Shimon Hayut, aka Simon Leviev, the subject of Netflix's true-crime documentary "The Tinder Swindler," is facing a lawsuit, People reports. According to court documents obtained by the outlet, Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and his family are suing Hayut for millions after he allegedly impersonated them and used their last name to enrich himself. The lawsuit, which was filed in Tel Aviv, Israel, alleges that "for a long time, he [Simon Leviev] has been making false representations as being the son of Lev Leviev and receiving numerous benefits (including material ones)."
Hayut has been "cunningly using false words, claiming to be a member of the Leviev Family, and that his family will pay and bear the costs of his benefits," the family added.
"The Tinder Swindler" documentary, which premiered on Netflix on Feb. 2, alleges that Hayut changed his name and claimed to be the son of Leviev on the dating app Tinder,...
Hayut has been "cunningly using false words, claiming to be a member of the Leviev Family, and that his family will pay and bear the costs of his benefits," the family added.
"The Tinder Swindler" documentary, which premiered on Netflix on Feb. 2, alleges that Hayut changed his name and claimed to be the son of Leviev on the dating app Tinder,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Princess Gabbara
- Popsugar.com
The Tinder Swindler is now facing a formal lawsuit over his alleged actions.
Shimon Hayut, who went by Simon Leviev on social media, was dubbed “The Tinder Swindler” by a Netflix documentary of the same name after allegedly scamming multiple women for a total of $10 million. Hayut used the alter ego Leviev name claiming he was the son of the Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
As of March 1, the real-life Leviev and his family filed a lawsuit against Hayut for impersonating their name and using it to build up his own image. (Via People.)
As detailed in court documents obtained by the outlet and filed by Leviev in Tel Aviv, the family claims that “for a long time, he [Hayut] has been making false representations as being the son of Lev Leviev and receiving numerous benefits (including material ones).”
The documents allege that Hayut has been “cunningly using false words,...
Shimon Hayut, who went by Simon Leviev on social media, was dubbed “The Tinder Swindler” by a Netflix documentary of the same name after allegedly scamming multiple women for a total of $10 million. Hayut used the alter ego Leviev name claiming he was the son of the Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
As of March 1, the real-life Leviev and his family filed a lawsuit against Hayut for impersonating their name and using it to build up his own image. (Via People.)
As detailed in court documents obtained by the outlet and filed by Leviev in Tel Aviv, the family claims that “for a long time, he [Hayut] has been making false representations as being the son of Lev Leviev and receiving numerous benefits (including material ones).”
The documents allege that Hayut has been “cunningly using false words,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Simon Leviev has swiped his way to a lawsuit. The subject of the mega-popular Netflix true-crime documentary The Tinder Swindler is being sued by the Leviev family, according to the document obtained by E! News on Feb. 28. In the documentary, he was accused of pretending to be a member of the Leviev family to attract women on the dating app Tinder, before allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from his victims. In a statement to E! News, Chagit Leviev, the daughter of Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev and an heiress to the family's fortune, said the multi-million dollar lawsuit aims to get Simon (born Shimon Hayut) to "face justice and get the sentence he...
- 3/1/2022
- E! Online
Simon Leviev, the so-called “Tinder Swindler,” is being sued by the diamond-rich family he claimed to be a part of as he allegedly bilked millions from young women he met on the dating app.
The lawsuit was filed in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court in Israel on behalf of the Leviev family, whose patriarch, Lev Leviev, is a billionaire diamond magnate. The website for the Leviev family’s lawyer, Guy Ophir, confirmed the suit had been filed.
While Ophir did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment,...
The lawsuit was filed in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court in Israel on behalf of the Leviev family, whose patriarch, Lev Leviev, is a billionaire diamond magnate. The website for the Leviev family’s lawyer, Guy Ophir, confirmed the suit had been filed.
While Ophir did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment,...
- 2/28/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The supposed Tinder Swindler still hopes you’ll swipe right.
Despite being banned from dating apps, Shimon Hayut — who goes by Simon Leviev on social media — is looking to clear his name following the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler.” According to the film, three women — Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte — believed Hayut to be Simon Leviev, the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev. His alleged victims, which extend beyond just those seen in the film, reportedly gave Hayut an estimated $10 million between 2018 and 2019.
