Overview
- The three-part documentary, first released on Paramount+ and shown on Channel 4 on July 30, brings the Ex‑Wives Undercover podcast story to a wider UK audience.
- Amber Rasmussen and Athena Klingerman launched Ex‑Wives Undercover in 2020 to collect survivor testimony and documents that investigators later used in prosecutions.
- Court records and the documentary say Johnson pleaded guilty in 2023 to assault and attempted kidnapping with intent to rape and was sentenced to 10 years in a California state prison.
- Reporting in the series details alleged long-running deception and criminal conduct including forged documents, a fake cancer claim, an alleged $392,000 theft from his employer, at least 17 protective orders by six women, and a high-speed police incident in which a 12-year-old was taken and later released.
- Survivors say the Channel 4 broadcast has renewed fear about safety after reports Johnson is eligible for parole in May 2027 and after prison messages they say threatened them, and advocates expect the series to increase calls for victim support and closer parole scrutiny.