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Who Was Jake Harris' Late Wife, Shawna Brinkly?

Jake Harris, who left "Deadliest Catch" in 2012, had a history of substance use issues and related run-ins with law enforcement over the years. Notably, he was sentenced to prison time in 2019 after pleading guilty to a felony DUI and possession with the intent to manufacture or distribute heroin, per Oxygen.

When Jake Harris grew closer to Shawna — who was a friend of Jake's older brother Josh since childhood — he was once again using. According to a 2021 Facebook post by Jake, she didn't judge him or ask him to stop but pushed him to do better, which encouraged him to go into rehab. "She invited me into her home, had me do chores, participate in movie nights, I got stuck doing laundry cause she hates to do it ... she treated me with respect and with encouragement, didn't tell me what to do and reminded me that the only true accountability that I had was to myself," the post read. "She told me I deserved better from myself, she let me build relationships with her family, and gave me a feeling of responsibility and being needed. And that made me want to get clean."

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Lorie Orum

Update: 2024-05-19