The Fake NFL Player Who Scammed Women Out of $1.3 Million: Daejon Love EXPOSED

For years, Daejon Love allegedly convinced women he met online that he was a wealthy NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. With luxury cars, an impressive social media presence and investment opportunities that promised huge returns, authorities say Love built an elaborate persona that helped him gain the trust of women across multiple states. But behind the lifestyle was allegedly a sprawling romance and investment scam that saw multiple women lose a combined $1.3 million. In this episode, we unravel how the alleged scheme worked and share the experiences of some of the women who have since come forward. Criminal Complaint:https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/media/1459631/dl?inline Instagram Raising Awareness: https://www.instagram.com/user912403690?stkn=YXF5MjV1dXE4Nmk2 FBI Tipline:https://tips.fbi.gov/home Thank you to everyone whose clips were sourced for today's episode and to all the victims willing to come forward & speak their truth. This episode is sponsored by: Merity Beauty: right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag free with your first order at meritbeauty.com http://meritbeauty.com Hiya Health: receive 50% off your first order on any of their products at hiyahealth.com/TCKR http://hiyahealth.com/TCKR Rocket Money: join at rocketmoney.com/KENDALLRAE http://rocketmoney.com/KENDALLRAE Cocoavia: Visit https://www.cocoavia.com/discount/TCKR and use my promo code TCKR at checkout for an extra 20% off, or check out your local Sprouts Farmers Market. Thanks to CocoaVia for sponsoring this episode! Earnin: download EarnIn on the App Store or Google Play. Type in TrueCrimewithKendallRae under PODCAST when you sign up, it’ll really help the show. Fall merch is here!https://milehighermerch.com/en-gbp Check out my foundation: Higher Hope Foundation: https://www.higherhope.org/ Watch my documentaries: 530 Days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUWkmOjNLk Apartment 801: https://bit.ly/2RJ9XXr True Crime with Kendall Rae podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rks84o Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jC66pr Shop my Merch! https://kendallrae.shop https://kendallrae.shop/ Check out my other podcasts: Mile Higher (True Crime) @milehigherpod YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ROzJcw Instagram: http://instagram.com/milehigherpod The Sesh (Current events, a little true crime, pop culture, and commentary) https://bit.ly/3Mtoz4X @the_seshpodcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/3a9t6Xr *Follow My Social!* @KendallRaeOnyt Instagram: http://instagram.com/kendallraeonyt Facebook: https://bit.ly/3kar4NK True Crime TikTok: https://bit.ly/3VDbc77 Personal TikTok: https://bit.ly/41hmRKg REQUESTS: General case suggestion form: https://zfrmz.com/yg9cuiWjUe2QY3hSC2V0 Form for people directly related/close to the victim: https://zfrmz.com/HGu2hZso42aHxARt1i67 Join my discord to chat with other viewers about this video, it’s free! https://discord.com/invite/an4stY9BCN C O N T A C T: For Business Inquiries - [email protected] Send me mail: Kendall Rae 8547 E Arapahoe Rd Ste J #233 Greenwood Village, CO 80112

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• 1:39Kendall Rae?

  Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of True Crime with Kendall Rae. Thank you so very much for joining me today. I am so happy to have you here. And if you're new to my show, make sure that you click Subscribe or Follow, depending on what platform you are watching this episode on. Now, the case I have for you guys today is one that is unfolding as I'm speaking. And I'm sure if you're on social media at all, you have likely seen at least something about this case. And a lot of what's being posted is the same things, the funniest parts of it all, because it is quite funny, also quite serious and sad.

• 2:23Kendall Rae?

  But there is so much more detail to this case than what's being, you know, talked about the most. So I wanted to dive into it for myself because I was so curious about how this man pulled off such a massive scam. The whole thing is just absolutely insane. And if you haven't heard of it, today's episode, we're going to be going over the recently busted NFL investor fraud scheme that was run by a guy named Daejon Love. And also, which a lot of people don't know about this, but he had a co-conspirator, and his name is Taylor Jamie Chan. And the FBI has been actively investigating them. And yes, the FBI is the agency in charge of this case,

• 3:08Kendall Rae?

  if that tells you anything about just how big this whole thing got. But, boy, did they really expose a massive piece of shit, two massive pieces of shit with this investigation. Daejon is the scummiest type of scum, like truly sociopathic in the way that he manipulated so many women. He not only faked being in the NFL, among quite a few other things that we will go over, but he also created this whole fraudulent online persona to trick women into believing him. And then, after manipulating them and gaining their trust, he and Taylor would convince these women to hand over thousands of dollars,

• 3:52Kendall Rae?

  and they told them that they would invest it on their behalf. The lengths that these two went to in order to do what they did is honestly frightening. And I think it's also an important cautionary tale. And just another reminder, in this day and age, that you truly can't believe anything you see online these days. There are many women who fell victim to their scam. And I will be going over a few of their stories today that have been publicly confirmed as being true accounts of what they went through. And it is just horrible. I mean, these women were emotionally and financially manipulated. Before diving into the details of the case, I wanted to quickly let you know

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• 5:22Kendall Rae?

  and dive into the details of this wide deceiver, you could say. And honestly, I'm surprised at how much information is already out despite how recently this case became public. And like with any case, I want to start by rewinding time a little bit to the beginning of this story, which, according to the criminal complaint, began in February of 2022. If I'm being honest, though, Daejon has clearly been scamming and manipulating women for years before that. If not financially, then definitely emotionally. Now, I'm going to be sticking mainly to what has happened in the last several years, though, just because there is so much bullshit to go over in such a short amount of time. But here's the big picture, okay?

• 6:07Kendall Rae?

