Overview
- The 53-year-old interior designer says a contact posing as Brad Pitt’s mother messaged her on Instagram before moving her to Telegram, where AI-generated photos, videos and romantic notes sustained the hoax.
- Over roughly 14 months she transferred nearly £700,000 for supposed customs fees, medical care for alleged kidney cancer and other fabricated urgencies, with claims the actor’s funds were frozen.
- She reports being left homeless and receiving hospital treatment for severe depression following three suicide attempts, and she has started crowdfunding to cover legal costs.
- She filed a police complaint and an investigation is underway, while one report names suspects in Nigeria, a claim not corroborated by other outlets.
- She is recounting the experience in a forthcoming book and says the only benefit was that it spurred her divorce from a controlling spouse.