Glamorous real estate agent, 27, marries prisoner, 21, after just months of dating - as she reveals why she turned to inmate site to find love

A existent property supplier has joined a alien successful situation aft he popped nan mobility successful conscionable six weeks. 

Real property supplier Laura Gehrke met her early hubby Joshua Stewart connected nan societal networking website WriteAPrisoner.com aft emotion lonely successful December past year.

The 27-year-old, who starred successful nan Netflix show Too Hot To Handle Germany, had been incapable to recreation location for Christmas owed to an rumor pinch her visa truthful was forced to walk nan festive play unsocial successful Dubai.

After scrolling done TikTok, Laura stumbled upon a video astir penning to a captive online and decided to wish an inmate Merry Christmas.

One peculiar floor plan caught Laura's eye, and she began exchanging messages pinch 21-year-old Joshua Stewart.

The brace were soon speaking connected nan telephone up to 11 hours a time and it wasn't agelong earlier Joshua popped nan mobility aft six weeks of knowing 1 another.

Laura flew to Washington to wed her criminal beau successful June during a 90-minute situation ceremony.

Despite having a condemnation of controlled constituent homicide, Laura said she ne'er judged her hubby complete nan logic for his incarceration.

Laura said: 'I was sitting present location unsocial emotion very sad because I couldn't beryllium pinch my family [due to nan visa issue] and past I scrolled done TikTok and saw a video astir WriteAPrisoner.com.

'I thought I could conscionable nonstop 1 of them a connection saying 'Merry Christmas'.

'I went connected nan website and saw my husband's account. He was nan 2nd personification I clicked connected and I saw connected his floor plan he said he liked poesy and I was willing successful that.'

After exchanging messages astir his poetry, Laura and Joshua began speaking connected nan telephone for arsenic agelong arsenic 11 hours a day.

Laura said: 'We really clicked. He was conscionable unfastened astir everything from nan beginning. He was telling maine truthful galore stories astir his life. I thought he was really emotionally intelligent.

'I wasn't instantly asking astir nan crime because I didn't want to judge him conscionable based connected that. 

'I was proceeding a batch of stories astir him increasing up earlier I knew each nan specifications astir what he was incarcerated for. It made maine spot it each a spot differently.

'Because I knew nan backstory, it didn't alteration my sentiment of him.'

In February, Joshua popped nan mobility to Laura during 1 telephone telephone and nan mates wed 4 months later successful a situation ceremony.

Despite being incapable to walk their wedding nighttime together, nan brace are hoping to beryllium approved for conjugal visits later this year.

Laura said: 'I flew complete and we saw each different 12 times and nan 13th clip I saw him was our marriage. I wanted to spot him first earlier we sewage married.

'It was a situation matrimony - 1 of nan different inmates was his champion man. We were each successful achromatic and had our ain colour theme.

'It felt ace right. Our families are ace supportive. Obviously my mum had questions but she was very supportive.'

But nan unconventional narration has received immoderate backlash online, pinch trolls insisting Joshua is 'just using' his wife.

One TikTok personification said: 'Bro conscionable secured his financial early aft he's out.'

Another added: 'You astir decidedly sewage each your priorities messed up.'

A 3rd said: 'He will vanish aft release.' 

Laura said: 'People conscionable look into things pinch a made-up mind - they can't judge we joined retired of love. They conscionable deliberation I'm utilizing him aliases he's utilizing me.

'They can't judge it's existent love. We person a batch of support but we besides person a batch of haters.'

Laura is hoping to unrecorded pinch her hubby successful nan US erstwhile he is scheduled to beryllium released nether location apprehension successful December 2025.