“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc during his interview on Inside Edition. (Hayut denied fraud claims to the Netflix filmmakers and told them he would file a lawsuit for “defamation and lies.”) The Netflix documentary follows an investigation in the Norwegian publication VG, which reported in 2019 that he “seduced and swindled young women for millions and is a fugitive from justice in several countries.” Even before the time frame primarily focused on in the Netflix film, Hayut faced multiple charges in Israel and was sentenced to prison time in Finland. Mike Myers on Beyonce, How 'Wayne's World' Success 'Rocked My World' and Turning Down Lorne Michaels for 'The Graduate' RemakeĪccording to The Tinder Swindler, Hayut led women he had met on Tinder to believe that he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev before he allegedly took them for millions.
