An irate Meehan attempted to abduct Terra Newell (as played by Julia Garner in the series) in a parking lot in 2016, leading her to fatally stab him in self-defense.

John Meehan’s carefully constructed identity was a façade. While he convinced Debra Newell he was a humanitarian doctor, his past told a much darker story.

Debra Newell's real-life drama with John Meehan has become the subject of a podcast “Dirty John," a Bravo TV series and an upcoming documentary on Oxygen.