  According to the criminal complaint, this scheme took place from at least February 2022 to at least March of 2026. So a little over four years. And during that time, co-defendants Daejon Love and Taylor Jamie Chan conspired to obtain money from their victims under the false pretense that their money would be used for personal investments. And I think that's also a huge misconception that I'm seeing online. I'm seeing a lot of shaming towards the women who fell victim to this scam because people are like, if he was posing as a football player and asking you for money, why would you have believed him? But that's not the way he operated. Now, the document identified 26 victims

• 6:50Kendall Rae?

  across several different states, including Washington, Oregon, and California. And ultimately, both defendants are facing federal charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. So how did they do it? What was this crazy scheme, and how did they pull it off? Well, at the most basic level, this started as a love con. 35-year-old Daejon Love, and yes, by the way, the irony of his last name isn't lost on me. But he is accused of creating multiple fake personas on various dating apps, including Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Facebook Dating, most of the popular ones, you know? And then he'd pretend to date these women and gain their trust.

• 7:30Kendall Rae?

  And then, once the romance and the trust, the love bombing was all established, he would bring the financial con into the picture. Which brings me to 18-year-old Taylor Chan, whose role in this is equally as calculated and messed up. And it's, I see why on social media, Daejon's getting most of the posting and everything. And I feel that a lot of people at this point don't even know that there was someone else involved. But yeah, he is just as bad. Once Daejon would get these women to trust him, he would flex his wealth, his luxurious lifestyle, make it seem like he was living the absolute dream. And then, more or less, he would tell them

• 8:13Kendall Rae?

  that if they wanted to get in on that wealth that he had accumulated, they could make money just like him if they just listened to him. And a chunk of his money, he said, came from investing. And then, of course, there was the whole, "I'm an NFL player, and my family is from Switzerland, and we are rich real estate developers" piece to it, which I think is another thing that people haven't really been talking about much online, I've seen. It seems like most of the focus in social media posts are about the NFL part of the scam. But there was a whole nother side to it as well. And I'll get more into the nuances shortly. But the investments were a big part of their scheme. And that's where Taylor was introduced to these women as Daejon's financial advisor.

• 8:58Kendall Rae?

  The two of them would show these women completely fake investment accounts to convince them of Daejon's success and really reel them in. It was kind of like, look, what we were able to do for him, you know, he's living large, and we could do that for you, too. You could be living just like him one day. And all they had to do to obtain a lifestyle like that was transfer money over to Daejon or Taylor, and they would take care of it. And... It worked. In total, they were able to defraud these women of $1.3 million. And according to the criminal complaint, the majority of these funds were transferred via Apple Pay, Venmo, Zelle, you know, those types of platforms.

• 9:41Kendall Rae?

  And in many instances, these women were told that they would see their money grow, see a return on their investments in just a matter of weeks, if not days. But as you could probably guess, none of their money was actually invested, and none of them ever received investment proceeds back. So here are these innocent women, thinking that, first of all, they're in a relationship with a successful NFL player and real estate developer. And second of all, that they are going to find a shit ton of success themselves through these so-called investments. But it was all a big fat lie. And I think in hindsight, of course, it's easier for random people to judge these women and make fun of them, which I've seen a lot of that.

• 10:24Kendall Rae?

  But Dejounte truly went to outrageous lengths to make his lifestyle seem real. And there are several elements to this story that could convince someone that they were really falling for this person who had their best interest in mind and also was very successful. There really are a lot of details to this that people don't know about to help you understand why he was so believable. And what better place to start than Dejounte pretending to be an NFL player? Which, of course, easily takes the cake, is the craziest claim this guy made. Actually, I just gotta say, one thing for me personally that really took the cake was him having a cake made for himself.

• 11:08Kendall Rae?

  It's even in the shape of a jersey with his number, number seven, and love written across the back. It's just like one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen. I just could not get over this. I thought that was so funny and so pathetic, so sad. I just, wow dude, wow. Now, you would think, in this digital age, that if someone made a claim as bold as being a wide receiver for the 49ers, that they would have to be pretty confident that the internet would back them up, right? And for Dejounte, he seemed pretty confident. He had manipulated his social media and the internet, which I will explain later, so strategically that if you didn't know a lot about football,

• 11:51Kendall Rae?

  that you may actually believe he was telling the truth. And it wasn't just the photos and the videos that he posted of himself wearing 49ers gear, which we will go over all that, because it's hilarious. But even when you just Googled his name, for some people, it would show up as if he was in the NFL. And a lot of us take Google, especially Google's AI, as the truth, or AI in general, which, huh, big problem, big topic of its own. But if the internet is backing up his claims as well, that's enough for a lot of people. They're thinking, this has to be real then. And it's wild to think about, somehow he did trick Google, but how did he do that? Listen to this, okay? Here's a quote from the criminal complaint.

• 12:36Kendall Rae?

  "Due to Love's false social media representations, search engines and artificial intelligence occasionally stated that Love was a bona fide 49ers player. In January of 2026, investigators entered Love's first and last name into search engines and found that results did in fact sometimes depict Love as a player for the 49ers." And here's a screenshot of the criminal complaint from January of 2026, showing that when you look up his name and 49ers, the 49ers roster website appears. Although, to be clear, his name never actually shows up on the roster, but the fact that it popped up was convincing for a lot of people. And then another screenshot that is circulating online but doesn't appear in the criminal complaint

• 13:20Kendall Rae?

  shows that the AI overview on Google, if you search Dejounte's name, says that he's a wide receiver for the 49ers. I mean, that's the first thing that pops up when you search anything on Google. I mean, I'm definitely guilty of stopping my search once I see that first little AI overview from Google when you make any search these days, thinking, okay, that has gotta be true. And this story is teaching me a lot. You know, you really can't believe pretty much anything these days, which is, um, absolutely insane. But yeah, he literally had his whole story, this whole fake persona, being backed up by the internet. And that just further legitimized his massive lie.

