I've wanted for very little in my life, but there are levels of wealth most people could hardly imagine, myself included. Yall can keep saying there's no merit to stuff like pizzagate, but at that level of wealth of the people involved, the general public thinks that it's debunked because of a basement or something. They can pay for most of the public to think whatever it is they want them to think
She looks great; he has chronic Resting Psychopath Face. I sincerely hope he didn’t get time out of his cell, to do these interviews - if so, should have just interviewed everyone who knew him, instead.
Swear I JUST WAS SAYING THAT ,like how friggen pathetic is that now that she’s dead just blame it on her Smdh he should get Life without Parole just trash
Leon is a very bad man. He need’s a lot of spiritual work. Problem is, some monsters are just incapable of being sorry. They seem to be possessed by demons.
How do you come from a wealthy family, work hard in veterinary school, parents give you a home after graduation and still end up on 48 hours as a perpetrator?? The entitlement is UNREAL! She had what so many people wish for…. A lot of it was given to her. Sigh…😡
I'm always confused why people think that wealth and education should equal an emotionally healthy person. People are people no matter their financial status or education.
So many of these stories begin with a divorce, cheating or some other turmoil. I think people's judgment goes south at times like that. Never date when on the rebound was the old advice, and it's good advice. People are so dumb sometimes. If they let six months go by without dating idiots or trying to hire hit men, they would probably regain a bit of common sense.
They thought it wouldn’t be weird that both their exes just drop dead at the same time?! Hmmm… you’d think since they think they are so smart that they’d know the plan was stupid. But they thought they were so clever, that they could just walk away & forget… Just pure madness.
So many similar cases..they point, for me , mental illness, a mix of many disorders, able to disguise and control them, for a while, till things do not go their way. Manipulators, they not only make victims, but drag others into their madness.
@@BrianWaller-qe7gr That's because they know exactly what they're doing. They're chameleons, great pretenders of whatever they need to be to get what they want. Love bomb, devalue and discard. You have no idea you've been a victim until it's too late. I was married to one, a sociopath. Those who've never crossed paths with one please consider yourselves among the luckiest on the planet. True narcissists/NPD--you've no idea what they're capable of and sinister tactics they will use May you never have one in your life.
Nah, he's a bungler. For example, he went around casually asking about a hitman. LMAO! There's an informant around every corner. Oh yea, and he thought he could have somebody snuffed for $9k. Nine out of ten times, there'd be no follow through. Ten percent of the time, the job would be botched. If the killer were caught, he'd bring everyone down with him.
The twist that Valerie was also in this complot to get her Ex murdered really kind of caught me off guard.... I thought she is that good sweet Vet... and I thought that her boyfriend planned to get her murdered in the beginning! So good job 48 hours... You fooled us properly 😊!!!
A mother who lets a man waiting trial for assault and stalking around her child is not a decent person, she’s selfish and completely complacent. No one could want this outcome
I agree. i didn't even move a man into our house after divorce, even very nice men as it is more protective of the children not to do so and I always put them first
“I felt a lot of pressure, so i agreed to another meeting and paid them money instead of calling the cops on the hit man. But I’m not guilty because of, um, pressure.”
Get through this doesn’t mean getting away… The friend was probably shocked but she hadn’t gotten any details of the truth so she’s gonna support her anyway.
At first I thought Leon killed Valerie’s ex-husband. I’m not too far off. Most would guess correctly that Leon is a bad person cos he has a wild look in his eyes and a very fake & weird smile.
Megan and mack will be living their best lives while Leon rots, love that! Valerie took the cowards way out, although I do believe if she had never met Leon she wouldn't have done what she did. She'd still be here.
But she did. Her entire life was a life of extreme privilege. Valedictorian. Great. She was obviously from a strong financial background with huge support, emotionally and financially. Her first upset in her life - her husband cheated on her? - everything went to pots. I cannot describe the adversity that I have seen in my life as a single parent and the first woman in my family to go to high school. I graduated from medical school late in life. Tortured through residency and could not get through it 3X. Had an ex try to take my home away and fought him in court for almost a year. I have been alone for years. Yesterday, I drove back on a country road because I saw a very small turtle crossing the road. Many cars were going in both directions. I positioned my car to stop all traffic and got the turtle to double-time and cross the road. That made my day. If you cannot appreciate the little things in life, please don't hire a hitman and find excuses for it. And yes, there are some really, really mean people in medicine.
Yep. Megan's actions really surprised me, but her fiance's , not so much. Some women certainly have the same propensity for violence, but she doesn't didn't have the history. Perhaps he brought out the worst in her. She might have gotten so desperate to have a partner.
@@juniorjohnson5961 no. 20 years of education. Never failed a single test my entire academic career. Incredibly respectful. There are doctors practicing medicine who have failed tests repeatedly but they were mollycoddled through the system because they were the right age, socioeconomic background, whatever. I loved being a doctor. I carry my pain. I don’t hire hitmen. Life is not fair. It was never meant to be. Watch a video about what animals do to survive. A million dollar education wasted. But, I did the best that I could. The few years that I worked as a physician, I did save a few lives.
How in gods known world does is he eligible for parole? That guys should never be allowed outside... He would go after them even if he is 70 years old.
He needs to be off the planet for there is no remorse, no possibility for remediation, and continues to lie preposterously. He will learn nothing and have a lot of time to think up his next con.
If one woman comes forward, and accuses you of abuse, there's a chance it may not be true. When multiple do, it's definitely not a lie. He's definitely everythning they say he is.
