ve seen people talk about Lauryn’s reaction and decision to keep her mom in her life, but she’s young. And she grew up thinking her mom was her protector. She’s not mentally developed and NO ONE should judge her for her own decisions. All we can do is hope she heals from this. Regardless of whether she chooses to forgive Kendra or not.
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u/TBagger1234 1d ago
They kind of touched on the fact that Kendra basically controlled her family’s life and that she was extremely manipulative.
I think it’s easy for her to continue to manipulate and control Lauren. In one of the jail letters, she even said how sad she was that Lauren didn’t say “I love you” at the end of their phone call.
That level of passive aggressiveness and manipulation is going to take many years of therapy, low/no contact and just maturing to be able to get past that and truly understand the level of evil this was
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u/MirenJag 1d ago
I've no idea really but perhaps in order to get her to agree to be in the documentary they had to agree to avoid talking about her potentially being a paedophile so they instead skirt around it a bit. There will have been a contract. I thought it was interesting how when she was talking about doing it to protect her daughter, they show on the screen some of the appalling messages she sent to her daughter telling her to kill herself etc. This woman is controlling and manipulative and I can only assume she wouldn't have agreed to be in the documentary without some control over how she was going to be portrayed.
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u/nwscores334 1d ago
No like actually what was this I’m in shock
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
Same. I am literally disturbed and want to cancel Netflix. Lol
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u/nwscores334 1d ago
Me too it made me feel icky!!! Like why exploit this? And I have so many questions
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
SAME.
I want Netflix to give me a feel good doc please. Wacky crime.
I should have known better. I blame myself.
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u/PuddingNeither94 1d ago
Really? Why? I thought they made it pretty damn clear that the mom was NOT the victim she wanted us to think she was.
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u/Emotional-Fox-4844 1d ago
I think that the daughter still has not fully understood what has happened and i hope she is in therapie now. The mother is still manipulating her. At least she has one good parent and why didnt they notice it during that Florida trip ? I think the mother had a crush on her daughters boyfriend and if the FBI did not get involved the mother would have physically hurt the daughter. Even the texts that she sens to her daughter while she was in jail are strange, i think that is why Netflix showed it during that last segment.
Wow im still in shock about it.
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u/Silver_Start_4935 1d ago
Feel awful for the daughter. I know a lot of people with shitty parents that still want to maintain a relationship with the parent and give them every benefit of the doubt. Very sad that she may never cut her mom off. I'm very glad that at least for now the mom is not allowed to have contact.
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u/Beneficial-Fig2360 1d ago
In an interview the director said when they talked to Lauren a year after the trial, she was definately coming to grips with what her mother did. Lauren has set boundries and doesn't see her mother, they only talk. Lauren is really close with her dad now. I hope she's getting counseling
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u/DoMyRuby 1d ago
When she hugged her daughter while the police had come with the search warrant I wanted to throw up. Disgusting predator. Why even give her the platform to tell "her side of the story"? Fucked up.
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u/Mayatar 1d ago
Why did the cop let that happen? She told her daughter to kill herself. He should have separated them.
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u/Smart_Space4186 1d ago
I was shouting at my tv when she started petting her and holding her hand and pulling her against her stomach. I get the cop was kinda shocked too but man I wish he had asked her to sit down.
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u/Mayatar 1d ago
I felt so sick watching that manipulative pawing at her daughter. You told her so many vile things and NOW you comfort her? I was so glad they banned her talking to Lauryn but it took too long!! Lauryn didn't even feel comfortable to ask her mom about the messages. She has been made to feel responsible for mommy's emotions all her life.
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u/naturesbookie 1d ago edited 1d ago
This part was one of the worst bits. She completely hijacked her daughter’s opportunity to process what the fuck she had just learned, and flooded her nervous system with completely conflicting information (mind processing mother’s morbid, perverse violation; body processing mother’s comfort + the MOTHER’s need to be soothed in the moment). Manipulation to the highest degree. I felt gross in my own body seeing that.
Also, the cops treating this woman like a fucking 4 yr old who got caught stealing bubble gum was the most infuriating thing I’ve ever seen. They also deserve loads of shame for how this affects the victim’s experience. Absolutely disgusting behavior. Kids absolutely need to see other adults standing up for them in the face of other adults. I think a young person in this situation would internalize some very murky feelings and beliefs from this.
ETA: Sheriff Mike Main. Wanted to add his name, being that I think this man genuinely deserves feedback and accountability for this. This is not how you treat victims. You have harmed that girl permanently by acting like a soft fucking marshmallow to the mother and not sticking up for that girl’s literal, physical space, let alone mental health and wellbeing.
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u/DoMyRuby 1d ago
Right?! Also the husband knew she had at least 2 phones and never suspected anything?
Also the fact that the pedophilic aspect of her texts towards that poor boy wasn't even brought to the equation during the trials was disappointing from everyone involved.
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u/naturesbookie 1d ago
I’m horror-rewatching, and like. Man. It’s so much worse the second go-round. I think she was trying to instigate sexual acts between the kids by goading on the daughter with things like, “Owen’s going to leave you because you don’t fuck” “here’s all the sexual stuff I do to satisfy Owen”. I think Kendra is a really dangerous pedophile. She involved herself in the school, with the sports team. I cannot.
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u/CouchHam 1d ago edited 1d ago
I went into this blind today. Just finished. My jaw was on the floor!! I am so enraged. How could a mom do that to her own daughter for two god damn years?
