She was initially not speaking out about allegedly being catfished, but now, Sister Wives star Meri Brown had broken her silence and admitted she did have an online affair with the person, under the belief that it was a man.

Meri Becomes Victim Of A Catfisher

Kody's first wife, and formerly the only one he was legally married to, admitted to being catfished by a woman who led her to believe she had been entering into an online relationship with someone she thought was a man by the name of Sam Cooper.

"During an emotional and vulnerable time earlier this year, I began speaking with someone online who turned out to be not who they said they were," she said in a statement to People magazine. "I never met this person and I regret being drawn into this situation, but I hope because of it I can help others who find themselves in similar circumstances."

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Meri's statement does seem to hint that she sought out the online affair not long after news broke that she and Kody had divorced so he could legally remarry fourth wife Robyn as part of an attempt to adopt her children from her first marriage.

However, she does insist that the situation has not affected the family's love for one another or the support she has received from her fellow sister wives.

"Throughout this ordeal, my family has supported and stood by me," she said. "I am grateful to them for their love and strength through this difficult time."

However, since her opening up, the person behind the catfishing, previously identified as Jackie Overton posing as Samuel Cooper, has taken to their personal blog to continue addressing the claims, and has even added new sections with voicemails left by Meri, and a password-protected section which allegedly proves sexual encounters with the reality star.

In a first post, the allegations that Meri was catfished is denied, and that there were physical meetings between them:

"I have 194 voicemails from Meri, that prove not only did we fall in love, were in love, but we were together. At Disneyland, twice, in Utah for a whole week, and all the number of times in and around Las Vegas. We talked every single day, for 6 months. It started March 1st of this year and we broke up August 23rd of this year...," the post reads. "I DID NOT CATFISH Meri...I am a guy and it's ridiculous I have to even say that Lol In my opinion, it's easier to go with the rumors that have been floating around for 2 months and go with the catfish story the internet trolls and SisterWives haters created in order to keep the media damage at a minimum. She does not want to admit to an affair, she does not want to admit that she fell in love with me and she does not want to admit we had sex, a lot.."

In the second post, the need to request a password to see proof that 'Sam' and Meri had sex is detailed as well:

"I added this page to prove without a doubt that I am all man Lol. And Meri and I had sex over 60 times. Nothing has been edited. Nothing. You can clearly see her, you can definitely tell its me. You can't deny we were happy, having fun, and in a consensual sexual relationship,"

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