Now, Hayut is telling his side of the story during an “Inside Edition” interview.
“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”
Hayut continued, “[These women] weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened…I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”
Prior to the documentary,...
Despite being banned from dating apps, Shimon Hayut — who goes by Simon Leviev on social media — is looking to clear his name following the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler.” According to the film, three women — Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte — believed Hayut to be Simon Leviev, the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev. His alleged victims, which extend beyond just those seen in the film, reportedly gave Hayut an estimated $10 million between 2018 and 2019.
Now, Hayut is telling his side of the story during an “Inside Edition” interview.
“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”
Hayut continued, “[These women] weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened…I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”
Prior to the documentary,...
- 2/22/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
There’s nothing millennials love more than Tinder horror stories and documentaries about scam artists, and Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler combines the best of both worlds.
The documentary interviews three women who were snookered by Simon Leviev, an Israeli businessman who claimed to be the son of diamond billionaire Lev Leviev and regularly posted photos of himself flying on private jets and canoodling with models. Entranced by Leviev’s lavish lifestyle and flattered by his constant attentions, the women embarked on whirlwind courtships with Leviev until a few months into the relationship,...
The documentary interviews three women who were snookered by Simon Leviev, an Israeli businessman who claimed to be the son of diamond billionaire Lev Leviev and regularly posted photos of himself flying on private jets and canoodling with models. Entranced by Leviev’s lavish lifestyle and flattered by his constant attentions, the women embarked on whirlwind courtships with Leviev until a few months into the relationship,...
- 2/18/2022
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix’s chart-topping documentary “The Tinder Swindler” takes the same question that “Catfish” posed a decade ago and explodes it to new heights: What if the person you fell in love with through the internet isn’t who they say they are? What if that person was running an elaborate scheme that involved defrauding romantic partners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, sending them into crippling debt while he used the money to fund his lavish lifestyle and snare new victims?
Thus follows the true-crime story of the Tinder Swindler, known to the three victims profiled in the film as Simon Leviev (among other aliases), whose real name is Shimon Hayut. In their interviews, Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm describe (separately) meeting him on Tinder and developing a relationship that escalated quickly over the course of a few months.
Though the details vary slightly, the basic story...
Thus follows the true-crime story of the Tinder Swindler, known to the three victims profiled in the film as Simon Leviev (among other aliases), whose real name is Shimon Hayut. In their interviews, Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm describe (separately) meeting him on Tinder and developing a relationship that escalated quickly over the course of a few months.
Though the details vary slightly, the basic story...
- 2/11/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
There’s one less fish in the sea for women to date.
Shimon Hayut, who goes by Simon Leviev on Tinder and various other dating apps, is officially banned from a variety of social media platforms. Hayut was the subject of Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” which premiered on the streaming platform February 2.
Hayut allegedly scammed multiple women for an estimated total of $10 million. Three of Hayut’s alleged victims share their stories in the documentary after connecting with Hayut on Tinder between 2018 and 2019. According to the documentary, the women — Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte — believed Hayut to be Simon Leviev, the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
The trio started a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise money to clear their debts following the release of the documentary.
“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three have been completely shocked and floored by the...
Shimon Hayut, who goes by Simon Leviev on Tinder and various other dating apps, is officially banned from a variety of social media platforms. Hayut was the subject of Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” which premiered on the streaming platform February 2.
Hayut allegedly scammed multiple women for an estimated total of $10 million. Three of Hayut’s alleged victims share their stories in the documentary after connecting with Hayut on Tinder between 2018 and 2019. According to the documentary, the women — Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte — believed Hayut to be Simon Leviev, the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
The trio started a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise money to clear their debts following the release of the documentary.
“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three have been completely shocked and floored by the...
- 2/9/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Three women featured in the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” have launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to help them clear their debts. Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm and Ayleen Charlotte were all victims of the eponymous swindler, an Israeli man named Shimon Hayut who allegedly conned women on Tinder out of millions of dollars by catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev. “The Tinder Swindler” started streaming Feb. 2 on Netflix.