Then the audacity to say “well I’m not perfect and neither is anyone, and you all have broken the law too and just didn’t get caught.” VILE PIG
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u/fayenicoleeee 1d ago
Insinuating drunk driving is the equivalent to pedophilia is an insane claim… She said this in front of a camera MONTHS after leaving prison. She hasn’t learned a single thing about what she has done.
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u/pennycollinz 1d ago
That part floored me. Really? You're literally accusing everyone watching this of breaking the law and casually throwing in drunk driving but "just not getting caught". Disgusting.
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u/Vast_Pie5440 1d ago
Basically saying ‘I would have kept going if I wasn’t caught’ and ‘I’m only in trouble because I got caught—not because I did the wrong thing’
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
100 percent. 💯
ETA: it was def a bait and switch. I need eyeball and soul bleach after that.
I need a weighted blanket and MR Rogers.
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u/babymeow13 1d ago
I know I'm so disgusted. I literally just finished watching it and came straight here to see if everyone else was feeling just as uncomfortable as me! There is another post, and everyone is going off in it. I expressed myself there. I'm still in shock how she downplayed her actions and how her daughter still loves her so much. I'm sorry, but the things Kendra said to her own daughter are absolutely horrible, and she definitely had a thing for Owen. I'm so angry for these poor people.
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
Me too.
Thank you for sharing. I feel for the mom of Owen too. But I am conflicted over if they should have just taken the phones from the kids for a period of time?
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u/babymeow13 1d ago
Hell ya they should have! I have an 18-year-old son, and if this was happening, I definitely would have taken his phone and let him use mine to reach out to his friends if he needed it. And agreed about Owen's mom. This is totally not normal!! I don't know why it's bothering me so much, I think became Kendra is not taking any accountability, and she's acting so nonchalant about this behavior towards her own daughter!!!
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
Oh yes. I agree. What conflicts me is when she says that she wanted to know who did it. I guess what I am working through is would they ever know who did it?
But then again- if they took the phones away in a no nonsense kind of way- she wouldn’t have been able to get to Owen anymore and maybe her daughter? Idk.
If it were my kid the phone would be gone the first message. I would have probably pretended to be Owen if I were his mom or something stupid before I just shut down phones for a while in my family like some GD berenstain bears book and gave up on it. “The Berenstain Bears and no more iPhones”. Where we go back to landlines. 📞 Bottom line MY kid would not have a phone if they got a message like that until I knew who did it. But would Kendra still try to get to Owen? Idk
One thing I do know. None of it would have happened this way if they took the phones. But I don’t know what way it would have gone…
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u/naturesbookie 1d ago
I think this is likely where Kendra used her influence to manipulate the situation from the inside as a fellow parent. I would imagine a lot of solidarity coming from all the parents towards each other, and poor judgment/decision making skills due to impairment from extreme, long term stress.
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u/ParkingJellyfish3383 1d ago
When the police came to get Kendra, Lauren didn't even cry. By the way she was speaking about her mom in prison, I don't think she has even accepted her own mother did this to her. She didnt seem upset that day. Like it didnt seem to phase her. If I found out my mother was encouraging me to kill myself and just found out, I certainly wouldn't let her hold my hand or hug me. I probably would have smacked her!
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u/SnooLobsters8922 1d ago
I think it’s one of those situations in which the person hasn’t been deprogrammed yet.
The director quite aptly showed that the messages sent from prison were also manipulative, like saying “you made me cry today, didn’t say bye! But I forgive you”. This is classic covert narcissist behavior.
Same as the mom saying this was because she was raped at 17, and she was approaching her age. No. She was 14.
I’m so sorry for Lauryn, her voice is so frail. Probably her soul is the same. I wish her restoration.
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u/Moon_child1234 1d ago
1000000% those messages from jail were so manipulative and her whole explanation about supposedly being raped and that’s why she did what she did… ummm I thought she had said it was to find out who had started the text messages? Then she switch to trauma and rape excuse. I honestly think she is a pathological liar. She literally lie to her husband about having two different jobs and paying the bills. They got evicted from their house because of her lies. Meanwhile she was cyberstalking her daughter and other teenagers. This women is the definition of a sociopath and pathological liar. During her interview segments whenever she was questioned her answers were lots of words that ultimately meant/explained nothing. That’s because she’s not being honest. You could tell she was making her lie as she was speaking When she was saying she did it to deal with her rape trauma. I feel bad specially for the daughter. She seems very loss. I hope she is getting professional help and stays away from her mom.
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u/ParkingJellyfish3383 1d ago
Yes I totally agree with you! I also got to thinking she probably hasn't been able to let it really sink in what her mother did to her. In that moment where she hears the news, out of self preservation, she didn't process or really truly hear what the cop told her. Which is completely understandable. I also failed to take into consideration how sheltered she is just from being raised in such a small small town.
The messages from prison are so very manipulative. And Lauryn is too young to see that. And as you said shes not deprogrammed.
I couldn't believe the comparison she made about her being raped at 17 to what she did to her daughter. I couldn't believe anything that came out of that woman's mouth.
I feel so sorry for her as well. I just want to hug her and give her someone safe to talk to. When I was growing up my mother verbally abused me. Nothing in comparison to what happened to her! I was born with a loud voice and of course what I grew up hearing and dealing with these awful things still effects me today. But I fought back and didn't have a relationship with her until 15+ years later. I want to defend her against her mother! I'm glad she has an amazing father that's loving and protective of her. I hope she can get some great therapy and leave that environment to get away from those memories.
