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So, we’ve all heard of “catfishing” on the web, however is there such a factor as “spouse-fishing?”
Apparently, there’s.
Child Phat mogul Kimora Lee Simmons was a sufferer of “spouse-fishing” dedicated by her estranged ex-husband, Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner.
“Tim testified beneath oath Tuesday he pretended for years to be his then-wife, Chinese language heiress Judy Chan, and despatched faux emails to his future spouse Kimora once they started their relationship,” TMZ reported.
Principally, Leissner created a faux e-mail account posing as Chan so he might persuade Simmons he wasn’t a complete married man whereas he was making an attempt to shoot his shot. The truth is, his cyber act was apparently so convincing that Simmons invited Chan and her children on a number of household holidays. Leissner, in fact, declined these holidays whereas posing as his then-wife, however it’s a must to admit it takes some Tinder Swindler-level savvy to impersonate your spouse and have the girl you’re seeing on the facet to love her a lot she’s inviting her to vacay with the fam.
Leissner, who married Simmons in 2014, even admitted to faking divorce paperwork in an effort to marry her whereas he was nonetheless married to Chan.
Right here’s extra from TMZ:
The bombshell testimony is a part of an ongoing embezzlement trial of Tim’s former Goldman Sachs colleague, Roger Ng … with Tim additionally testifying he used the faux e-mail account to pose as his then-wife in conversations with Malaysian financier Jho Low, who has been individually charged with laundering billions of {dollars}, amongst different issues.
Bruh, this man is wild. Don’t be stunned if Netflix premiers a brand new restricted sequence titled, “Inventing Tim.”
