“Catfishing involves an individual inventing, or borrowing, an online persona to dupe their victim- usually romantically.

Bhogal’s astonishingly intricate web of lies and deception lasted nearly a decade.

InSweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare,her parents and immediate family were also taken in by the affair.

Artis and Jess with Nev Schulman and Max Joseph during Catfish reveal

But for Assi, now in her 40s, the near-decade-long lie has left her unmarried and childless.

Undeterred, Assi brought a civil action against Bhogal in 2020, which was settled out of court.

She’d paid a significant sum of money to Assi, including Assi’s court costs.

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A promo poster for Sweet Bobby featuring a woman with a smug smile and a man hiding behind her overtop a blue background

A close up of Kirat Assi looking serious in Sweet Bobby My Catfish Nightmare

Kirat’s life is upended for years by a virtual relationship in this shocking documentary, after falling for a man she meets online.

Sweet Bobby- My Catfish Nightmare (2024)- Poster

Kirat’s life is upended for years by a virtual relationship in this shocking documentary, after falling for a man she meets online.

Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare