The 'Tinder Swindler' Shimon Hayut has hit out at Netflix, saying they "made up a movie" about him as he insisted he's a perfect gentleman.
Four years ago, the Israeli allegedly duped multiple women into giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars on dates under the alias Simon Leviev.
He was said to have told them he was the son of billionaire Russian-Israeli diamond mogul, and would plead with them for funds, telling them he was in danger and needed money to protect his identity.
Simon dubbed himself the 'Prince of Diamonds' in order to meet women on the dating app Tinder and soon swept them up into his lavish lifestyle, it was claimed.
By stepping out in designer gear, driving flash supercars, travelling on private jets and attending hot spots around the globe he kept up the supposed deception.
His story was all said to be a con - and Netflix has delved into his life of scamming and how Simon is an fraudster that drained victims of money to fund his lavish lifestyle.
But now he has hit back for the first time since the release of the documentary in an interview with Inside Edition.
The two-part chat, which airs on Monday and Tuesday next week, sees him deny wrongdoing - despite being arrested and charged with fraud, theft and forgery.
Although he spent five months in prison before he was released in May 2020, he said he is no fake as he appeared with girlfriend Kat Konlin by his side for the interview.
"I'm not a 'Tinder Swindler,'" he said in a preview clip ahead of the February 21 release.
"I'm not a fraud and I'm not a fake. People don't know me - so they cannot judge me.
"I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder" before adding that he is the "biggest gentleman".
He then say Netflix "presented it as a documentary" but he said: "In truth it was a made-up movie".
The filmmakers shared the stories of Cecilie Fjellhoy, Pernilla Sjöholm and Ayleen Charlotte - who are still having to pay off their debts from being hoaxed by Simon.
He was extradited back to Israel in October 2019, after fleeing the country in 2017 to avoid trial for various fraud-related offences.
The conman was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $43,289 in compensation but in December 2019 but was released after serving five months behind bars.
Hayut had previously served two years in a Finnish prison back in 2015, after being charged for defrauding three different women.