That’s actually not always true. Multiple accusers can come for and claim something. It doesn’t make it true. Look up cases where there were multiple accusers who discovered to have lied about what happened to them, either because they wanted money, to ruin the accused’s life or they wanted their fifteen minutes of fame. The worst ones are those who come out every election cycle, telling lies about a candidate, then retreat without a peep once their mission has been accomplished.
If the first victim, woman or man, is taken seriously, it can often prevent 'multiple' from existing in many cases. But agree that when numerous people are making the same accusations about a person, you have to look at the common denominator
Before committing suicide to avoid the inevitable, left an audio dedicated to romanticising a serial abuser and sociopath. I wonder if she dedicated any commentary for her child?
Why even bother hiring an expensive lawyer when you got a slam dunk case against you? Like bro, you're on camera hiring and paying a hit man ffs. Save that money for retirement in case you get parole.
@@amc2510 Yes, he was just a residency doctor still paying his dues. I used to know how many years after medical school, maybe 8 years in total and then if you want to start making real money, you have to open your own practice or partner with someone. Being a doctor isnt what it used to be with this new horrible govt socialized medical system. The only ones that make the big bucks and get wealthy, are the specialists. The elite, top of the class doctors. The remaining ones, make 200k or maybe 300k per year, if they are lucky upon finishing their residency. The ones that dont have wealthy parents then have to pay off their medical school loans.
It’s true you can charge anyone with anything but, when the charges are happening multiple times over and over again….. That’s what we call a *pattern.*
@@Lemana28021989 I meant that people can say what they want and lie about you to get you charged & a lot of times they don’t even require all that much proof. Innocent people go to jail/prison all the time….🙄
This is how a narcissist talks: all self-promotion and self-pity. And then on the stand, he squirms and slithers away from making ANY statement that admits he's done wrong, regardless of irrefutable proof, such as a recording.
And the fact that he's on the surveillance recording with the fake hit man....I'm like 🙄 quit it with the speech about this goes against your morals as a physician.
@@noisemaker1078 What does Trump have to do with this story? You’re obviously saying he’s a narcissist. I agree with that. Name a politician who isn’t. I despise them all on both sides of the isle, but, Trump is the only president in history who did what he promised he would do. It would take too long to list his achievements here. BTW, if you are low to middle income, how do you feel about how our country has changed under Biden’s leadership? Inflation to the point people have to work 3 jobs to put food on table and gas in the car, men in women’s sports and locker rms., full term abortions, migrants getting benefits not afforded Americans and the list goes on and on. If you’re wealthy, you wouldn’t care about any of this😢
@noisemaker1078 oh dear 🙄🤦🏼♀️ You just had to bring it there when there's actually less proof on YOUR summary, than the one shown here. Let us pray you never get jury duty..or at least RECUSE YOURSELF, if given the opportunity. 😒 Stay on topic.
Imagine going through 2 different hitmen attempting to take out you & your new spouse’s exes so you can be happy together, then you learn it was all fake, your new spouse jumps off a roof, and you go to jail for life
Leon’s mother was/is an attorney. Leon’s father was/is a surgeon. In a fairly recent study of the top ten occupations employed with psycho/sociopaths, Number One are company CEO’s. Number Two are (here’s a shocker) lawyers. And I believe it was either Number Six or Eight, surgeons; not just doctors but specifically surgeons. In her suicide letter she wrote that she only loved two things in her life, her daughter and Leon. What a shame because the only thing Leon could ever love was himself.
Valarie couldn’t face the consequences of her actions. During Leon’s trial he just shot himself in the foot. He probably thought he could win over the jury. Glad they saw past his nonsense.
48 Hours' defense of Valerie's actions is despicable. 09:05 Peter Van Sant calls Mac's infidelity "cheating" but Valerie's cheating "a new love." Then this blew me away, 30:16, this 48 hours woman absolves Valerie, saying she was completely brainwashed! Valerie is a vile, rotten, despicable m*rderer who is the lowest form of life and knew exactly what she was doing. 48 Hours' defense of her was disgraceful.
@rockstarofredondo it was said in the video that he wanted to take their child away from her and he (her ex) wasn't happy about her new relationship because he knew about the new guys' past
The fact that Leon used his time on the stand to brag about sleeping with Valerie shows who he is. He wanted to brag about sleeping w Valerie, and let Meagan know how little she meant that he moved on so quickly.
It's called a God complex. Lots of Doctors have it because they really beleive their smarter than the average person. They are not smarter, just had more opportunity in life than some people.
@Odes1Angel it applies to all classes. There’s plenty of poor people that have time. There’s plenty of rich that have time. Just like there’s good and bad people in every class.
@Therezumee92 plenty of rich people have no time (work all the time to get rich) and plenty of poor people who have time (work 40 hrs and that’s it, likely why they are poor). Every class has all sorts of people
I was involved with a seductive monster like this. It can happen to anyone under the right cicumstances. Where I diverge is that, when my monster started testing the waters with talk of revenge on his ex-wife, I SAW him. My conscience was screaming through my gut "DANGER!". I saw the lack of empathy, the total void where I thought there was love. It took a long time to square this with everything else I believed about him. But when puzzle pieces fit, there is no denying anything. The brain rationalizes but the gut never stops wailing. I just can't figure out where Valerie's conscience went? I have empathy for her. She was vulnerable and also a victim. It's not an excuse - just a hard-to-swallow fact. People like Leon Jacobs are really not human. They are reptiles.
I loved what she had to say: While you sit in jail Hope you think of me. The girl you called poor and uneducated. IT IS " Because of me you'll be in prison for life" 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
But he came from money and presumably you don't get to go through seven residencies without having significant connections. We don't get enough about his background in the show.
