Why I stood by my abusive ex, the Tinder Swindler
When Netflix's documentary, the Tinder Swindler, came out in February 2022, Simon Leviev's girlfriend stood by him. Now she says she felt she had no choice, because she was under his emotional control.
We are watching a video filmed on a phone from the night of 29 March 2022. The man filming the video raises his voice to say: "It's bullshit! Nothing's happened to her!" Ms Konlin has sent the BBC more than a dozen of Leviev's voicenotes. He often shouts, and asks for loans saying that his own money is tied up in investments.
But she says she felt obliged to accept his version of events. According to her, it was a controlling relationship, and it was easy for him to persuade her to defend him publicly, for example on US news show Inside Edition.At the same time, her Instagram inbox filled with abuse sent by people who had seen shots of her at the end of the Tinder Swindler.
There were many screenshots of WhatsApp messages and a video which shows Ms Konlin shouting and grabbing him.Janey Starling, a campaigner against domestic abuse, says the picture Ms Konlin paints of her relationship with Leviev follows a familiar pattern.
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