Shimon Hayut, aka The Tinder Swindler, has signed with a manager to pursue a career in Hollywood.
The fraudster has signed on with talent manager Gina Rodriguez of Gitoni Inc, and is looking into starting a podcast, hosting a dating show, and/or writing a book.
Gina told Entertainment Tonight: “I was intrigued with the Netflix story. I saw the world’s greatest salesman. It left me with a lot of unanswered questions and was very biased.”
“I believe there are two sides to every story and everyone should have the chance to tell their side of the story,” she added.
Netflix’s documentary about Shimon, who conned millions from women he met on Tinder by posing as billionaire playboy Simon Leviev, is one of the most watched films on the platform.
Posing as the son of a Russian-Israeli diamond mogul, Shimon essentially ran a Ponzi scheme by wooing women he met on Tinder with lavish gifts and trips, which he paid for with money he’d stolen from previous women.
After dazzling each victim enough, ‘Simon’ would ask to borrow money from them because for security reasons he couldn’t use his own money, but promised to pay them back.
He would then start the cycle all over again with a different woman, stealing an estimated $10 million over the years.
The Tinder Swindler documentary featured three of Shimon’s victims – Cecilie Fjellhoy, Ayleen Charlotte and Pernilla Sjoholm.
The women shared their extraordinary and often terrifying experiences with Shimon, and revealed how they eventually teamed up to get him arrested for his crimes, only for him to be released five months later.
Soon after getting out of prison, Shimon began sharing photos of himself enjoying a life of luxury once again to Instagram.
Following the release of the documentary, he took to the app and wrote: “Thank you for all your support.”
“I will share my side of the story in the next few days when I have sorted out the best and most respectful way to tell it, both to the involved parties and myself. Until then, please keep an open mind and heart.”
The Tinder Swindler is now on Netflix.
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