@@rexiioper6920 It’s seem from the show he lived off women he manipulated and beat down. He tried to have one of those women erased from life. Then he blamed everything on the woman who wasn’t alive to defend herself. Now he’s in prison probably for the rest of his life. Him being a dr. at this point is highly irrelevant. 😂
Amazing how you're now going to try and pin on a dead woman that isn't there to defend herself. He was the one that made the initial contact. She didn't even show up until the last meeting.
@@Lemana28021989 He brought her down there? She wasn't forced to have her ex killed. SHE willingly participated and then was too much of a coward to face her consequences. Miss me with the double standards
Oh wow...I grew up in Houston, moved to the Montrose area in 1997. I took my cats to the Montrose Vet Clinic back in the late 90's and early 2000's! I started taking them to The Cat Doctor because the staff at Montrose Vet Clinic were really rude and inattentive, and the place had a weird vibe. Maybe makes some sense now?! I never saw her as my vet, but omg, I had no idea all that was going on!
So Valerie is most definitely not innocent but I do not agree with the man that said Valerie was entirely responsible. Leon had already tried this hit man thing before.
I think looking at their lives as a whole and overall history and patterns of behaviour is more telling than anything else as to who was the mastermind behind this thing
@@fluteloop6737pardon me- we are 51% of the population. We don’t collectively love any one thing bc we (women) are literally billions of people on this earth - we don’t even all like the same kinds of ice cream.
His lawyer gives me nausea. How can you look at yourself in the mirror defending someone who is clearly guilty and blaming it on the poor woman who was just looking for love? Smh
Gross but everyone deserves a defense. You know they tell you in law school that a lot of lawyers become alcoholics. Imagine all the showers you have to take dealing with these scumbags!?
Hey.. lots of 48hr fans flooding in! 😊😊😊 Good to see ya.. ENJOY TODAY. I'm not familiar with this case.. The kids are the ones who have suffered because the parents were all so narcissistic and dangerous. Leon is an absolute sociopath!! I agree that Valerie was vulnerable when she met Leon, but, she could've put a stop to all that madness. She paid with her life instead of walking away. Sad case all around.
I'll never understand how someone can make it through classes like premed, then finish medical school..... and pass your boards while being so depraved. Thank goodness he didn't make it through residency because many would have been hurt if this guy was a working physician.
Valery's Ex-Husband Mac is also a monster. He kept cheating on her after being forgiven for 3 times. Not many people do that. She must have loved him dearly. On top of that, Mac was interfering with her new life and kept putting conditions. Just imagine her frustration. I know that doesn't justify her actions. But it shows what type of a person Mac is.
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I wonder what it’s like to come from a family that pays for medical school, then buys you a house after you become a doctor.
Clearly they were all wildly entitled…to whatever they wanted. Horrible.
I've wanted for very little in my life, but there are levels of wealth most people could hardly imagine, myself included. Yall can keep saying there's no merit to stuff like pizzagate, but at that level of wealth of the people involved, the general public thinks that it's debunked because of a basement or something. They can pay for most of the public to think whatever it is they want them to think
Right? Over here about to start making a six figure salary and family is like, well here’s a whole house for you. Congrats
It leads to narcissists thinking they can grab everyone they want by the pnxxy.
Anyone can have those things. Some just have to do it themselves:)
Leon is a textbook narcissist, they rarely take responsibility for their actions and on top of that they feel justified in what they do.
My ex 💯
@@thejanitor769 yep, mine too
I was thinking that too total narcissist
Is this new? Or and old version
@@sharoncox4776 new format, but on old case that we've seen here before
I love that he was dumb enough and arrogant enough to take the stand. He helped the jury speed things up a great deal.
Narcs ALWAYS take the stand in their own defense
Ted Bundy not only took the stand, he fired his defense lawyer and represented himself!
RIGHT!
I was shocked that he did. I am sure he was too arrogant to listen to any advice
He is innocent
The way Taz laughed about spending Leon’s money sent me. I hope he got himself something really nice! 😁
My exact thoughts 😂
Hopefully he didn’t forget to report it on his tax income 😂
Literally!!! 😂 I too would never ever feel guilty for duping a psychopathic narcissist
@@smurfiennes naahh that money was a gift now 🤣
😂😂😂I'm cracking up
sorry for the adopted little girl who was brought into this insanity.
Yes, but hopefully her adopted dad grew up and gave her a loving home.
You mean the dude that doesn't respect women? Yeah, he's definitely raise her well... :/
The ‘hitman’ spending the $9k 😅
Funny
The crime on crime of all crimes! 😂
sweeeet
He’s like a chaotic Robin Hood. Steals from the rich, spends on himself.
He’s lucky that Leon was a wush, not a mob
Look at the state of him 😂 Calling him a Casanova is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Or what lives underneath the barrel...😒
Barrel what barrel , don't you mean sess pit. Lavatory, bin, shoe
@@dianahiggins1397
👏😅 ! 👏😂! 👏🤣!
I take offense on behalf of Casanova, himself! 😂 like when she(Valerie) was describing him I was like, “who?”, “where?”
@@olikah4667
!👏😅 👏😂! 👏🤣!
There is nothing about this guy that’s beautiful.
N😒THING!
He has one of the most fake smiles I’ve seen thus far. Creepy.
He is pretty crazy.
@@hestererlank8354 👋🤣👉🏆
@@wiloka28 ... w/tiny teeth.
The fact that Leon and Valerie described each other as stunning……? Like they’re average.
I know 😅
Hahaha
If she was stunning then I'm the next Cindy Crawford or Kate Moss
Divorce is expensive, and habits die hard. I think it was only money for the lil pissant.
