Lacey Stubbs

Lacey Stubbs is the main villainess from the 2013 Lifetime film, The Trials of Cate McCall.

She was played by Anna Schafer.

Backstory
In 2007, Lacey (who was pregnant at the time) became enraged over Jen Cole hooking up with her boyfriend at the time, and she expressed her rage by threatening to kill Jen. Late one night, Lacey and her cohort, Dorrie Booth, approached Jen and confronted her, and it was at that moment that Dorrie held Jen down with a rope, while the evil Lacey slashed Jen's throat. Following the murder, both women were arrested and convicted for their roles.

Events
In the film's events, Lacey served as a client for the titular Cate McCall, with Lacey claiming innocence in her role. During their first meeting, Lacey claimed that she and Dorrie only meant to scare Jen, and that her death was accidentally caused by Jen's boyfriend, Rusty Burkhardt. She also claimed that Dorrie took the rap for her role because Rusty threatened her, and also made accusations that she was raped by detective Robert Welch and a prison guard. Lacey's innocent act and Cate's discovery of lawlessness from Welch and other detectives (as well as testimony from Jen's mother) led to Lacey being fully acquitted and freed.

However, Lacey's true villainy was revealed when Cate talked to Dorrie, under the urgency of Dorrie's father. Dorrie admitted her role in Jen's murder, but also revealed Lacey as the mastermind. It was also revealed Lacey was never raped; Welch never had sex with her, and she had consensual sex with the guard. While at the Stubbs home, Cate found Lacey's romance novel and notice a certain section highlighted:  a paragraph that nearly copied the threat she claimed she received while being raped. Cate confronted Lacey with the novel and the fact that Lacey stated that her child was threatened despite not being born yet. Lacey also appeared to boast about getting away with murder; telling Cate in an arrogant tone that she was found innocent.

Lacey ended up re-arrested following Cate's conversation with Welch, and Cate came to her defense, with Lacey unaware of Cate's plan to trap her. On trail, Lacey took the stand after Welch's testimony, and was faced with the same inaccuracies that Cate confronted her with. After being shown the novel, Lacey realized the plan and she angrily screamed at Cate, making repeated threats to slit her throat--just as she did to Jen. With her true colors shown, Lacey was officially convicted of Jen's murder.