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Netflix orders documentary on fake 49ers receiver Daejon Love

FBI affidavit details 26 women defrauded of 1.3 million dollars through dating apps, defendant awaits Dec 15 trial without bail

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Daejon Labrayae Love wearing San Francisco 49ers football gear and holding a football beside a close-up portrait, as featured in an FBI wire-fraud affidavit. Daejon Labrayae Love wearing San Francisco 49ers football gear and holding a football beside a close-up portrait, as featured in an FBI wire-fraud affidavit. foxnews.com
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Netflix has ordered an Untold documentary about Daejon Love, the 35-year-old accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver to swindle women out of more than 1.3 million dollars. The film, "Wide Deceiver," will feature interviews with victims who bought into the scheme.

According to an FBI affidavit, Love and an 18-year-old accomplice, Taylor Jamie Chan, used Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and Facebook Dating to target 26 women across California, Oregon and Washington. The impersonation was built for cameras: clips of Love running routes on public beaches in a replica 49ers helmet, a mock contract signing, prop money and team gear, an Instagram account displaying 49ers equipment and luxury cars. In one video he flashed an AI-generated Google search snippet listing him as a 49ers receiver — "That's Google. That's not me, that's Google." When asked why he was not on the active roster, he pointed to an injured finger.

The 49ers and the NFL say Love never worked for either organization. Prosecutors say he pressured victims into taking out high-interest personal loans to fund purported high-yield investment programs. None of the money was invested; it went to luxury cars, designer jewelry and vacations that maintained the appearance of wealth. Contact was cut off once a victim ran out of cash or began asking basic financial questions.

The FBI arrested Love and Chan at an airport in Boise, Idaho, in August. Love was indicted on federal conspiracy and wire fraud charges, has pleaded not guilty, and remains held without bail ahead of a jury trial set for Dec. 15. Former NFL running back LeSean McCoy has publicly thrown his support behind him.

The trial begins Dec. 15. The documentary will feature interviews with the women who financed the scheme.