She looks great; he has chronic Resting Psychopath Face. I sincerely hope he didn’t get time out of his cell, to do these interviews - if so, should have just interviewed everyone who knew him, instead.
What a conversation to have over unlimited salad and breadsticks
I always wondered what people discussed at Olive Garden! lol.
"Because here..." your family is plotting against you...
I have heartburn just thinking of that place.😂
LMAO that was my thought too. Really? Olive garden with your hit man? These guys had absolutely no street smarts at all.
@@rockstarofredondo haha I'm German and I've had never heard of Olive Garden but I'm getting it from the comments.
Leon's legal defense, blame it on the dead woman, tells you all you need to know about this man.
Swear I JUST WAS SAYING THAT ,like how friggen pathetic is that now that she’s dead just blame it on her Smdh he should get Life without Parole just trash
Leon is a very bad man. He need’s a lot of spiritual work. Problem is, some monsters are just incapable of being sorry. They seem to be possessed by demons.
correction -- tells you all you need to know about defense attornies and that include OJ's.
If Valerie never met Leon she never would have done this
That was one of the lamest defense strategies I've ever heard. "The hit man was putting pressure on me." Ok, Bud...
How do you come from a wealthy family, work hard in veterinary school, parents give you a home after graduation and still end up on 48 hours as a perpetrator?? The entitlement is UNREAL! She had what so many people wish for…. A lot of it was given to her. Sigh…😡
That's what happens when you spoil your children, they become entitled. People don't appreciate things as much when it's given to them.
I'm always confused why people think that wealth and education should equal an emotionally healthy person. People are people no matter their financial status or education.
@@VioletJoy I agree…. I just still amazes me how people ruin their lives when they seemingly have so many advantages!
best comment ive seen... so true.. well said
So many of these stories begin with a divorce, cheating or some other turmoil. I think people's judgment goes south at times like that. Never date when on the rebound was the old advice, and it's good advice. People are so dumb sometimes. If they let six months go by without dating idiots or trying to hire hit men, they would probably regain a bit of common sense.
Taking a cheating partner back is like giving someone an extra bullet because the first one missed you.
Well said!
Wow! Beautifully written!
👍
Serial cheating, yes. People make stupid and desperate mistakes.
@@scarlettphoenix7024
It sounds to me like you've cheated !
"I don't feel bad i spent his money, in fact I feel really good" lol even the reporter laughing.
Best crime story I heard all year, with the tragic exception of the woman who killed herself.
I had to give him props for that. Master class.
😂yea that was classic AsL
when he told him he was dead his response "we've been here all day, we've been here all day watching movies with the kids"
I picked p on that too....................
Alibis locked and loaded.
Seriously, at least wait till the cops asked where he was..
Yup
For a doctor, he's not very bright.
Not only is Leon a veteran loser, he is not a looker.
👏😅! 👏😂! 👏🤣!
N😒T A L🙄🙄KER AT ALL!
Right?!?!
Apparently he was " beautiful "
and " handsome "..???! 😳
Time to make an appointment with
the Oculist....?
The title “doctor” comes automatically with good looks….and rich too…
Preach !
They thought it wouldn’t be weird that both their exes just drop dead at the same time?! Hmmm… you’d think since they think they are so smart that they’d know the plan was stupid. But they thought they were so clever, that they could just walk away & forget… Just pure madness.
Right lol
Chris Watts logic
they were entitled and think they are smarter than everyone else and entitled
Reminds me of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell.
As a med student, and knowing some of my classmates, I’ve found that book smart does NOT equal common sense smart.
Leon Jacob should NEVER live outside of a cell EVER AGAIN!
And Meghan telling him that it was all because of her?!?! Queen. 😂
Too Dangerous.
I can't believe his resume is still on Linkedin, but it is, and with "60 followers".
Yall not seeing Valerie is the problem too
Anyone that had surgery performed by Leon should get a checkup
Haha, never thought of that! I definitely would!
He never made it through residency. If you listen carefully he says, "I assisted on..." so he never did anything on his own.
@@PinkGrammarGirl still,he has access to patients ppl be sneaky
Yes, listing his placements like confetti, I thought it was odd he had been all over the place.
😂😂😂😂
My BF grew up with Leon and his family. He always thought he was better than everyone
Soon he will be your ex 😅
@@fetawihaki3672huh?😕
@@fetawihaki3672 I think you're a tad confused there dude.
He will probably think he is better than the inmates in prison?
Leon is a pathological liar. Pure evil
So many similar cases..they point, for me , mental illness, a mix of many disorders, able to disguise and control them, for a while, till things do not go their way. Manipulators, they not only make victims, but drag others into their madness.
Yet women fall for these types over and over and over again
@@BrianWaller-qe7gr That's because they know exactly what they're doing. They're chameleons, great pretenders of whatever they need to be to get what they want. Love bomb, devalue and discard. You have no idea you've been a victim until it's too late. I was married to one, a sociopath. Those who've never crossed paths with one please consider yourselves among the luckiest on the planet. True narcissists/NPD--you've no idea what they're capable of and sinister tactics they will use May you never have one in your life.
How does one get two life sentences and then is eligible for parole? So absurd to think this guy could go after these people again!
What is your point
Lmao not “Zac” spending the hitman money and disappearing 😂 😂
Right
🤣😂🤣
He should wear a t shirt that says " No loyalty amongst criminals 🤑"
Good for him😂😂😂
The real MVp
Being single has many advantages.
no kids, no child support for 18 years
Amen
this folks be going thru it in these relationships
After 26 years of marriage and 23 years of singleness I AGREE. I LOVE being single!!