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u/HistoricalEmu5201 1d ago
Same! I knew it had to be a coach! But holy 💩! This mother was definitely obsessed with Owen. So disgusting what she texted her daughter, then hiding behind her trauma as a reason. Lady? I don’t believe anything you said. You hate and are jealous of your daughter and any girl who dated Owen. 🤮🤮🤮
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u/thesy5temfire 1d ago
No remorse. So full of excuses. Disgusting behavior. What if her daughter had committed s*cide? Sentence was far too short.
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u/Jasaqe 1d ago
They barely touched on the fact that Owen straight up texted back once that all this was giving him suicidal thoughts.
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u/KnockersOnYerMami 1d ago
Yeah they should have mentioned that when they asked the mom if she was scared of lauren hurting herself, like why no questions about the sexual texts to a minor either? Or the fact that she was obsessed with owen so much she texted his new gf?
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u/wellgroomedmcpoyle 1d ago
When she said “I have a mental illness” in court I was thinking “Well…pedophilia could be considered a mental illness, I suppose.”. What a horrible, manipulative, wretched woman.
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u/AntIcy8531 1d ago
I truly believe she wanted her daughter to kill herself. 1) Because it would garner alot of sympathy and attention for her and 2) Because in her mind she had concocted some delusional story about her and Owen being made for each other and that Lauryn was the only thing standing in her way. She's a disgusting paedo.
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u/Suspicious-Care87 1d ago
Actually, I thought to reference to cyber munchausen was spot on!
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u/Substantial_Tax5577 1d ago
Ya I think it’s crazy she only got a year and some change like she kept saying she was tryna protect her daughter but what she did was everything but protect her daughter!! She should’ve gotten a longer sentence
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u/HistoricalEmu5201 1d ago
I think she wanted her to commit suicide so that she could comfort and be close to Owen. And eventually act on her fantasy of seducing him. She’s a sick fuck.
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u/aggressively_baked 1d ago
It just made me think of something I have heard, "A girls first bully is usually her mother." This was just heart breaking.
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u/Rapunzel_85 1d ago
Unfortunately the older I get the more and more I see this to be true. I’ve dealt with it myself and it just kills me to watch or know of others who go through it also.
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u/Gooddaysally 1d ago
Yes. This resonates. Honestly that documentary has opened a whole outlook on my relationship with my mom. I have a lot to talk to my therapist about
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u/Rapunzel_85 1d ago
I’m finishing up the documentary now all I see is a pick me Mom jealous of her beautiful daughter and excuses … As a mother I could NEVER imagine talking to my daughter like that, EVER.
Why would you willingly continue to torment your child and her relationships?? And the excuse that she was looking for answers is SUCH a cop out, she knew exactly what she was doing and the only reason she’s clinging to that is because she got caught. I’m glad the Dad didn’t try to defend her and actually stood up for his daughter, thank God that child has him. I feel absolutely devastated for the daughter … the issues she’s going to deal with the rest of her life because of this breaks my heart.
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u/Mayatar 1d ago
Like what answers was she expecting with telling sexual things to the victims and telling them to harm themselves?
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u/is_she_a_pancake 1d ago
This was one of the most horrifying things I've ever watched. She was absolutely in love with Owen, and she told Lauryn to off herself, and then she's sitting there crying saying she did it bc she loved her daughter???
Also, sorry, I feel bad for Khloe and how horrible it must have been to have everyone think you did this but her parents are awful. Such enablers. "People keep calling her a bully but they're just dramatic." And then saying Lauryn is going to try and claim that she's a victim in all of this, and rolling their eyes at that. Just total narcissists.
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u/Proud-Occasion5477 1d ago
When they suspected it was the other girl (was her name Arianna? I can’t remember.) they said they thought it could be because of how Khloe treated her. Like…you don’t see any issue with that? You know your daughter is treating someone so badly that you thought they might retaliate in such a hateful way?!
Were Owen’s parents the only ones with a lick of sense?! 😅
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u/Intelligent-Tax-5743 1d ago
Not even just the fact that both Khloes friends also confronted her too. What does that say about your daughter, and you defend that?
Also, did anyone else get pissed off that Khloes dad is apparently a police officer but blamed Lauryn and Lauryn’s dad for this whole situation? Like they had any control over her mom being disturbed.
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u/is_she_a_pancake 1d ago
Adrianna! She literally cried and talked about how Khloe bullied her. Khloe seems like such an awful little bully, no wonder they all thought it was her
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u/Athena-1962 1d ago
Khloe is obviously a bully and learned it from her parents.
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u/Needtoknow55 1d ago
Yes!! Like I know there was a lot to take in with Kendra, but I couldn’t get past how Khloe’s parents were clearly such unsympathetic bullies and that yes, Khloe is a mean girl, but she never stood a chance being raised by those two!!
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u/stripesforlyfe 23h ago
Yeah what was up with saying that about Lauryn at the end? She's probably the biggest victim.