• 14:01Kendall Rae?

  Not to mention his own social media accounts, of which he actually had many of over the years. Dejounte had created multiple accounts over the course of this scheme. And on each of those accounts, he bought followers to further prove his legitimacy. And on these accounts, he would post photos and videos of himself in 49ers gear in a variety of settings to make it seem like he was on the team. Dude, I bet this guy has the biggest bill for the 49ers merch store. And these accounts, of course, have been taken down or deactivated. So what we have to look at at this point are screenshots and screen recordings that others have taken. But yeah, the shit that he posted was wild and just really funny looking back on it.

• 14:45Kendall Rae?

  And then another thing that everyone is just dunking on him for is that he was always either wearing or carrying his fuck-ass helmet. And apparently, his fake helmet cost him $1,000. I mean, I know people who do cosplay that have spent less on their entire outfit. And then there's also this one video that I'm sure a lot of you have seen, where he was dead-ass pretending to run drills on the beach, wearing what the criminal complaint describes as, quote, "a replica 49ers football helmet." And as I'm sure you've probably seen, people have absolutely been ripping his ass a new one for these videos, saying he doesn't look nearly shredded enough to be an NFL player. And I think that's what's really one of the funniest parts of this whole thing,

• 15:28Kendall Rae?

  is that the clips that he shared of him playing football or practicing are just laughable. And also, can you imagine seeing a grown-ass man just playing football on the beach with his friends? Or doing drills, but he's wearing a helmet? If I saw that, I would think, damn, your friend must be really bad at throwing, or you are fucking terrible at catching. Him wearing his helmet everywhere, it just reminds me of my daughter like wearing her Elsa costume to the grocery store. And what also really sends me is that in this video, he repeats showing like the same two highlights of him catching this pass. It's like, is that the only footage you had? Is that the only catch you've been able to actually catch, to actually receive?

• 16:11Kendall Rae?

  Or could you not have gotten your friend to throw you a few more passes for some extra footage? Or maybe he was just pretty winded after the first two, honestly?

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• 18:34Kendall Rae?

  In addition to that video, he also posted to his Instagram stories pretending to be in the locker room or on the sidelines at games, really just trying to sell that he was who he said he was. And then there are videos that he's posted just talking about being in the NFL, which honestly, you just gotta hear this shit for yourself.

• 18:53Speaker 05

  I'm on my way to get my mom. I know I get a lot of fans who wanna know how football works.

• 18:59Kendall Rae?

  What fans are asking you how football works?

• 19:03Speaker 05

  Like that, I know it's difficult now since switching teams and stuff like that.

• 19:09Speaker 05

  But I just wanna give some context. I know a lot of people don't understand how the NFL works.

• 19:15Speaker 05

  But if you know me and see me in person, I will explain. This is for the kids. This is for the people who want to understand more about my story and get another side of the story outside of just getting drafted into the NFL. So I'll go ahead and lock in for the people who do want to know, who wanna follow me. Okay, so those two screenshots posted,

• 19:38Speaker 05

  and that's Google. That's not me, that's Google. And I know a lot of people before that, before it translated over to Google, was wondering, you know, who was this guy? You know, like I say, a lot of people think getting drafted into the NFL is you get drafted into the NFL, but there's other ways.

• 19:56Speaker 05

  So this is my finger. I can't really fully bend it. I'm a lot better now than I was when it first broke. And because I didn't get involved in the league the normal way, that was an issue, so I had to get that fixed. And as you can see, it's a lot better than what it was.

• 20:12Kendall Rae?

  So this is my finger. I can't bend it. Am I missing something? Is he not bending it?

• 20:18Speaker 05

  I can't really fully bend it. I'm a lot better now than I was when it first broke. And because I didn't get involved in the league the normal way, that was an issue, so I had to get that fixed. And as you can see, it's a lot better than what it was. I'm able to actually bend it in front of that. I was only able to move it like that, so it's a lot.

• 20:37Kendall Rae?

  I know that clip got cut off kind of weird. And yes, we talked about the finger for a second. Let me explain that, uh, his story based on his own videos, that he wasn't drafted to the NFL like a lot of players were. He's different. His story was that he was invited to try out. And when women would question why he wasn't on the roster, he claimed he broke his pinky finger, as you just heard him say, which I gotta say, is really giving bone spurs. But yeah, that's why he said he wasn't playing, but he was still on the practice squad and still had to travel with the team and do workouts and all of that. Now, I have a leaked voice memo that I'm gonna play for you, where you can tell that whoever is talking to him is definitely questioning his story.

• 21:20Kendall Rae?

  And this would end up being a pattern that happened with basically every woman. He would get scarily defensive whenever they expressed doubt.

• 21:30Speaker 05

  Most men don't understand how the NFL or professional sports work unless you've actually played for a duration of time in a professional sport, more specifically the NFL. With the NFL, bro, it's more to being on the roster. There's waivers, there's petitions. What a waiver is, is there's three parts to a waiver. There's a physical part to a waiver. There's a mental part to a waiver. And there's an emotional part to a waiver. So the emotional part is making sure that you get psychologically analyzed to where you not no crash out. You're not gonna kill none of the teammates. You're not gonna bring a gun. You're not gonna be on some crazy shit, unstable, flashing on the fan, getting the team sued.