“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” the women write on GoFundMe. “The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone. The sheer love is more than we ever expected, and we appreciate you all so much.
“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” the women write on GoFundMe. “The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone. The sheer love is more than we ever expected, and we appreciate you all so much.
- 2/8/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
The con man investigated in Netflix’s new documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has been banned from the dating app.
Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
“We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases,” Tinder said in a statement to Variety on Friday.
When the doc was released on Wednesday on Netflix, it reported that Hayut was still active on Tinder.
While Tinder has now banned him, he still has an account on Instagram with more than 200,000 followers. In an Instagram story posted on Friday, Hayut said he was preparing to tell his version of the story. However, when Variety went to his Instagram page on Friday afternoon,...
Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.
“We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases,” Tinder said in a statement to Variety on Friday.
When the doc was released on Wednesday on Netflix, it reported that Hayut was still active on Tinder.
While Tinder has now banned him, he still has an account on Instagram with more than 200,000 followers. In an Instagram story posted on Friday, Hayut said he was preparing to tell his version of the story. However, when Variety went to his Instagram page on Friday afternoon,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
“The Tinder Swindler,” an eye-opening documentary about a notorious con man who used the dating app to defraud multiple women, could be getting the movie treatment.
Variety understands that Netflix is in talks with producers about dramatizing the wild documentary that’s likely to make any Tinder user’s blood run cold. Sources indicate that the conversation is in early stages, and that the tone of a potential film is still being worked out.
“The Tinder Swindler” debuted on the streaming service only on Wednesday, and it’s already cracking the platform’s Top 10 lists in the U.S. and U.K.
Produced by “Three Identical Strangers” and “Don’t F*** With Cats” makers Raw TV, alongside AGC Studios and Gaspin Media, the 114-minute doc tells the story of Israeli fraudster Shimon Hayut, who conned Scandinavian women into parting with hundreds of thousands of dollars by pretending on dating app Tinder to be Simon Leviev,...
Variety understands that Netflix is in talks with producers about dramatizing the wild documentary that’s likely to make any Tinder user’s blood run cold. Sources indicate that the conversation is in early stages, and that the tone of a potential film is still being worked out.
“The Tinder Swindler” debuted on the streaming service only on Wednesday, and it’s already cracking the platform’s Top 10 lists in the U.S. and U.K.
Produced by “Three Identical Strangers” and “Don’t F*** With Cats” makers Raw TV, alongside AGC Studios and Gaspin Media, the 114-minute doc tells the story of Israeli fraudster Shimon Hayut, who conned Scandinavian women into parting with hundreds of thousands of dollars by pretending on dating app Tinder to be Simon Leviev,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The Netflix documentary unravels the financial and emotional cons of Simon Leviev, who scammed women who thought he was their friend or boyfriend
When Cecilie Fjellhøy first met the man she knew as Simon Leviev for a 10am coffee date at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in January 2018, he seemed to align with his Tinder profile. His pictures were flashy – designer clothes and expensive sunglasses in luxury cars and private jets – and his in-person demeanor was equally debonair. “He has this magnetism,” Fjellhøy recalls of her first impression in the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, out this week. “There’s something about this guy that is special.”
Fjellhøy, then a 29-year-old Norwegian graduate student living in London, was charmed by the man who claimed to be the “prince of diamonds”, a billionaire heir to the diamond fortune of the Israeli magnate Lev Leviev. And she was surprised: Simon had...
When Cecilie Fjellhøy first met the man she knew as Simon Leviev for a 10am coffee date at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in January 2018, he seemed to align with his Tinder profile. His pictures were flashy – designer clothes and expensive sunglasses in luxury cars and private jets – and his in-person demeanor was equally debonair. “He has this magnetism,” Fjellhøy recalls of her first impression in the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, out this week. “There’s something about this guy that is special.”
Fjellhøy, then a 29-year-old Norwegian graduate student living in London, was charmed by the man who claimed to be the “prince of diamonds”, a billionaire heir to the diamond fortune of the Israeli magnate Lev Leviev. And she was surprised: Simon had...
- 2/2/2022
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
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