Just when you thought Love After Lockup couldn’t get messier, LaTisha Collier just turned 40 with some heavy news: she’s pregnant, but she’s carrying only one baby instead of two. On her birthday Tuesday, the We TV star opened up to TMZ about losing one of her twins while the other is thriving — a bittersweet moment for a woman whose entire 2026 has been a legal and personal gauntlet.
Here’s the timeline: In early June, LaTisha and her husband Keith Collier found out they were expecting twins. Then the devastating blow came — one of the babies didn’t make it. The surviving twin is doing well and is due to arrive in February, on Keith’s actual birthday. LaTisha says she’s hoping for a boy, her first biological son (she already has daughters). But the pregnancy itself has been rough: exhaustion, morning sickness, and even an unexpected aversion to fried chicken. “Hell so far,” she told TMZ.
The pregnancy revelation just days after LaTisha hit a major legal milestone. On July 31, an Iowa judge sentenced her to 15 years in prison for forgery and identity theft after she allegedly scammed clients of her tax-prep and financial services firm. Prosecutors say she used access to clients’ personal and business information — built up over 10 years as their accountant — to steal identities and money. The judge knew she was pregnant when handing down that sentence, but it didn’t change the outcome. She was looking at hard time.
But in early August, just days after being locked up, LaTisha filed an appeal in her case. That appeal got her released from prison, and now she’s out until the courts decide whether her conviction sticks. So right now, she’s free — at least temporarily — carrying her surviving twin and bracing for whatever comes next in her appeal. Keith Collier, her inmate-turned-husband from the show, is standing by her. Their relationship already survived his cocaine distribution conviction (he was doing 14 years when they met), so this is just another chapter in one of reality TV’s most dramatic love stories.
LaTisha’s situation hits different for fans of the Love After Lockup franchise because it’s not just about her fall from grace as a entrepreneur — it’s about a woman fighting for her freedom while also preparing to bring new life into a world of legal uncertainty. The forgery case revealed how quickly someone’s business empire can turn into a prison sentence. Her financial services business, which she’d built as her claim to fame on the show, became the weapon that authorities used to prosecute her.
What makes this story resonate beyond typical reality TV drama is the stakes: LaTisha’s facing 15 years behind bars while pregnant with her surviving twin. The judge who sentenced her knew about the pregnancy. Keith is in the picture. An appeal is pending. And there’s a baby due in February — exactly on his birthday — as a symbol of hope amid all the legal chaos. If her appeal fails, she’ll have to start her sentence while her newborn is still in the hospital. That’s the nightmare scenario nobody talks about when Love After Lockup premiered.
The 16BARS take: LaTisha Collier’s story is a masterclass in how fast life can flip — from reality TV boss to convicted felon, from expecting twins to mourning one and fighting for freedom before the other arrives. The real tea isn’t the pregnancy or the twin loss. It’s that she’s carrying all this weight alone while her appeal plays out. February’s coming, and nobody knows if she’ll be there to hold her son.