• 22:16Speaker 05

  Just making sure your mental health is right, cuz it's a physical sport. You getting banged up, all that type of shit. So boom, that's number one. Number two is the physical part of it, which means that you have to clear every waiver. You can't have no ligaments torn. You can't have no broken bones. You can't have fractures, dislocations, any sicknesses, which could be health, heart problems, anything. You can't have any issues whatsoever because you could sue the team for wrongful death or whatever the case may be. The last part is, so there's the physical part. That's the emotional part I explained. And there's the mental part. So mental ties in low key with the emotional part,

• 23:00Speaker 05

  but the mental part is making sure that you're obviously somebody who can understand how business work, how franchises work. So if you don't clear those three situations, you're not gonna be on any roster. Even if you do clear those things, they might put you on practice squad. They might put you on unclear waivers. Me personally, I didn't clear the physical part because I had broke my finger, dislocated it the year I was supposed to sign. Still signed, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't play or have a roster spot because of that injury before the season started. So what happened was is they had me sit. They had me dress, travel with the team, practice with the team.

• 23:45Speaker 05

  They had me, uh, stand at the team hotels or abide by all the team rules, curfew, everything, bro. Women don't understand that shit. All they mind go to is, if I don't see your ass on the TV or if I don't see your ass on the roster, you're not on the team. I'm like, bitch, you don't even know how to fuck a slant route, a post route, a double move. You don't know none of that shit. So how the hell you gonna tell me how the NFL roster work?

• 24:11Kendall Rae?

  And you can tell just how much he disrespects women, which there's more of that we will get into, just from that statement alone.

• 24:17Speaker 05

  So that's where that shit come from, bro. And for me personally, I'm not no [BLEEP] to explain nothing to nobody. I'll let you believe I'm a goddamn Boeing 737, if you want to believe that. But I know you're my dog. Like I said, that's why I'm explaining that to you, so it make more sense, cuz most people will never know this, bro. 99.9% of the world will never know this. So like I say, it's different. So a lot of hoes think, oh, well, he not on the roster. And bitch, it's more to this shit. You don't understand.

• 24:50Kendall Rae?

  99.9% of the world will never understand this shit. Okay, okay. Sometimes I feel, from the way he talks about it, that he started to believe he was actually in the NFL. Now, another thing that we learned from the criminal complaint is that he was actually stealing content from other real NFL players and posting it as his own. And, you know, not surprising at all, right? The complaint says investigators identified multiple screen-recorded videos Love posted to his social media accounts, which investigators believe depict legitimate NFL players and used context taken from their social media accounts. Some of these videos appeared on Love's social media accounts with the original posters' information removed.

• 25:35Kendall Rae?

  Love presented the videos as his own to convince victims that he was a player for the 49ers. Now, if he wasn't stealing content, he was fabricating his own. Very poorly, may I add. One of my personal favorites is the one where he is supposedly signing his contract with the team. Check this shit out.

• 25:54Speaker 02

  My boy Jay Love signed this contract.

• 25:59Speaker 02

  How you feel?

• 26:01Speaker 05

  I'm ready.

• 26:02Speaker 02

  Ready for the season?

• 26:06Speaker 02

  Sign that bad boy.

• 26:10Speaker 02

  Who you signing with? Who's your decision?

• 26:12Kendall Rae?

  Bro, what are you signing? Your Spotify terms and conditions?

• 26:15Speaker 02

  Signed a contract, iced up. You know what I'm saying? We good to go. Let's get ready to start the season. Any, uh, anything you gotta say for the fans?

• 26:27Speaker 05

  Lookout number seven. Last name Love, 6'5", 210. I'm out, dude.

• 26:32Speaker 02

  Wide receiver.

• 26:35Speaker 02

  Yes, sir.

• 26:36Kendall Rae?

  Yes, sir. No, sir. And obviously, there's someone else's voice in this. So how many people were actually in on this scheme or helped him pull this off? Or did he trick people in his life as well? Which I doubt. I'm sure they knew what he was doing and just helped him do it. But when you think of how elaborate all of this was, there were probably more people involved in it than just Dejounte and Taylor. He was also literally sending videos of himself bragging about all his famous friends in the NFL and how all these teams were just practically begging for him to sign with them.

• 27:13Speaker 05

  So I have three really, really good friends who play in the NFL right now. One, his name is Tyree Kill. He plays for the Miami Dolphins. He just got traded last season from the Kansas City Chiefs. One of my best friends. John Brown, he just was all over the league last season, but now he's with the Buffalo Bills again. He was with them before. And he's also my personal chef's brother. And Antonio Brown is another one of my good friends. Long story short, I was born in Switzerland. And I met these guys through business. And I'll explain what kind of business later, once I, once you, once I tell you the football story. So regardless of where I'm at on the planet,

• 27:56Speaker 05

  whether I'm in Switzerland, Italy, France, wherever I am, we always work out offseason, no matter where we are. If I have to fly to Miami, if they fly to me, whatever, we find a football field and we work out. So when you playing football and the offseason is the time for you to get better or relax or get a bigger contract or whatever. Anyways, by them having film, you know, you watching with agents, with coaches, with trainers. So they was wondering like, yo, who was dude? Like, talking about me, like, who was, who was that dude? And it's like, oh, that's my boy John. Like, you know, he from Switzerland. I was like, dude could play. You know, these guys is top wide receivers in the NFL. They gonna be Hall of Fame. So they, agents is like, I could get dude paid for sure, so.

