Podcasts show that what many catfishers and domestic abusers do is perform harmful triangulation, or make something seem real by having multiple people say it. is emphasized.
And this is exactly what Simran did. Whether it was contacting Kirat’s family as “Bobby” and gaining their trust, or creating a Facebook group of 39 people in 2014 (the accounts were all fake, created to further ensnare Kirat).
Mr Kirat is calling for greater legal reform so that victims of online abuse and manipulation, such as catfishing, are better cared for and their pain and suffering recognized.
Kirat concluded of Sweet Bobby: “If this happened to me on this scale, it can happen to anyone. No one is taking it seriously. It’s wrong.”
“We live our lives online now, banking, shopping, dating, everything, and we need to be safe. It wasn’t safe. This is dangerous.”
Tortoise Media’s six-part podcast “Sweet Bobby” is available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare is available to stream on Netflix.
Image: Netflix.
This article was originally published on December 21, 2021 and has since been updated with new information.