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u/Nur_tir_andaz 1d ago
This thread has healed me
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u/After-Narwhal-6260 1d ago
The way I sprinted to Reddit like “there is no way I’m alone freaking out about this”
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u/naturesbookie 1d ago
Me, triggered af, scrolling this thread in need of community affirming this is as disturbing as I feel
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u/Spiritual-League-386 1d ago
The fact that the mom justified her actions with, "All of us makes mistakes." Like wtf. She's a psycopath. She was able watch her daughter cry like that everyday and getting hurt by something that she sent and then complain to the school and the authorities.
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u/bigapeinthehouse 1d ago
Exactly what I thought she’s a psychopath narcissistic manipulator !! The fact she was literally trying to downplay her actions comparing it to we all break the law, yeah but we also don’t ALL tell our children to kill themself and we don’t ALL become obsessed with our teen child’s boyfriend!!! What a sick fuck
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u/AutomaticSquare2811 1d ago
I can’t. When she pulled the “mistake” card, the childhood trauma card, any card she could to deflect an ounce of accountability for herself, I was furious!!! This was NOT a “mistake.” This is something that she deliberately did over a long period of time on a daily basis. She intentionally and knowingly cyber bullied and harassed her own daughter to the fullest extent possible. This woman is a criminal, a monster and a straight up psychopath who should be behind bars for a very long time.
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u/naturesbookie 1d ago
This part pissed me off the most. She’s all, “you may have driven drunk!” Ma’am, that is not the same thing as telling your daughter how you want cum in your mouth and pussy and then telling her to off herself??? If the choices are between “drive drunk” or “do all that”, hand me the bottle, hoss.
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u/rachelp94 1d ago
And for TWO YEARS. Literally every minute of the day for two years. I’m so sad that her daughter is still under her spell.
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u/Just_Madeline_o 1d ago
I feel sick. Those poor kids were just some pawn in her twisted make believe land. Like what was the reason? I loved her cousin, she kept it real. I agree that Netflix should have been more direct with her, why is she being coddled. You are a grown woman who wanted to be a high schooler & give pedo aura. I feel so sad for her husband and daughter. After the reveal I just keep side eyeing cause girl wtf ??
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u/Melodic-Freedom-5116 1d ago
If Kendra was really only sending the messages to find out who the 'original' messager was, why didn't she apply her time and tech knowledge to finding the 'original' messager, instead of choosing to traumatise her own and other people's children?! I don't buy it at all and her 'logic' and lack of accountability was disturbing.
And poor, poor Lauryn... I don't know if it was ethical to interview her so soon after all this happened tbh - she clearly hasn't even really begun to process the trauma.
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u/cameelah 1d ago
She was sending those messages because she's a psychopath and paedophile. I don't understand why she was sentenced only for stalking. She sexually harassed her own daughter, her boyfriend, and was threatening to kill her daughter too. 🤯
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u/Ok-Taste4615 1d ago
Yea for real.. and the fact that she started the shit with the new girlfriend proves that it wasn't about trying to crack the case..
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u/darknessberry 1d ago
Just watched this and my heart really goes out to Lauryn and her father. To find out you've been living with an absolute monster must have been devastating.
Kendra is absolutely sick and should not be allowed to be around her daughter or any other children. Her sick obsession with Owen was totally glossed over. "All of us make mistakes" - NAH, HELL NO. NO WE DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES LIKE THAT. She should be rotting in prison, fr.
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u/Jasaqe 1d ago
I was also shocked that Khloe's mom thinks that the dad and Lauren had any part in it!! "They're going to twist it like they are the victims."... they are!! Largely her daughter is the prime victim of her abuse as is Owen.
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u/Embarrassed_Use754 1d ago
Yeah they were so embarrasing with how proud they were thinking they were clever and thought the whole family was in on it, when in reality it was clearly all Kendra 🤢
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u/Am_I_hungry_Ofcourse 1d ago
They were awful. Clearly entitled and probably so fun to be around.
And yes, their daughter is a bully.
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u/Aromatic-Tackle-2122 1d ago
Yes!! Other than Kendra, Khloe, her parents and her two side kicks are the worst! So clearly bullies all of them …that ridiculous Halloween to include and exclude.
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u/GroupBusiness9298 1d ago
Indeed. They were so smug and self-congratulatory, while coming off terribly. Granted, their daughter was a victim too, but didn't they have a hand in pointing the blame at Owen's cousin? Basically because "Khloe bullied her, so she must be trying to get revenge."
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u/theramblingpeanut 1d ago
When she started with "People make mistakes" I was out.
I am a 40 year old woman who was obsessed with a teenager and sure I bullied my own child. I am, in fact, actually a pedophile. But the problem here is that I got caught. What a sad and pathetic human being.
I may get a lot of hate for this. But sometimes, just sometimes, we don't have to hear the other side of the story ESPECIALLY when a child or children are involved. Empathy doesn't have to exist in cases like this.
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u/Honest_Elderberry372 1d ago
Yes! I am so disgusted with this story. I knew from the first five minutes it was the mom. My step mom growing up raised us since we were toddlers. When I had my first boyfriend at around 15 she did something so weird and creepy and wrote him a LONG hand written letter. I never knew what it said but he broke up with my not long after. Fast forward a year and we find out she's having a secret affair with my 16 year old brother, affair isn't the right word because she was an adult and predator and just like this woman her "reasons" are not her fault to this day. Just absolutely disturbing behavior. Did you all catch how her messages to Owen were about being with him above all else. Unbelievable. I don't believe there was ever anyone else. It was always her.
