This week’s case is brought to us by a Housewives of True Crime listener (Thanks, Drema!), and it's certainly a doozy. Our story begins in Haiti with a young doctor and his flame Betsy. While their romance was classic young love, Jean-Claude moved to New York, where he worked as an ER doctor and married a woman named Eliette in 1980.
“Her and Jean-Claude got on like peas and carrots, right? The whole medical thing, Haitian culture in common…” – Gretchen (10:20)
While they lived in Long Island, Jean-Claude occasionally stayed at their apartment in Brooklyn to sleep after a long shift. Well, that’s what he told Eliette. He was living a double life, and Betsy, the flame from all those years ago, was his other wife and living in Jersey with their children. For 17 years, he kept this secret, but after he was hit by a car in 1999 and passed about a month later, the truth came to light, and Jean-Claude’s brother stepped in demanding money for the funeral.
“Well Eliette was like, ‘Kick rocks, Aly! Because I can’t afford that. I actually don’t know up from down right now financially.’” – Gretchen (20:14)
What ensued after is a wild tale of family drama, betrayal, attempted murder, and mayhem…
In This Episode
- (1:22) Happy New Year! Gretch and Tab talk holiday fun and Christmas gifts
- (8:00) This week’s listener-suggested case (Thanks, Drema!)
- (13:08) Jean Claude is a two-timing fraudster
- (15:53) Jean Claude suffers traumatic injuries on March 22, 1999
- (19:30) His death ushers in new family drama
- (21:08) Eliette discovers the truth about her husband’s scheme and takes legal action
- (25:14) Jean Claude’s brother hatches a sinister plan
- (31:22) Where are the wives now?
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