Jennifer Hong
1. The Small Lies John Meehan Told for No Reason
John Meehan lied to hide his dirty past and attract wealthy, lonely women he wanted to manipulate. But some of his lies seemingly had no apparent purpose at all. For instance, he told his first wife Tonia Sells that he was 26 when he was in fact 31. He claimed that his full legal name was Jonathan when it was actually just ‘John.’ Sells only found out after 10 years into their marriage when she reached out to his estranged mom, Dolores.
He also boasted of his blood relation to the notorious Mafia hitman who once ran Murder Inc. which is not verifiable. John falsely claimed he attended the Mariners, an Irvine megachurch.
Meehan described his family as ‘dysfunctional drug addicts and alcoholics’ and he was raised by others who stepped up to help. However, his sisters at least initially showed him strong support. His sister Donna paid for his Ohio home to avoid foreclosure as well as his overdue child support when he was incarcerated.
He told Debra Newell that he went on a shopping trip with his daughters and used a photo of 2 random girls he got off the internet. Not only did he make up a story about him being in Iraq for Doctors without Borders, but he also made up dubious stories about him jumping off helicopters with machine guns.
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