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u/Jasaqe 1d ago
I think it was always her too. And theybjust glossed over the fact that she's clearly a pedophile. I also feel like that other girls (Khloe) mom is undjustly trying to lay blame on Lauren and her Dad as though they were in on it!?
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u/PuddingNeither94 1d ago
Yup, I found Khloe and her parents very unsympathetic. Guaranteed she was a bully before this and her parents made excuses for her at every turn. That’s no excuse for what she went through, of course, but it turned my stomach to see her parents acting like she was the only one victimized.
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u/Due_East_3814 1d ago edited 1d ago
If it makes you feel any better Khloe’s mom called a documentary a docu man tary ! Sorry about the victim shaming it just made me giggle!
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u/Athena-1962 1d ago
Yes, I agree. Khloe is clearly a bully and learned it from her parents. Horrible people.
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u/Jasaqe 1d ago
In Khloe's defence she said she doesn't blame Lauren for what her mom did (even though clearly her parents do). You also have a great point that the parents seem to have dismissed her previous bullying.
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u/Am_I_hungry_Ofcourse 1d ago
I just posted something similar!! Yes, she was wrongly blamed in THIS scenario but she most definitely a bully and the parents are total Karens. Saying all of that shit about Lauryn and her dad being "victims". Miserable people.
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u/KnockersOnYerMami 1d ago
Yes what the hell was that about? I wonder if they’ll change their tune after seeing the documentary? Their reactions on camera were very real. They were aggressive towards the wrong people based on nothing, just vengeful and doing what had been done to them. Very hypocritical. I think I see where Khloe gets her bully nature from but at least she’s mature enough to not blame anyone but Kendra
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u/Medium_Bee368 1d ago
Kendra's crocodile tears are making my blood boil. She's going to be the most hated woman in the world for a while.
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u/SaberTruth2 1d ago
The second and third worst people in this story are Khloe’s parents. Somehow they feel comfortable playing the victim card and even tried pointing the finger at Lauryn. If Khloe is in fact the bully she was made out to be then we know where it came from.
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u/brionly 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wanted to DIEEE while watching this documentary. Paused a couple of times and kept remembering the messages she sent to her daughter. WHAT A DISGUSTING HUMAN! I can’t even imagine saying 99% of what she said to someone I don’t even like and she said that to her own daughter! And to hug her like that while the poor girl is clearly confused and shocked ! F HER! Nothing she said shows any remorse and honestly she will do something like that again if given the opportunity. She should be away from all children and Lauryn needs therapy for lord knows how long.
I also agree with Jill that Kendra clearly had feelings for Owen and that was the catalyst for all of this. Pedo woman deserves no mercy.
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u/KnockersOnYerMami 1d ago
She should be on a sex offender list and not able to be around any children and not able to walk by schools
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u/Able_Training4829 1d ago
I could instantly tell by the way the messages were.. the “u” “r” and trying to use teen slang. Those kids could’ve committed suicide and it would’ve been on her hands. She literally told her own kid to kill herself. It was purely her being obsessed with her daughter’s boyfriend. Even going after the new girlfriend. It was an obsession with the son and she should be on a child predator list.
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u/CBB96 1d ago
We are so quick to blame things on mental health and stigmatize mental health. The reality here is some people, like Kendra, are just pure evil.
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u/dovegoddess1 1d ago
I agree. Kendra was trying to use the "I'm mentally ill, please forgive me" line. Clearly she is just a heinous, disgusting pedo who made these bad choices with her free will. Too many criminals try to use the "mentally ill" excuse for their crimes and the gullible public believes them. Kendra is just an evil person, like you said 😒
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u/That_Yoghurt_4305 1d ago
not that it’s relevant but her face just pmo especially when they confront her at her house
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u/Warm-Zucchini1859 1d ago
I know it’s not kind to comment on people’s looks but Kendra is extremely unfortunate looking.
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u/rachelp94 1d ago
Honestly after I found out it was her I kept screaming at my tv ‘you didn’t do it bc of trauma, you did it bc you’re fucking ugly and jealous of your daughter!’ Because facts.
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u/Weirdly_Appropriate 1d ago
You guys! It’s because she got raped at 17!
/sarcasm
The most disgusting excuse for what she fucking did!
And the audacity of her to come on this documentary as if anyone other than a complete psycho could understand her point of view..?!
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u/CouchHam 1d ago
I said aloud “oh give me a fucking break” when she brought that up.
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u/Bumblebee1223 1d ago
YES!!. This wasn’t a catfish story. It’s not even catfishing ffs. Catfishing is when someone’s pretending to be someone they’re not, and the other person falls for it. This was a pathological, delusional, obsessed, woman, end it had nothing to do with protecting her daughter from what she went through. I am sorry she got raped, but if she thinks the public’s going to buy that this was all to protect her daughter from the same, she’s more delusional than first look.