• 28:38Speaker 05

  We had the conversation back and forth, but I was like, no, I don't really wanna play football. Like, that shit too dangerous. Like, I don't wanna be having to go to practice all the time. And he was like, nigga, you work out all the time anyway. Like, what the f- it's ain't gonna be no different. Like, you not working out hard, heavy during season. You do that shit offseason. So I'm like, yeah, I guess that's true. So the first two years we talked about that shit, I wasn't with it. I ain't gonna lie, I was pushing it off. But this last six months, it's been all type of motherfucking teams calling me. The Raiders called me, the 49ers called me, the Seahawks called me, the Buffalo Bills called me, the Ravens called me, a bunch of teams, and I went and worked out for all of them, but San Francisco was the best team out of all of those teams, and they offered me the most money.

• 29:24Speaker 05

  So I'm like, shit, San Francisco, they in hunts of winning the Super Bowl every season. So I'm like, I don't wanna play football.

• 29:30Kendall Rae?

  Oh, my god. Now, to be very clear here, which I feel like I really don't even need to say this at this point, but in case anyone is confused, this man was never on the 49ers. He was never on any NFL team, and that has been confirmed by both the 49ers and the NFL as a whole. But at one point, he actually traded himself to the Rams.

• 29:52Speaker 05

  Oh, shit. I remember yo, and I'm like, who the f- is this? But I remember your last four of your number. I remember I was trying to f- with you when I was with, uh, San, the 49ers in the Bay. But now I'm in LA, playing, about to play with the Rams. So that's crazy. It's been a minute since I talked to you. I was trying to f- with you. And what's crazy is I guarantee you, you still doing the same shit. If you would've been f- with me, you would've been in a whole nother ballgame by now, at this point. You know, so that's crazy.

• 30:24Kendall Rae?

  Shut the fuck up.

• 30:26Speaker 05

  But it's crazy how I remembered your number. I don't even got your number saved. But my offer still stands. You know, I still think you were attractive. We would've looked good together. You know what I'm saying? So let me know what's new with you and shit like that, cuz I know we ain't talked in a minute. So, um, so yeah, let me know what's new. Hopefully, we could jump on a FaceTime call or something, catch up.

• 30:48Kendall Rae?

  And if anyone's confused, these clips that I'm playing for you, which I should've prefaced this earlier, are screen recordings of videos, Snapchats, or whatever, that he was sending women. I just love the way he's saying it's so crazy that I was traded to the Rams. And that is crazy. Oh, and by the way, I just traded myself to the Denver Broncos, as you can see. My home team here. I am the first female quarterback. Can you believe it? Oh, they also offered for me to buy the team, but I turned it down because I bought, you know, got a lot of other investments going on. In fact, I just bought California. So that's huge. And, oh, by the way, I can also sing. I don't know if you knew that.

• 31:28Kendall Rae?

  In fact, Sabrina Carpenter just told me that I was her inspiration recently, and she even invited me to tour with her, but unfortunately had to turn it down because I'm so busy podcasting. The way that he speaks to women just makes my skin crawl, too. When he was talking about, like, yeah, I'm attractive, you're attractive. It, just knowing he is full of shit makes it so much worse, too. Um, yeah, these videos are just tough to watch, but they're evidentiary gold, if you ask me. I mean, we are literally experiencing firsthand how he manipulated these women. And what really sent me was the fact that many of these videos were basically just copy pasted to woman after woman.

• 32:11Kendall Rae?

  In the criminal complaint, it states that three videos in specific were shared approximately 185 times. And in one of those videos, we actually learned more about another part of Dejounte's scheme. Like I said earlier, and I'm sure a lot of you are really curious about this part of things, was that his NFL persona wasn't the only one that he faked. Another one was his fabricated stories that his family was from Switzerland, and they were involved in highly successful commercial real estate. And it sounds like a lot of the times, he even combined the NFL and Switzerland stories. So different people would get different versions of the scheme.

• 32:50Speaker 05

  All right, so I just got home. The first video was sending, so I'll explain what my family does for a living, and where I come from, and so on and so forth. So

• 33:04Speaker 05

  um, I was born in Switzerland. I moved to America when I was 10 years old. My family is one of the richest families in Switzerland. Like, we're developers. So we develop malls, hotels, luxury estates, um, communities, luxury communities, which could be homes that are $4.5 million, house and above. Like, one of the homes that I have right now. We also do, like, loaning, million, anything over a million dollars to certain companies who are already established. Um, what I do for our company is I'm the VP of International Affairs.

• 33:45Kendall Rae?

  Of course you are.

• 33:47Speaker 05

  So I handle things like hiring and firing senior positions, um, relocations, renovations, permits, and petitions. Um, and I'm the guy who authorizes the million dollars or more for certain companies, like I was just saying. Domestically, we have shares in three Gucci stores. We are the shareholder, the majority shareholder of three Gucci stores here in, um, America. One is in Dallas, one is in South Beach, Miami, Florida, and the third is in Manhattan on Saks Fifth Avenue. What else? As far as our real estate development, we have two cities in California, and they're two of the top, most wealthiest cities in America.

• 34:32Speaker 05

  So that's what we do domestically. Now, the reason why I'm here is because, once my dad retires, and I'll be in charge of our domestic affairs, and then I'll hire someone else to be in charge of international affairs. Now, I have bodyguards. I have three. Um, the head of my security is actually lives with me 24/7. I have two other one. One lives an hour away, one lives two hours away. Whenever I leave the state or the country, it's mandatory by order of my father, since he lives in Switzerland, for them to be with me. My head of security who

• 35:04Kendall Rae?

  Oh, so glad that daddy bought you security.

• 35:07Speaker 05

  Lives with me, he's with me all the time, no matter what. Um, I also have a personal and private chef, who's also a personal and private chef for other NFL, um, football players, basketball players, and celebrities. Now, I don't disclose their names, because that's in the contract, but that's what he does as well, and he lives with me full-time as well. So whenever I get hungry, whatever I want, he can make anything.

