Ayleen Charlotteis describing the heartbreak of being caught in the web of the so-called “Tinder Swindler.”
OnRed Table Talkthis week, Charlotte, featured in Netflix’s popular documentaryThe Tinder Swindler, shares new details aboutSimon Levievand his alleged schemes. Simon, under a false identity, would allegedly charm women and persuade them to loan him money, swindling an estimated $10 million from people across the globe.
In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Charlotte — who eventually helped expose Simon — shares how she worked to rebuild herself after being scammed.
“It had to be devastatingly heartbreaking to have to sit and watch this whole thing turn the way it did,” host Jada Pinkett Smith says to Charlotte, who explains, “It took me almost one and a half year to build myself up again.”
“You have so many emotions, because you lost the ‘love of your life,’ you lost all of your money, you’re in big problems with banks, with loans,” adds Charlotte, who’s from Amsterdam.
Host Adrienne Banfield-Norris says, “You can’t sit in the heartbreak ‘cause there’s too many other things going on.”
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Thoughhe was convicted of fraud, theft, and forgeryand sentenced to 15 months in prison back in December 2019,Simon was releasedearly only five months later.
Additionally,one of Anna Delvey’s victimsRachel Williams joins the table to discuss receiving death threats and what trauma she endured from the “fake German heiress,” who was the subject of the Netflix seriesInventing Anna.
Red Table Talkpremieres new episodes Wednesdays (12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET)on Facebook Watch.
source: people.com