They completely glossed over the fact that the majority of the harassment had to do with Owen even after they broke up. She was sending obscene texts about what Owen was doing to her. The sexual disgusting one she was sending her daughter, then going after the new GF Mom. They barely gave Owen an edit about the weird signs he got from her and same with his mom. What’s up with her going to all of his sporting events long after they broke up? Cutting his steak? Reaching out and texting him? They really miss the mark here with what was really going on. I don’t know if it was the superintendent who did a shit job BTW, that said maybe it was some sort of Munchausen thing. Make the daughter feel bad so she comes to her. They had a very weird vibe between them. that also wasn’t really fully explored. When she got caught, there wasn’t even like a breakdown and hugging her daughter and apologizing. Her husband just realize that she hadn’t been working for a year and her cousin thought she never had the job at the school in Texas. That’s whole thing was also glossed over. Other kids were harassed children were harassed and been made to be the scapegoat. She disrupted a whole school for two years. And what’s with the police going to school and yanking kids out of class and interviewing them without a parent there? That one poor girl says she doesn’t even trust police officers anymore and they only showed a tiny glimpse of that in school interview and I’m sure there’s a reason why.
Thank goodness she cannot see her mom. I understand her heart’s breaking because it’s her mom but it’s the best thing for her. And I feel bad for both her and her father because people think they knew about it and it seems insane that he didn’t know she wasn’t working. But people that are like her are master manipulators. We saw in real time his reaction. We saw his reaction when he found out she hadn’t been working. He broke down on Camera about losing all of their belongings in their storage unit because she didn’t pay the bill. I mean that’s tragic. That’s equivalent to losing all your personal belongings in a fire.. He did not know! I haven’t been this fired up about a documentary in a long time. I hope this brings Owens family the support that they deserved and that the daughter gets tons of love and support as well.
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u/MirenJag 1d ago
100% agree, she's a paedophile, she was sexually interested/ obsessed with a 13/14 year old boy and was acting on it. Just because she did not physically assault him, did not mean he wasn't sexually abused, those kids were far too young to be reading graphic details of sex, she exposed that to them and may have been attempting to groom him in a way. I am also confused why they didn't go after her on charges for sexual assault but I am English so not sure how easy that is in the US. She may have munchausen by proxy as well because she loved the attention she was getting via her daughter but she's still 100% a nonce. She isn't really empathising with anyone else in this situation but herself - because it's suits her, her daughter is apparently completely resilient to suicide, very convenient that. I don't blame the daughter for still loving her mother, her mother has been manipulating her since birth, and she is her mother, but that woman is a sex offender and should be on a register.
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u/Silver_Start_4935 1d ago
Yeah the documentary didn't press Kendra enough about how sexually explicit the messages were. She sent those to CHILDREN.
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u/So_ScandALEX 1d ago
I just finished it and it’s so disturbing. What was obvious to me was that none of this was about her daughter, it was about her very inappropriate and sick attraction to Owen. Once she sent messages to the mom of Owen’s new girlfriend who lived hours away that should’ve signaled that this was about him. Owen’s mom mentioned that but I don’t feel the documentary did a good job highlighting how deeply disturbing this really was. I feel for Lauryn for wanting to still have a relationship with her mom, but her mom is unwell and was very obviously jealous of her. I’m still in shock that something like this happened. Disgusting.
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u/Worth-Boot1124 1d ago
Can we also talk about how she wasn’t removed from the home immediately by the police. She confessed to sending the messages that included telling her own daughter to k*ll herself AND sending incredibly inappropriate messages to MINORS! The police should have told her to get the hell off her child and removed her themselves rather than the poor husband having to do it for them. The whole thing was soooo weird and soooo off! She is DANGEROUS and she’s messed up so many children’s lives! Honestly I’m in shock at how the whole thing was handled and then documented by Netflix- absolutely appalling!
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u/givemeadarnbreak 1d ago
No excuses for this horrific so-called mother. She texted her daughter disgusting, vile sexually explicit things AND told her own daughter to kill herself. She belongs in jail or an institution but far away from her child. Listening to Kendra speak and her excuses for bullying children, HER child included, is kind of vile of Netflix to give her too much time to talk and defend herself. I didn't even watch the Jussie Smollett doc, another very disturbed individual in need of 24/7 therapy.
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u/dreamcat20 1d ago
Unpopular opinion but I’m glad they gave her the opportunity to “explain her side of the story”. It just cemented how much of a psychopath she is, how little remorse she had. “Why did she do it?” Because she’s plain evil. And she got to show us that.
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u/TypeCritical 1d ago
I think the response here just proves Netflix DID do a good job at showing what they needed to. Some parts of Kendra’s may come off like they were being “too nice” to her but I know I for SURE wanted an explanation even if it was plain BS. It just proves further what a POS she is. They don’t flat out say she’s a predator either, because it’s not what she was charged with ultimately and they don’t want to get sued, BUT they made sure to include the right information early on to lead us to that conclusion ourselves. People are being a bit harsh on the doc, I think it conveyed exactly what it needed to.
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u/GroupBusiness9298 1d ago
Agreed. It's a subtle art for the filmmaker to give a terrible person just enough rope to hang themselves in a doc that millions of people will view. When she said that people commit crimes all the time, but don't get caught, I knew she was an unrepentant sociopath, as well as whatever else she is (likely pedophile.)
Similarly, but on a much lesser scale, Khloe's parents also come off looking like complete AHs in their segments. It's amazing how little self-awareness some people have.
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u/Mayatar 1d ago
Her excuse how she knew Lauryn would never hurt herself is so wild. What mother would even take the chance for smallest of possibilities for that to happen...? She does not love Lauryn. My mum can be a problematic woman who dislikes me but she did lost her firstborn and she would rather gnaw her hand off than do this to any of her kids.
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u/AntIcy8531 1d ago
I agree. She is a paedophile being marketed as a mentally ill Mother. They glossed over it and its sick. If a man had done this, that element would have been the key focus of the documentary. And I say that as a woman.
