Nate Holzapfel was an entrepreneur success story on ABC’s hit show. But he’s now in prison for running an elaborate scam that targeted cancer survivors, divorcees, and widows.
argued that the legendary journalist had agreed to record a mock interview with Holzapfel “as a favor to a family member.” The 2013 interview, the lawsuit states, was only to be used in a “sizzle reel” to privately submit to TV producers to land gigs. Instead, Holzapfel used quotes from the fake interview on his electronic press kit alongside quotes from John and“You’re selling me on laughing,” King said in the mock interview that Holzapfel promoted.
About three weeks into constant texting and phone calls, Holzapfel asked Courtney to meet in person at her house. Courtney said that she normally would never agree to the request to meet in private if not for COVID “hitting hard” at that time.” The relationship eventually turned romantic and continued to progress very quickly. Soon, Courtney said, Holzapfel began talking about living together, getting married, and preparing to blend their families.
But Courtney said that despite the vague conversations, she was still surprised in May 2020 when Holzapfel took her to a title company to sign a pre-drafted deed that transferred her ownership interest in her home into his LLC. The “Quit Claim Deed” stated that she would transfer ownership to Holzapfel’s company for “ten dollars and other good and valuable consideration,” according to an arrest affidavit.
The affidavit states that Holzapfel made $207,773.13 from the sale and put the proceeds into an LLP registered in Alaska, where he and his wife are listed as general partners. Later, Holzapfel moved the house funds into other accounts to pay off his credit card bills, attorney fees, car payments, and buy firearms and gun supplies.
Weeks later, in November 2020, Courtney said she finally threatened to go to the police if Holzapfel did not cough up her money. Instead of gaslighting her like she said he had done over the last nine months of their relationship, Holzapfel just vanished. “It wasn’t even a conversation; he just overheard me talk about my business and asked a question or two,” she said.
“He was talking a lot about his past businesses, his successes, and how he helped people save their businesses,” she said. “I didn’t need saving…but I was naive. And I think there was a part of me that was like, ‘Maybe down the road, this guy could be interesting.’” As he was continuing to assault her, Sammi said Holzapfel also taunted her, saying that he was bigger than her and that if he wanted to rape her, he “would have done it already; just relax.” Sammi said that she asked not to be kissed multiple times—and that he actually made her say it—as he held his face inches from hers and “smiled.”He was talking a lot about his past businesses, his successes, and how he helped people save their businesses.
It was a few weeks after Holzapfel had pressured DeAnn into giving him $50,000, and she was hounding him to return the funds. But Holzapfel was dodging her requests and trying to change the subject. The ball began to move quickly once Courtney and DeAnn realized they had a rare opportunity to catch Holzapfel. After briefly meeting with the police that Monday, DeAnn said she called Holzapfel and told him to meet her at a specific location. When he agreed, the police went off to arrest Holzapfel at their lunch meeting spot: Carl’s Jr.
“Our courts are backed up, and if we wanted to take every case to trial, this would have dragged on for years,” Reichman said. “The continued litigation would also reduce the likelihood of restitution going to the victims. They probably wouldn’t have gotten anything. So that also goes into the algebra when considering a plea agreement.”
“I was promised the world, and I was delivered a nightmare. It’s all purposeful, and I can see that now. Everything is plotted and planned," Courtney said in court.
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