• 35:32Kendall Rae?

  Hmm, must be nice. It honestly sounds like this guy just watched Richie Rich and was like, I'll just do all of that.

• 35:45Kendall Rae?

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• 37:54Kendall Rae?

  Now, I don't know if all of you caught this, but this really sent me to the fucking moon. He says that one of the Gucci stores they are the majority shareholder in is on Saks Fifth Avenue, as if it's a street. Bro, that is a fucking store. This guy must go to Banana Republic thinking it's a grocery store. All of his claims are just so ridiculous, so hilarious, but I'm so grateful that we have these videos to look back on and that they can be used as evidence. And his logic is just so basic, so dumb, so obvious. I mean, he thinks that being from Switzerland obviously makes you look rich because that's where Swiss bank accounts are. And obviously, it's a very wealthy country. And there are so many more videos.

• 38:39Kendall Rae?

  There are several that I won't be playing today because, one, this episode would be extremely long. And honestly, they're pretty boring considering they're just repeating the same thing. He is so repetitive. But like this Swiss family bullshit, for example, there are three or four videos that I found without even looking that hard, where he explains his childhood and says what he does for his family business. And at the end of one of the voice memos, he talks about how they're so rich, he's so rich, and he has everything in the world, but what's missing is his own family. It's just more of his manipulation, but it's worth listening to, I think.

• 39:17Speaker 05

  So the thing is, is though I have everything that money can buy, the only thing that I don't have that I believe that's going to give me another chapter is having a family, whether that's adoption, surrogacy, vitro, natural, whatever the case may be, is having my own family dynamic.

• 39:35Kendall Rae?

  World's tiniest violin right there for you, buddy.

• 39:38Speaker 05

  Now, the reason why I'm in Southern California is because I'm getting a lot closer to my mom's side of the family. My cousins on that side of the family or who I grew up around formed my personality, like me being in the scary movies, me having a lot of music taste, comes from them and my uncle and my aunt. That's where I'm from, that's what I do for work, that's what I'm looking for. And that's why I'm in the Southern California area and why I travel a lot for like buying homes, selling them, Airbnb-ing them, out renting them. I'm more so rent, I don't really like dealing with the Airbnb. I haven't gotten to that yet, but I'm thinking about getting into it. So that's a little bit about myself.

• 40:21Speaker 05

  If you've got any questions for me, I am 100% open book and I mean that 100%. I know a lot of people say they are. And when you start talking about certain shit and asking certain shit, they want to try to close the book on you. So I'm very, very successful, a lot more successful than my Instagram could ever show, a lot more successful than an audio, a video, or a text could ever help you explain. But I'm that successful because I bust my ass. And ultimately, Lily, I do want a family. I want to pass what I know and what I have on to my extended family, whether it's my woman or whether it's my children.

• 40:56Kendall Rae?

  All he really wants is love. Honestly, if this man does have any kids out there, I just hope they take after their mothers. And I say that because I have seen a lot of conversation online that he may have gotten several women pregnant, but there's no confirmation on any of that, so I'm not going to spend time on it. But if it's true, I hope the best for those women and those kids. So I actually want to pivot here and get more into the financial part of this scheme because there is a lot to go over there. The love con and the lifestyle flexing was definitely the first step in all of this, but obviously, the goal was to steal money. So how did he do it? Well, that takes us back to his co-conspirator, Taylor Chan,

• 41:41Kendall Rae?

  who played a huge role in facilitating all that. Like I said earlier, he pretended to be Daejon's financial advisor and they went to Great Lakes to make his financial earnings appear real. Here's a quote, "Love and Chan both falsely claimed that Chan was Love's financial advisor and that Chan could invest the victims' money in the same investments Love was involved in. Love sometimes introduced the victims to Chan via FaceTime. Chan then sent Love screenshots of Love's purported investment account balance and gains. Love sometimes showed his victims these screenshots and falsely purported that they reflected gains he made on investments he made through Chan. In at least one instance, Love falsely claimed that since he began investing with Chan,

• 42:24Kendall Rae?

  Love increased his net worth from $300,000 to $17 million in a matter of a few years. Love claimed to some victims that since he had large investments with Chan, Chan would agree to invest the victims' money using the same fictitious algorithm that Chan used to invest Love's money. Love then offered to invest the victims' money along with his own money." But of course, they were showing these women falsified financial records to convince them of their success. And to make it more convincing, Taylor would communicate directly with these women, sometimes in FaceTimes with Daejon, showing them falsified investment gains so that they would invest their money with him. And speaking with the victims directly was definitely one of the big ways

• 43:08Kendall Rae?

  that they convinced these women of their legitimacy. I think just having another person to talk to about the so-called investing just made it seem a lot more real to these women, you know? And what's super fucked up, too, is that Daejon and Taylor had separate phones that they would communicate with each other on and, you know, plan out their scheme and everything, what they were going to do with each person. And then they'd use another phone to talk to these women, these victims, and make their claims appear to be true. For example, in January of 2024, Daejon messaged Taylor asking him to create a screenshot of an account with a balance of $3.4 million. And then the next month, he asked him to create a stock account

• 43:52Kendall Rae?

  that showed it was worth $11 million. In that message, he said, quote, "Can you make another stock thing?" Oh my god, "stock thing"? "I'mma FaceTime you and make someone believe you." And this happened all the time. Here's another quote, for instance, in June of 2024, Love messaged Chan that Love would FaceTime him and Love would ask Chan about the best way to access a victim's money so Chan could invest it on the victim's behalf. Love instructed Chan to say over FaceTime that Chan had power of attorney authority over Love's account, thereby allowing the victim's money to be deposited into Love's account via cash or cashier's check. Love told Chan to falsely claim over FaceTime,

• 44:34Kendall Rae?