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u/Sillykitty1982 1d ago
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but surely anyone noticed the empty bottles (of alcohol?) on Kendra's table?
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u/Plastic-Youth2036 1d ago
I was in shock, I didn’t want to believe it. I thought there had to be some mistake maybe someone stole her phone or something but that is crazy!
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u/That_Yoghurt_4305 1d ago edited 1d ago
wait she did not just try to justify doing that because other people have broken laws and not got caught??
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u/Impressive_Cod7210 1d ago
i still feel so sad that lauryn wants to be see her and be in contact with her. the final line “i love her more than anything” feels so obvious the manipulation worked imo. no child should be told to end their own lives be their own mother for years and still want anything to do with them.
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u/questofgeet 1d ago
She was obsessed with Owen from the start. It was always people around Owen who were targeted. His friend Khloe was set up as perpetrator, his cousin got texts, his new girlfriend's mom got texts. Jill said Kendra would go out of her way to help Owen, try to get closer to him and even text him separately. I feel a lot of her questionable actions towards him are intentionally left unaddressed for the sake of his privacy and mental wellbeing. I am curious and sad about the toxic dependency that Lauren has towards her mom to the extent that she still wants a relation.
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u/Dangerous-Ad-1298 1d ago
why wasn’t she also accused of sexualising minors? she sent disgusting sexual messages to children
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u/lyssasaurusX 1d ago
I was honestly shocked that none of her charges included anything related to pedophilia or sexual harassment/abuse. Those messages were graphic and constant being sent to MINORS. How was that missed???
Truly sat there jaw gaping when the mom tries to say “well we’ve all broken the law at some point, I just got caught” like WHAT?! No babe, this is something very very different and you’re sick for not acknowledging that. Send her back to prison!
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u/Electrical-Garage663 1d ago
If this was man I think things would have been a whole lot different. Totally downplaying the sexual nature of the texts that were sent to minors. Absolutely appalling.
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u/Wide_Director_9685 1d ago
I'm shocked at how every single weird predatory text and comment was just dismissed? She's obviously sick in the head. None of that was just a "mistake" it was cruel and disgusting. This woman is a predator and it's so obvious.
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u/amandae143 1d ago
The fact that they gave the crazy mother even one iota of a platform to “explain herself” was disgusting. She is a SICK woman who should have just been raked across the coals and not allowed to make those gross excuses she was trying to make.
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u/No-Information-8317 1d ago
I kinda liked that I heard from her. Just cemented how perverted, unremorseful, unhinged and horrible she is. It’s fascinating how she thought she could twist the narrative.
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u/BestBodybuilder7329 1d ago
I don’t even know what to say about this woman. Even after she was caught she didn’t stop trying to manipulate her daughter. In the body cam she is holding her hand. When dad was saying she has to leave she hugs her daughter’s head and saying I can’t she needs me. She needed you not to tell her to harm herself repeatedly. She needed her mom not to rip her self worth to shreds, while impersonating gone her peers. Now she has to deal with the humiliation of her mom’s action.
One of the screen shots from the prison email really sent me into overdrive. She said something to the effect of you made me sad because you didn’t say I love you. Even from prison she is trying to emotionally manipulate her.
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u/Medium_Bee368 1d ago
I'm watching it right now. I'm gobsmacked. You need a license to own certain animals, but any fool with a uterus csn have a human child. 🙄
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u/DrGnomeCrusher 1d ago
She is an absolute predator. I hate the way this documentary down played how dangerous she is and how cruel she was to her daughter.
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u/g80093 1d ago
To even call her crime catfishing is actually such a reach in itself…
She wasn’t using fake profiles or pretending to be someone else in that way - she is literally just a predator who is quite literally emotionally torturing and manipulating CHILDREN including her own daughter !!
Horrifying
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u/ScienceTch 1d ago
I'm just watching right now.
Kendra's interviews at the end give HUGE liar vibes. She is lying to the camera - possibly lying to herself.
I think she is delusional.
I like the term "cyber Munchausen." Probably accurate.
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u/MyJoyinaWell 1d ago
She's hurt her daughter in ways she can't even comprehend yet. Wait until Lauren connects "being loved" with "being in danger" and how thats going to fry her brain. She's going to need a lot of therapy in her life
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u/ScienceTch 1d ago
The poor daughter has not had time to even truly process this. She is still so young that her brain isn't done developing. And needs her mommy.
The texts sent from prison feel like love-bombing, manipulation, sociopathic.
At some point in the future, she will go no contact with that woman, I'm certain.
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u/Igotshiptodotoday 1d ago
I think Kendra got the same good edit as the female predator in Tell Them You Love Me. Why was she even given a chance to "tell her side?" Lauryn needs to stay far away from her, but I don't think she will.
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u/xxxbeebeew 1d ago
Im actually sick to my stomach. She terrorized her poor daughter and Netflix really gave her a sympathy edit that she didnt deserve. They are gaslighting her daughter
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u/Beautiful-Ratio4804 1d ago
I feel like the mom wanted to be tje pretty mean girl who gets the boy and she could never be that, no matter what so she had all this hate and resentment. She wanted to be a big shot mean girl as a woman but unattractive, no job and nothing envious so she acted it out. Framing Chloe, I feel she wanted to be Chloe. A mean girl with lots of friends and parents with connections who protect the meanness.