It only took 18 years to raise MY son.THE rewards ARE
PRICELESS
Why is he even gonna be allowed a chance at parole? This man is extremely dangerous!
Nah, he's a bungler. For example, he went around casually asking about a hitman. LMAO! There's an informant around every corner. Oh yea, and he thought he could have somebody snuffed for $9k. Nine out of ten times, there'd be no follow through. Ten percent of the time, the job would be botched. If the killer were caught, he'd bring everyone down with him.
He should never be allowed to walk out of prison
My thoughts too.
White doctor?
the voice message of him threatening that he would torture his ex wife's parents in front of her is horrendous
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Someone is murdered in these programs. So no, I don't 'love them'. They are cautionary tales.
Been so addicted lately
ME!
These videos are very well done. They're concise and easy to follow.
These are heartbreaking stories. 48 Hours does an amazing job telling them.
Dude is a huge narcissist. Even watching him talk without knowing anything else is very telling
Narcissism is a prime requirement
for an aspiring Doctor / Surgeon..
@@2msvalkyrie529Really? Why do u say that?
I knew he would be the villain when the episode started.
@@2msvalkyrie529 do attorneys and lawyers require that too?
@@JustBreatheOkaySure
7+ failed residencies!!!?!? He should've had to go back to medical school.
Well, he's now in a Texas penal "college" that offers carpentry & diesel mechanics courses.
I am surprised he kept matching for all of these residency programs. Red flags all over the place.
Clearly he passed but the text books cant teach you common sense or to work with people. Let alone change a narcissist
hes a white man no other man would be given this much chances
😂😂😂😂😂😂Hilarious. 😂😂😂😂😂@@michaelcorvin4330
The twist that Valerie was also in this complot to get her Ex murdered really kind of caught me off guard.... I thought she is that good sweet Vet... and I thought that her boyfriend planned to get her murdered in the beginning! So good job 48 hours... You fooled us properly 😊!!!
I also thought she was a good girl.
The way they caught them was pure gold. Cops came in like, “awwwww you’re victims” and then they’re like “SIKE”! 😂
How do two life sentences allow for parole in 2047?
I was thinking the same
Isn't life 15 years, so 2 times that it's 30...?
“Life with the possibility of parole”
Life is different than life without parole
Life is about 30 years. And the sentences are running concurrently.
A mother who lets a man waiting trial for assault and stalking around her child is not a decent person, she’s selfish and completely complacent. No one could want this outcome
True. All this happening may have ultimately protected that child. She's no longer around an evil man and an evil mother
He probably convinced her he was innocent of those charges and that Megan was making it all up.
Yeah, she is not without fault. I guess she was overcome with guilt for being brainwashed by that scumbag.
So true. This prosecutor gave Valerie way too much credit. It seems like Leon had finally met his match.
I agree. i didn't even move a man into our house after divorce, even very nice men as it is more protective of the children not to do so and I always put them first
“I felt a lot of pressure, so i agreed to another meeting and paid them money instead of calling the cops on the hit man. But I’m not guilty because of, um, pressure.”
Riiiight!!!!!
Valerie too
The way Megan ended her victim impact statement was PRICELESS!! I literally said out loud, "You go girl!" 💖🗣️⭐💯
It seems like the least educated and least privileged of Leon's female targets was able to defend herself the best against him. Ironic.
"We'll get through this." YOUR FRIEND ARRANGED TO HAVE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING KILLED.
Seriously!!!
These people are all living faaaar outside of reality.😂
I know, WTF! ha
When a kid's involved people can turn a blind eye to some very horrendous activities.
Get through this doesn’t mean getting away… The friend was probably shocked but she hadn’t gotten any details of the truth so she’s gonna support her anyway.
That is one twisted story for sure. I was wondering who is killing who at some point
I know! That cold open confused me cause I assumed the woman was the victim out the gate. Now idk. I'll watch and learn 😅
@@leddoandroidgirl exactly ! IAt first I thought her ex husband killed both of them , Leon and her
For me it was clear right from the start when I saw his eyes and heard his name.
At first I thought Leon killed Valerie’s ex-husband. I’m not too far off. Most would guess correctly that Leon is a bad person cos he has a wild look in his eyes and a very fake & weird smile.
Megan and mack will be living their best lives while Leon rots, love that! Valerie took the cowards way out, although I do believe if she had never met Leon she wouldn't have done what she did. She'd still be here.
But she did. Her entire life was a life of extreme privilege. Valedictorian. Great. She was obviously from a strong financial background with huge support, emotionally and financially. Her first upset in her life - her husband cheated on her? - everything went to pots. I cannot describe the adversity that I have seen in my life as a single parent and the first woman in my family to go to high school. I graduated from medical school late in life. Tortured through residency and could not get through it 3X. Had an ex try to take my home away and fought him in court for almost a year. I have been alone for years. Yesterday, I drove back on a country road because I saw a very small turtle crossing the road. Many cars were going in both directions. I positioned my car to stop all traffic and got the turtle to double-time and cross the road. That made my day. If you cannot appreciate the little things in life, please don't hire a hitman and find excuses for it. And yes, there are some really, really mean people in medicine.
@@SharonMartinez Did you finally make it through residence.
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Yep. Megan's actions really surprised me, but her fiance's , not so much. Some women certainly have the same propensity for violence, but she doesn't didn't have the history. Perhaps he brought out the worst in her. She might have gotten so desperate to have a partner.
@@juniorjohnson5961 no. 20 years of education. Never failed a single test my entire academic career. Incredibly respectful. There are doctors practicing medicine who have failed tests repeatedly but they were mollycoddled through the system because they were the right age, socioeconomic background, whatever. I loved being a doctor. I carry my pain. I don’t hire hitmen. Life is not fair. It was never meant to be. Watch a video about what animals do to survive. A million dollar education wasted. But, I did the best that I could. The few years that I worked as a physician, I did save a few lives.