  "Due to Chan's authority, he had direct access to Love's account, which allowed Chan to access the victim's funds directly for investment. Love told Chan not to falter since there was big money on the line." Chan agreed. And this does not surprise me in the slightest, but the criminal complaint also says that they were referring to these women as ugly and bitches when talking about defrauding them. And Taylor Chan also spoke very crudely to someone else, according to what investigators found in messages on his iCloud. He told someone that Daejon was, quote, "scamming these hoes" and he was a, quote, "vet manipulator."

• 45:17Kendall Rae?

  And he even said Daejon wasn't technically stealing from these women because they willingly gave him their money. And, quote, "Chan stated that if confronted, Love would say he tried to invest it but lost the money. Then the next month, he told the same guy that Daejon was about to get another 7 to 10K from another victim and that he was acting as his money manager in the plan. He also said that Daejon blessed him with the things he needed when he asked if he ever received a cut of the money." And I'm sure you probably could have guessed this, but Daejon was using fake bank account apps to make it seem like these investments were popping off. The criminal complaint states that he used an app called Fake Bank Account Pro.

• 46:00Kendall Rae?

  It's believed that he used it to create and edit balances to, quote, "deceive them into believing he was extremely wealthy." And we do have a video of this.

• 46:09Speaker 05

  My account. This is my Swiss bank account.

• 46:13Kendall Rae?

  Swiss bank account?

• 46:14Speaker 05

  I'm only doing this, and here's the thing. Matter of fact, I'm gonna send this video, I'm gonna change it to where this shit faces me. That way I can know I'm talking a little bit better.

• 46:22Kendall Rae?

  And for my audio-only listeners, that is a video of Daejon showing his Swiss bank account, which showed several account balances, one for $6.8 million, one for $15.7 million, and then another for $13.8 million. And what makes all this so pathetic is I feel that even though his main objective here was obviously to scam people, to steal from people, but I think there was a part of him that really enjoyed playing this act and really wished that this is who he could actually be. And yeah, like I said earlier, it seems like he started to kind of believe it himself. It's almost like he was method acting. Now, speaking of them forging shit, there was also another website that they used to do that.

• 47:06Kendall Rae?

  I guess there's this online brokerage company called Pocket Option, which offers a demo version of their service. And the simplest way of explaining it is basically that you can trade fake money to see what would happen in real-world conditions. It's like practicing trades with no consequences. It's actually kind of a cool concept. But in the criminal complaint, it states, quote, "Love falsely claimed that he and Chan created investment accounts on some victims' behalf. Love showed some of his victims' screenshots of fictitious account balances from Pocket Option and falsely claimed those balances reflected the increased value of their investment to gain their trust." So it was just another way that they were able to convince their victims that their investments were successful.

• 47:49Kendall Rae?

  And in reality, they were just pocketing their money. Even when Dejan promised these women that they would get debit cards to access their funds, that of course, never happened. And here's what makes this even crazier. If they ever reached a point where they got money from someone and they wanted more money from them, they introduced something called an expedited account. They basically pitched to these women that they had a rare opportunity to invest in something that would double or triple their money in just a matter of days. And to quote the criminal complaint, "To effect this part of the scheme, Chan sent love messages about this account,

• 48:32Kendall Rae?

  claiming the account was not frequently available and love and the victim had a rare opportunity to invest." Love then shared screenshots of Chan's messages and told victims he was planning on investing his own money in the expedited account, while claiming he had previously done so without ever losing money. Love told some victims that funds invested in expedited accounts were for businesses which needed immediate cash for a short period of time. In return, the businesses supposedly paid a large fee or interest rate for the cash. If a victim asked love why he chose not to invest in more conventional assets, love claimed that wealthy individuals like himself did not invest the same way as an average person. And it gets even more messed up from here because if any of these women ever

• 49:17Kendall Rae?

  said that they just didn't have the money to invest, he would convince them to borrow money from a friend or a loved one. Listen to this.

• 49:26Speaker 05

  Then I could have him put it in an expedited account to where it'll make you at least that money that your friends that you borrowed to where you can pay them back. And then you'll have an account set up based off of that equity and momentum. That's the only thing I could think of because like if it was actually your money, you could just leave it in there, but if you borrow money, you're gonna have to pay them back. You know, that's why I say like, just tell them like, yo, you got $5,000 that you should borrow for four days, like say whatever you have to say to do it because I guarantee you in four days, you'll have that money back. If not, I'll pay for it myself because for me, it's all about, if you say you're gonna do something, do it. It's not about money, a dollar amount when you're rich.

• 50:11Speaker 05

  It's about keeping your word, you know, and I'm gonna be a man of my word no matter what. So tell them for four or five days or three, four days. And you'll have the money back to them. So that's what I would suggest you do, even if you gotta ask your best friend or whoever you gotta ask.

• 50:28Kendall Rae?

  How was this guy sleeping at night? This is so, so fucked up. If you say you're gonna do something, do it. Like me, I said I was going to play for the 49ers, so I just bought all their merch and a thousand dollar helmet and that's all I had to do. It's that easy. God, this guy is just such a clown. And if asking these women to borrow money from their friends wasn't low enough, investigators say he helped some of the women take out personal loans. Quote, "If some of the victims did not have cash available to invest, love helped them take out personal loans." Love coached some victims on how and where to take out personal loans. Love reassured some of these victims that they would be able to pay back their loan before the first payment was due.

