The Tinder Swindler Is Finally Getting Sued By The Real-Life Diamond Magnate's Family He Pretended To Be A Part Of
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 deserves."
Deceiving oblivious women into giving him millions of dollars? Frowned upon for sure, but I guess not as illegal as I originally thought. Impersonating the son of a diamond magnate and using that to gain incredible riches and fame? Oh yeah, definitely can't do that one. Turns out it's VERY illegal to change your name to another family's and pretend you are the prince of diamonds.
To the dismay of Shimon Hayut, the Leviev family has gotten wind of his tomfoolery. It was a good run, a very good run, but the sand in the hour glass is almost out.
"Shimon Hayut is a fraud who stole our family's identity and has tried to exploit our good name to con victims out of millions of dollars," she said in a statement to E! News on Feb 28. "He has no relation to the Leviev family and has no affiliation with our company LLD Diamonds." I am relieved that his real identity and actions have been globally exposed, and hopefully this will bring an end to his unscrupulous actions."
“This legal action is only the beginning of a number of lawsuits that my firm is currently working on,” Ophir said in a statement. “In the next phase we will file a monetary suit against Hayut and any other affiliate that will work with him, including some websites that have joint ventures with Hayut and/or have offered to buy Cameos from him. Anyone that will try to capitalize from this scheme will be sued.”
Now is where the fun starts. You wanna talk about enemies chasing you? Meet the legal team of a billionaire. They're just going to bury this dude in court until he can't breathe. They're talking about an all-out legal war to bring this motherfucker down. The lawyer of the Leviev's revealed any money recovered in their lawsuit would be given to the victims which is great news for them since they really had no hope up until this point. What a prayer on their part.
Kate Konlin had the gall to stay with this dude after the doc came out, but how about when he has no money left? Love is about to be tested in ways we have never seen before.