Bad company corrupts good character.
This man leon walk out of the courtroom with a cup in his hand like he just finished eating lunch with his friends DAM
He's already planning to tie up the courts with appeals to save his skin.
Entitled, cocky and self-absorbed.
He did 🤣🤣😩😩😩
Delusional narcissist ... performing for the cameras as his world falls out from under him. Because it's all about image.
Yeah, I caught that too, so wrong!
Love Peter van Sants reporting.
In my opinion, he is the best at 48 Hours.
Lol I don't know how those cops didn't laugh at the bad acting.
How in gods known world does is he eligible for parole? That guys should never be allowed outside... He would go after them even if he is 70 years old.
exactly
He needs to be off the planet for there is no remorse, no possibility for remediation, and continues to lie preposterously. He will learn nothing and have a lot of time to think up his next con.
It's his ability to effortlessly lie with a sincere expression that's terrifying
In Europe, he would be free after about 15 years.
@@valialampropoulou1122 now that’s tragic. And I thought our system was broken!
If one woman comes forward, and accuses you of abuse, there's a chance it may not be true. When multiple do, it's definitely not a lie. He's definitely everythning they say he is.
That’s actually not always true. Multiple accusers can come for and claim something. It doesn’t make it true. Look up cases where there were multiple accusers who discovered to have lied about what happened to them, either because they wanted money, to ruin the accused’s life or they wanted their fifteen minutes of fame.
The worst ones are those who come out every election cycle, telling lies about a candidate, then retreat without a peep once their mission has been accomplished.
@@Nirual Yeah sure, lets twist things and make it seem like it's common. It's not.
Thats bologna. I have seen where a group of women came forward and then was sued and proved to be lying. Look it up judge Roy Moore.
If the first victim, woman or man, is taken seriously, it can often prevent 'multiple' from existing in many cases. But agree that when numerous people are making the same accusations about a person, you have to look at the common denominator
I disagree. Look at Judge Roy Moore. Numerous women were proven to be lying about him.
Before committing suicide to avoid the inevitable, left an audio dedicated to romanticising a serial abuser and sociopath. I wonder if she dedicated any commentary for her child?
The audios she recorded were a bit weird?
For an educated doctor, it seems funny that he didn't think that it would have been suspicious enough that both their exes died at the same time
Right! Good point
He wanted a BOGO
Really Crazy.
Why even bother hiring an expensive lawyer when you got a slam dunk case against you? Like bro, you're on camera hiring and paying a hit man ffs. Save that money for retirement in case you get parole.
They all think they’re gonna be able to pull an OJ
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527hahahaha I love this ^^ I’m just upset OJ was never able to live long enough to find his wife’s killer 😶
Yep! And to use that money for protection while in prison. The dope admitted on the stand what he said and did on the recordings. ha
Who paid because he didn't have that kind of money. I don't even think he was working as a doc during this time.
@@amc2510 Yes, he was just a residency doctor still paying his dues. I used to know how many years after medical school, maybe 8 years in total and then if you want to start making real money, you have to open your own practice or partner with someone. Being a doctor isnt what it used to be with this new horrible govt socialized medical system.
The only ones that make the big bucks and get wealthy, are the specialists. The elite, top of the class doctors. The remaining ones, make 200k or maybe 300k per year, if they are lucky upon finishing their residency.
The ones that dont have wealthy parents then have to pay off their medical school loans.
13:54 even the dog aint buying his bullsh!t 😂
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😂😂😂
Dogs are the BEST judges of character!!
That 🐕 side eye!
It’s true you can charge anyone with anything but, when the charges are happening multiple times over and over again…..
That’s what we call a *pattern.*
Also that's so stupid. You aren't charged out of the blue, there has to he something.
@@Lemana28021989 I meant that people can say what they want and lie about you to get you charged & a lot of times they don’t even require all that much proof. Innocent people go to jail/prison all the time….🙄
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JUST realized....I love to see these cases because JUSTICE is served!! This monster will never be free again to harm anyone. Thank GOD!
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This is how a narcissist talks: all self-promotion and self-pity. And then on the stand, he squirms and slithers away from making ANY statement that admits he's done wrong, regardless of irrefutable proof, such as a recording.
And the fact that he's on the surveillance recording with the fake hit man....I'm like 🙄 quit it with the speech about this goes against your morals as a physician.
Yep narcs refuse to take accountability it's everyone else fault but theirs
Your comment describes Trump exactly!
@@noisemaker1078
What does Trump have to do with this story? You’re obviously saying he’s a narcissist. I agree with that. Name a politician who isn’t. I despise them all on both sides of the isle, but, Trump is the only president in history who did what he promised he would do. It would take too long to list his achievements here.
BTW, if you are low to middle income, how do you feel about how our country has changed under Biden’s leadership?
Inflation to the point people have to work 3 jobs to put food on table and gas in the car, men in women’s sports and locker rms., full term abortions, migrants getting benefits not afforded Americans and the list goes on and on. If you’re wealthy, you wouldn’t care about any of this😢
@noisemaker1078 oh dear 🙄🤦🏼♀️ You just had to bring it there when there's actually less proof on YOUR summary, than the one shown here. Let us pray you never get jury duty..or at least RECUSE YOURSELF, if given the opportunity. 😒 Stay on topic.
The level of disgusting it is to see guilty people pretend to be the victim!. THEY HAVE YOU ON VIDEO!!!!!