I feel she was embodied the Khloe personality and she believed Khloe wanted Owen and why she bullied Adrianna because Khloe did. She has no identity so took over Khloe personality.
I believe she sent the first messages, the cop basically said the same thing. When she got caught, she was still trying to hide the second phone.
I think Lauryn feels very alone and is a very quiet person. Owen broke up and dating others, she didn't really have friends, so probably only has her mom in her mind.
Her mom is beyond awful
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u/Antique-Repair-8261 1d ago
I feel so sorry for the husband. What the hell did he see in her in the first place? Gormless hag who, when not talking nonsense on camera is sitting with her mouth hanging open. Ugh. The daughter is clearly affected by this trauma too. Her tone of voice and lack of emotion come across as totally vacant at times. What an awful thing to go through
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u/Tasty_Firefighter210 1d ago
Just finishing it up now. Fucking WILD. this women needs unknown messages being sent her way but then she would play victim even fucking more. The daughter says she feels a part is missing from her. Yes, the so called mom ripped it from her tore it apart and glued it into something she thought she could get away with and still be a good mother. She’s a danger to everyone near her if she’s able to do that to not only her own kid but to multiple children. ALSO wtf about the next young dudes girlfriend and her mom receiving messages from her??? Can we get a reason”lie” from Kendra about that
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u/hellorosckie 1d ago
This documentary want to make me throw up. I feel for the little kid that is missing her mother because she dont know better and dont see the whole situation with our adults eyes.
So basically the lady is a pédophile. She was interested in a child that was like 12-13 but look way younger.
She was jealous of her own daughter for being with her obsession.
She deserved more than a year sentence. What she did is disgusting and saying all the vile and manipulative thing to her own daughter is the cherry on top.
She has 0 remorse and trying to say that she was a victim herself. True or not. That doesnt give you ANY rights to Hurt children. She deserve to rot in jail
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u/SWdank_cactus 1d ago
This documentary REALLY pissed me off. A mother jealous of her daughter for having what she never had or being what she always wanted to be.
A girl’s first bully is ALWAYS her mother.
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u/40yrOLDsurgeon 1d ago
That cop wasn't honest with their daughter AT ALL. How about, "it's you mom sending you nasty texts."
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u/Ok-Tomatillo9178 1d ago
This was the most disturbing documentary I have watched in my life.
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u/Rosetulipjasmine 1d ago
I feel like she was also jealous of the attention her daughter was getting
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u/babyblueknocks 1d ago
I never wanted to slap somebody through a screen more. The whole bodycam footage of the reveal was also weird af. The dad showed more emotion over finding out she lied about her job and losing his stuff in the storage. The daughters face didn't show not one ounce of shock, anger or disgust. Im completely flabbergasted at this entire family. This woman is clearly a sexual predator and needs to never be around kids ever. She's the perfect example of why asylums need to make a comeback. You have to be truly insane to say those kinds of things to your own daughter. As a mother im completely disgusted
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u/ComfortableNo9256 1d ago
I don’t want to judge their reactions. They were both abused
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u/ReasonableQuote5654 1d ago
Exactly, what an impossible thing to process, too. The job and the storage are much easier to wrap your head around quickly
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u/MirenJag 1d ago
I hate to say it but she could have already been sexually abusing her daughter, there's elements of this that reminds me a lot of the documentary made about those child youtube starts where the main child's mother is clearly a paedophile. The daughter is very quiet and placid, very similar to how Lauryn is. I really hope its not the case because the authorities have massively let this family down not considering this woman more seriously as a sex offender. At least now because of this documentary no adult, school, organisation is going to let her anywhere near coaching kids basketball or kids in general.
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u/backfrom1998 1d ago
Also why did the police just leave her in the house with the daughter she just admitted to stalking?! Why didn't they arrest her and take her away there and then? Doesn't make any sense. They didnt even search the house.
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u/Rasputin1720 1d ago
Omg anytime Kendra was on screen I had to skip cause she was just so fake in all her excuses. She did not feel any remorse. The fact that she stood there and kept holding on to her daughter when the cops were there just pissed me off
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u/VelcroCat78 1d ago
I still have 22 minutes left to watch of this. I am so totally disgusted. I had to come here to look and see what others were saying about this. I am the mother of two girls. The idea of doing something like this to them is totally appalling. Through junior high and high school and a couple years beyond, they were so focused on what others thought of them that something like this from anyone could’ve pushed them over the edge, let alone their MOTHER. Ohhhh….. I am just beyond shocked that she tries to justify/explain this. “We’ve all broken the law”. Yeah. We all have, even just going 26 in a 25mph. But I’d place money that no one in this string has ever stalked and bullied their teenage daughter and then told them to kill themselves.
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u/Relevant_Fly_8831 1d ago
When Lauryn becomes an adult she will most likely hate her mum
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u/krose820 1d ago
Seriously, the mom needed to be read for filth. The messages she sent were absolutely vile and disgusting. If it was a father/a man sending those messages, I feel the backlash would have been much harsher.
The whole time the sheriff is confronting the mom with Lauryn right there, I just couldnt believe how she is fawning over her daughter she told to kill herself.
Lauryn didnt even seem phased, maybe it's shock, that her mom just confessed to those disgusting messages, breaking her up with her boyfriend, jesus christ.
Then to switch to her crying on camera for her interview? Get out of here you psychopath.