Catfished teen gets £10k after photos used for fake dating profiles – BBC

Catfished teen gets £10k after photos used for fake dating profiles BBC Fake accounts pretending to be Sasha-Jay gained 81,000 followers on TikTok and 22,000 on Instagram A teenager whose images were used to create fake Tinder, TikTok and Instagram profiles leading men to believe she was their girlfriend is to be paid compensation. Sasha-Jay Davies, 19, from Aberdare had her identity stolen by Elha Mai Weston who posed as the teenager to strike up romantic conversations on social media. Weston amassed more than 100,000 followers, leaving Davies fearful to leave her home because she was being approached by men who thought they were in a relationship with her. She apologised and admitted the four-year campaign and agreed to pay Davies, a student, a reported £10,000 in compensation. Weston engaged in a “sustained campaign of online impersonation”, known as catfishing, the court was told. Earlier this year, Davies told BBC Wales: “I used to go out a lot but now I hardly ever go out because I’m scared what man is going to approach me next. “It is terrifying to be confronted over something you didn’t do and to realise someone is using your face to manipulate others,” she said.
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