New True Crime Documentary- I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story

Release Date: September 27, 2025

No of Episodes: 1 (movie / docudrama)

Platform: Lifetime (premieres 8/7 c)

I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story dramatizes the controversial marriage between Courtney Stodden, then 16, and actor Doug Hutchison, who was 51 at the time. The Lifetime feature revisits how the relationship unfolded under intense media attention and explores its long-term personal and legal consequences. I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story is one of the new true crime documentaries in 2025 debuting as a single dramatized feature on Lifetime.

The feature premieres September 27, 2025 at 8/7 c on Lifetime.

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