EXCLUSIVE: 'Tinder Swindler conned us out of £260k - we're traumatised but won't give up'
Cecilie Fjellhøy and Pernilla Sjöholm - two brave victims of the infamous Tinder Swindler - have had a whirlwind 10 days.
Now in an exclusive chat with OK!, Cecilie and Pernilla reflect on their fight to see Simon behind bars, 'trashy' celebrity reaction to The Tinder Swindler, which clocked 45.8 million hours viewed in its first week, and their hopes for the future. 'I'm desperate to see Simon behind bars' "Since our story hit the media, I’ve been contacted by people who almost got defrauded by Simon," Cecilie says.
"I’m desperate to see Simon behind bars but any day in court would be about protecting him from other people - it wouldn’t be about giving me the chance to say something to him. "When I listen to some of the voicenotes Simon sent me on the documentary or on a podcast, they still make me cry. It’s like the trauma of it is right there in my face again.
"But then there are people supporting you and saying, ‘Keep fighting!’ which gives you a lift and keeps you moving forward." "Thinking about everything that happened can be draining but I’m happy our story is resonating, and that I’m in a position to be able to spread our message."But there’s no harm in trying one last time. I’m not ready to be done."
'Hit us with a bus - we're not going to stop' "We faced a big backlash back in 2019 when we first told our story so we knew what could happen with the documentary and we did it anyway," Pernilla says.
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