Netflix reveal first look at terrifying true crime doc with Brit whose TEN year catfish romance spiralled out of control
NETFLIX has shared the first trailer for its terrifying new true crime documentary Sweet Bobby about a Brit who was catfished for ten years.
Kirat Assi was in an online relationship with a man she thought was called Bobby Jandu for ten years until she learned the truth.
The upcoming documentary explores a decade of catfishing deceit as it unpacks how one friend request changed Kirat’s life forever.
“As her online relationship with Bobby slowly turns to romance, she is unaware that everything she knows is a lie,” the synopsis of the doc teases.
Based on the hit podcast, Sweet Bobby comes to Netflix from the producers of The Tinder Swindler and American Nightmare.
Netflix has shared a first look at the upcoming documentary.
In the trailer, Kirat explains that at age 32 she received a Facebook friend request that changed everything.
“What happened to me is just one crazy story. You can’t make it up.
“We’re talking about ten years of my life,” she says of her relationship with Bobby.
Kirat accepted because they had mutual friends and they began talking online.
As their relationship progressed, Kirat believed she was getting to know Bobby’s family and friends, but she never met Bobby in person.
“We’ve sent thousands of messages.
“Eventually, he tells me he loves me. We try to make it as normal as you can online … but there’s always an excuse why he can’t see me face-to-face,” she says.
Instead, Kirat and Bobby spoke on the phone for hours at a time and they even got engaged.
Kirat explains that Bobby started to lean on her for emotional support, but to the detriment of her own health.
Eventually she realised that something wasn’t adding up, and she began to consider if she was being catfished.
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“Finally, I was questioning everything,” she admits
The trailer cuts to the real-life Bobby, who says: “I have never spoken to her in my life.”
The man she knew as Bobby told her elaborate stories about his mental health struggles and being shot several times, but she now doesn’t know whether any of it was true.
“I want answers … profiles disappear. I’m terrified.
“What were the lies? What was the truth? Who was the real Bobby?
“All of this time, who have I been sleeping on the phone with?” she asks as the trailer draws to a close.
Teasing more about what viewers can expect from the doc, the synopsis reads: “After an online friendship blossoms into true love, Kirat finds herself turning detective to uncover the truth behind her mysterious fiancé, Bobby.
“Sweet Bobby is the story of a fairytale romance gone horribly wrong.”
Sweet Bobby premieres on Netflix on October 16.