"I'm only guilty of being a Casanova." And then to say that he felt pressured by the "hit man". Please......what a piece of work!!! 🙄
Narcissist is the best way of describing Leon.
Psychopath is another
Malignant narcissist--how many lives did Leon end up destroying?
Imagine going through 2 different hitmen attempting to take out you & your new spouse’s exes so you can be happy together, then you learn it was all fake, your new spouse jumps off a roof, and you go to jail for life
And then you don't take any of the blame! "If you say so," after hearing a recording of his heinous schemes.
@@junemarshall-kingsley566Typical narc response.
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Leon’s mother was/is an attorney. Leon’s father was/is a surgeon.
In a fairly recent study of the top ten occupations employed with psycho/sociopaths, Number One are company CEO’s. Number Two are (here’s a shocker) lawyers. And I believe it was either Number Six or Eight, surgeons; not just doctors but specifically surgeons.
In her suicide letter she wrote that she only loved two things in her life, her daughter and Leon. What a shame because the only thing Leon could ever love was himself.
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Him and Erin Moriarty are mine!!
@@Theaddora Schlesinger ain't bad either
That makes two of us
Valarie couldn’t face the consequences of her actions.
During Leon’s trial he just shot himself in the foot. He probably thought he could win over the jury. Glad they saw past his nonsense.
Valerie .. people always pronounce and spell it wrong 😑 😝
Piece of cake. I saw past it and I didn't even hear much from him.
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Wow really.
Not for the involved family members :(
A narcissist is either the hero or the victim, never the villain. Leon is a narcissist. I honestly don't know what these women saw in him.
His missing eyebrows, maybe?
Money
@maryanne 😂
The Dr degree maybe?
@@josmclove4426 agree
I am shocked that they keep saying how good looking he is 🤨
48 Hours' defense of Valerie's actions is despicable. 09:05 Peter Van Sant calls Mac's infidelity "cheating" but Valerie's cheating "a new love." Then this blew me away, 30:16, this 48 hours woman absolves Valerie, saying she was completely brainwashed! Valerie is a vile, rotten, despicable m*rderer who is the lowest form of life and knew exactly what she was doing. 48 Hours' defense of her was disgraceful.
Wait.. so they didn't realise it would look suspicious when both their exes would have been killed around the same time?
Why did Valerie want to have her husband killed in the first place? The divorce was over. There would have been zero benefit to it.
@rockstarofredondo it was said in the video that he wanted to take their child away from her and he (her ex) wasn't happy about her new relationship because he knew about the new guys' past
Leon Jacob is probably the most arrogant narcissistic individual I've ever seen on any who dunnit show!!!
What an episode! This is easily one of my favourites so far!!!
Yes full of twists and turns!
The fact that Leon used his time on the stand to brag about sleeping with Valerie shows who he is. He wanted to brag about sleeping w Valerie, and let Meagan know how little she meant that he moved on so quickly.
Leon Jacobs should NEVER be eligible for parole! What an ARROGANT, CRAZY dude!
That's just how the ladies like them...as long as they have money too
That’s so interesting and unusual to have an audio journal.
I was thinking, at first, that she just didn't want to appear on camera for this...and was using this text option instead.
It’s a gotcha moment. So wild…and truly terrible.
I have one. I’m definitely unusual though.
Doctors do this for progress notes, so it’s not that unusual.
I thought that was her suicide note
Dumb and Dumber, how did they get their medical degrees????
good point! And what ever happened to 'first do no harm'.
Rich parents. Bought their way through college.
Having a degree doesn’t equal being smart. Trust me, I know
It's called a God complex. Lots of Doctors have it because they really beleive their smarter than the average person. They are not smarter, just had more opportunity in life than some people.
Leon Jacobs, doesn't that ring a bell with you?
What is with these rich privileged people so full of drama 😒
When you have money, you get bored. Poor have no time to get bored.
@@Therezumee92 correction. Most lower to mid middle class have no time. Poors have drama, they just don't get documentaries
All classes have drama. The rich are human too.
@Odes1Angel it applies to all classes. There’s plenty of poor people that have time. There’s plenty of rich that have time. Just like there’s good and bad people in every class.
@Therezumee92 plenty of rich people have no time (work all the time to get rich) and plenty of poor people who have time (work 40 hrs and that’s it, likely why they are poor). Every class has all sorts of people
I was involved with a seductive monster like this. It can happen to anyone under the right cicumstances. Where I diverge is that, when my monster started testing the waters with talk of revenge on his ex-wife, I SAW him. My conscience was screaming through my gut "DANGER!". I saw the lack of empathy, the total void where I thought there was love. It took a long time to square this with everything else I believed about him. But when puzzle pieces fit, there is no denying anything. The brain rationalizes but the gut never stops wailing. I just can't figure out where Valerie's conscience went? I have empathy for her. She was vulnerable and also a victim. It's not an excuse - just a hard-to-swallow fact. People like Leon Jacobs are really not human. They are reptiles.
I loved what she had to say: While you sit in jail Hope you think of me. The girl you called poor and uneducated. IT IS " Because of me you'll be in prison for life" 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
I wish I could see the look on Valerie’s face when Mac came to pick up his daughter after his ex- wife was arrested.
She probably couldn't look him in the face.
Perhaps then she wished she could have killed him herself.
So a homeless Dr. who wasn’t really a Dr. found vulnerable women to grift off of. In the end he was just misunderstood. This is a tale as old as time.
But he came from money and presumably you don't get to go through seven residencies without having significant connections. We don't get enough about his background in the show.
