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Tinder Swindler’s Shimon Hayut gains new talent manager: ‘Everyone should have the chance to tell their side of the story’
Tinder Swindler victim has shared her distress on social media after news that the conman is planning his big Hollywood break (Picture: EPA)
Victims of the Tinder Swindler conman have shared their distress over the news Shimon Hayut is looking to make his next steps in Hollywood.
Sources close to Hayut revealed he now plans on writing a book, has pitched a controversial new TV show and even wants to host a dating podcast where women compete for his love.
However, the victims of his forgery and deception are working to put him behind bars, with the support of fans and Netflix in their corner.
One of his victims, Cecilie Fjellhøy, who opened the popular Netflix documentary, shared a message to her Instagram stories, calling out Hayut’s new talent manager.
Over a screenshot of Gina Rodriquez’s Instagram story, Fjellhøy wrote: ‘The CEO is applauding this behaviour. After their client have been making death threats and defrauded millions all around the world. What a sellout!’
She added that she couldn’t tag the Hollywood agent, commenting ‘Wondering why?’ suggesting she has been blocked.
Tinder Swindler victim Cecilie Fjellhøy took to Instagram to call out Hayut’s new rumoured management company
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In a following Instagram story Fjellhøy excused her incorrect spelling of the management, sharing an insight into her true feelings: ‘When you’re mad and upset you of course miss-spell the name of the management.’
She went on to write: ‘They’ve got several other celebrities they’re representing. I don’t think they would appreciated to be in the company of a criminal.’
Rodriguez confirmed to Metro.co.uk she is representing Hayut, telling us she admires him as ‘the world’s greatest salesman’.
‘[The Tinder Swindler] left me with a lot of unanswered questions and was very biased,’ she said. ‘I believe there are two sides to every story and everyone should have the chance to tell their side of the story.’
Whilst Hayut may be working to get his big Hollywood break, and is accusing Netflix and the women who have exposed him to be running a ‘global smear campaign’, his victims are striving to finally put him behind bars.
The three who shared their story on the popular Netflix documentary, uncovering the truth of the conman who pretended to be a jet-setting billionaire and heir of a diamond business, have since raised over £100,000 on a GoFundMe page with the support of fans.
Although Hayut is still protesting his innocence, the documentary exposes him as a conman, moving around the world from one woman to another and stealing an estimated $10 million.
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He was also jailed in 2015 in Finland for defrauding several women and was released after two years behind bars.
The Tinder Swindler is available to stream on Netflix now.
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