@@rexiioper6920 It’s seem from the show he lived off women he manipulated and beat down. He tried to have one of those women erased from life. Then he blamed everything on the woman who wasn’t alive to defend herself. Now he’s in prison probably for the rest of his life. Him being a dr. at this point is highly irrelevant. 😂
Peter Van Sant the GOAT
I don't know what I am missing here, but why did Leon go to a bail bondsman to complain about a hit man ripping him off. I'M SO CONFUSED!!!
No one in chat mentions how evil Valerie is too?
Probably because she's dead.
No point in beating her up. I don't get how folks are hating on her ex just because of Valerie's incredibly self serving suicide note.
eligible for parole at the age of 69 years old he is stil consider a threat to society
*Threat. 'Treat' is what he might be thinking of himself to be..
He won't get paroled unless Israel rules the world.
@maryanne7161 sorry for the typo
@@marchjuly8539 No sorries needed. ❤️
Amazing how you're now going to try and pin on a dead woman that isn't there to defend herself. He was the one that made the initial contact. She didn't even show up until the last meeting.
2 consenting adults, both were equally guilty
@@smurfiennesImo, if a younger guy takes interest in an older woman, there HAVE to be ulterior motives or some personality defects and negstives.
She wasn't there to defend herself because she took the cowards way out after she got exposed
@@lonerebeIshe was rock bottom after he brought her down there. She didn't see another way out.
@@Lemana28021989 He brought her down there? She wasn't forced to have her ex killed. SHE willingly participated and then was too much of a coward to face her consequences. Miss me with the double standards
That guy looks so smug it’s disgusting.
As they said, he thought he was the smartest person in the room. His arrogance did not win over the jury.
He really is an unlikeable defendant. You just want to slap that smugness right off of his face.
@@TheIddieMorrisyes! His punchability index is approaching PharmaBro levels- it’s the smirk that makes you feel like you need a shower, just seeing it
@@sarahissersohn5495 You have a way with words! I love it!👍😂
I hope you have a wonderful day!
Oh wow...I grew up in Houston, moved to the Montrose area in 1997. I took my cats to the Montrose Vet Clinic back in the late 90's and early 2000's! I started taking them to The Cat Doctor because the staff at Montrose Vet Clinic were really rude and inattentive, and the place had a weird vibe. Maybe makes some sense now?! I never saw her as my vet, but omg, I had no idea all that was going on!
This case - seriously?!.. Those two found each other. Everybody says he is an evil narcissist, but she is the same!
And I thought she was a good girl?
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So Valerie is most definitely not innocent but I do not agree with the man that said Valerie was entirely responsible. Leon had already tried this hit man thing before.
Don't be naïve, no one thought that she was entirely responsible. There's no need to even consider that.
I think looking at their lives as a whole and overall history and patterns of behaviour is more telling than anything else as to who was the mastermind behind this thing
Leon is a cringey conman.
Yup, and women love that type
@@fluteloop6737pardon me- we are 51% of the population. We don’t collectively love any one thing bc we (women) are literally billions of people on this earth - we don’t even all like the same kinds of ice cream.
@@sarahissersohn5495 It's a generalization, lady. Obviously. And it's generally true
@@fluteloop6737 it is not true at all. Any smart, self-confident women would not even want to have anything to do with narcissists.
@@wittie28 sorry, but it happens all the time. Especially if they've got the scrilla
Thank you for this updated recap on this horrific case.👏❤😊
His lawyer gives me nausea. How can you look at yourself in the mirror defending someone who is clearly guilty and blaming it on the poor woman who was just looking for love? Smh
Gross but everyone deserves a defense.
You know they tell you in law school that a lot of lawyers become alcoholics. Imagine all the showers you have to take dealing with these scumbags!?
Hahaha as if she was some perfect little angel that was duped. Get real!!
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@@YusuaveNot funny
Do you guys have crazy people like this over there, too?
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I'm not familiar with this case.. The kids are the ones who have suffered because the parents were all so narcissistic and dangerous. Leon is an absolute sociopath!! I agree that Valerie was vulnerable when she met Leon, but, she could've put a stop to all that madness. She paid with her life instead of walking away. Sad case all around.
By the time she went to Olive Garden--she was an entirely different person. Moral compass no longer working.
I'll never understand how someone can make it through classes like premed, then finish medical school..... and pass your boards while being so depraved. Thank goodness he didn't make it through residency because many would have been hurt if this guy was a working physician.
He would have become one of those serial-killer doctors, for sure!
@@concettaworkman5895 Yup!
@@concettaworkman5895 residency programs like don't kick people out, he must have been incredibly bad
The most depraved docs make it through their residency.
Valery's Ex-Husband Mac is also a monster. He kept cheating on her after being forgiven for 3 times. Not many people do that. She must have loved him dearly. On top of that, Mac was interfering with her new life and kept putting conditions. Just imagine her frustration.
I know that doesn't justify her actions. But it shows what type of a person Mac is.
The cheating was alleged and Mac didn’t want his daughter living with a dangerous man.
She should have just thrown him away after he cheated for the first time
“I said that as something he could do. But I didn’t tell him to do that” lmao OOoookkk.
“A moment from movie”
That’s almost always a red flag. People who love bomb often do things movie like. That should alert you.
I'm really not pleased to say that you are absolutely right because I have fallen for this over and over again.
Especially when Valerie was a rough point in her marriage to Mack. Narcissists are so good at finding their next victims.
Jury made the right decision.
Wasn't so difficult
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Yeah or a good night sleep! Lol❤
Usually I watch and it knocks me out
@@heatherbeach4696 I have 8 kids including a baby who almost never sleeps. I get maybe 3 hours of sleep a night lately and I feel like it's ending me.
Thank you 48hours for putting this full episode on