• 51:12Kendall Rae?

  And every time I think it can't get worse, it just does. This next clip I'm about to play for you is him literally asking one girl to send him money to help him pay for his own car. And it's not even an investment, obviously. He just straight up is like, okay, you gotta borrow money from a friend and send it to me. Listen to this.

• 51:34Speaker 05

  So babe, listen, I ain't gonna lie to you. I'm like high key stressed, like I really don't know what to do because my car that I had bought, it was a little bit more than what I had. Okay, so the bread that you gave me, then plus I had some bread and cash. And then I had to check.

• 51:57Kendall Rae?

  Some bread and cash. Also, what is up with him wearing this sweatshirt like this inside?

• 52:02Speaker 05

  Check that that you seen, you probably didn't see how much was on there, but I had to check that you seen the cash that I had and the cash that you gave. So the car that I was initially getting for was like $120, but the one that I ended up getting, it had like different things to it. So it was like $4,000, $5,000 more. So what I told them was, was like, listen, I'm gonna just go ahead and give you all that extra $4,000, $5,000 once everything gets situated, which was supposed to have been last week or at the very latest, the beginning of this week. And they was like, all right, cool, because obviously ain't no fucking, ain't nobody, especially no fucking car dealership with 40, 50 plus cars,

• 52:45Speaker 05

  gonna turn down no fucking hundred plus thousand dollar deal over $4,000, $5,000. They'd be like, all right, babe, well, just get it to me as soon as possible. So with me being who I am and having my credibility, I don't want it to look bad. I'm stressed out because if they pull the deal, that's gonna make me look real bad and I can't have that. And obviously they're gonna have to fucking take the car. So I just need you to take 10, 15 minutes and just think about like who you have that can loan you $4,000 and just until the end of this week.

• 53:19Kendall Rae?

  God, he is so disgusting and pathetic. This is so embarrassing.

• 53:23Speaker 05

  Whoever it is, whether it's a, yo, whoever, you know, and whatever it is, you gotta tell them, cool. But I know for a fact, my shit has to be there by the end of this week. But the bank, they are not going to wait.

• 53:34Kendall Rae?

  Whoever, it could be your grandma for all I care. I can't even wrap my head around this. This is the same man who says he has millions and millions of dollars and now he's suddenly $4,000 short on a car payment? Make it make sense, my guy.

• 53:51Speaker 05

  Anyways, good night. Like I said, I just need you to focus. I'm not here to take all your money. You know, I just need help when I need it. A little hotel room, a little bit of gas, some shit like that, light shit. Same shit I would help you for. Like I say, everything that I've been doing is going to pay off and you're going to see it pay off. As of right now, I know you looking at how I'm, what I'm buying. I don't buy a lot of shit no more because I'm trying to save up and get to another level. So everything I'm doing right now will pay off and you need to see that. But I just need you to do your little part. I'm not gonna ask you for $2,000 for three thousand, unless that's going to a house or something. But other than, I'm not gonna ask you for that for no spending money. You know what I mean? But if I need you, I need you to be there.

• 54:35Speaker 05

  So that's why I'm saying you gotta do your part like I'm doing mine. Worst case scenario, your parents kicked you out or your auntie or your uncle kicked you out. You could come stay in the hotels with me because I'm doing my part. So at the end of the day, I need you to do yours. And I need you to tell me to. That's good. Well, I guess whenever you get some time today, just a cash app, the other 200, that'll be a thousand for the day. And then that'll be cool.

• 55:06Kendall Rae?

  And again, like I said earlier, I think hindsight is everything in this case because we can listen to it now and not understand how anyone could fall for it. But all joking aside, there were real victims affected by what these men were doing. And you know, the way that I've seen them shamed is really unfortunate. At least 26 women, but most likely more, in my opinion, were conned. And they didn't just lose money. I mean, they lost their emotional and financial security. That was all stolen from them and there are lifelong consequences to both of those things.

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• 58:00Kendall Rae?

  Here's another clip where he's being so nice to this woman and then casually slips in at the end that he needs her to send another few thousand dollars.

• 58:09Speaker 05

  Well, good morning, babe. I just want to say a few things before I jump in the shower and start my day. First of all, it wouldn't be no me without you as of late. I don't know what I would do. I'm not a guy who have a lot of friends. I have a lot of people who, hey, what's up? What's going on? Oh, that's what's up? What you doing later? Oh, okay, I might. I have a lot of that type, but I don't have friends where it's like we could sit on the phone and talk about bullshit. I don't have that. So in my relationship with you, we've developed that to where we can just sit there and talk about anything and lay up and deal with anything. Like, we've developed that, that relationship. So...

• 58:52Kendall Rae?

  The emotional manipulation.

• 58:54Speaker 05

  Things, good, bad, or even fair, happens, then it happens with you. Um, I know it's tough, because like I say, my bills are so high to where one of them is like, damn, that's half of my, you know what I mean? So that's the difference. If my bills was two, three thousand dollars, we would have been through the woods by now. But I have a lifestyle that I live based off of my income. And obviously, the whole situations that's been going on, this has been crazy. And the thing is, like, I was talking to my mom yesterday at the airport, and she was like, you know what? I'm the same way. Like, when things are going on in my life, it's like, what can you do? Why worry yourself out and make your body react differently because you stressed? And stress creates the flight

• 59:38Speaker 05

  or fight response. Why go through that shit all the time if it ain't nothing you can do? And you already know, I'm not that close with my mom, but like, as I've gotten older, I started to realize how much we're alike, you know? So like I said, I appreciate everything. I love you. I'm excited about our family. Things will get better. Like, anything, the dark don't last forever. The sun got to come out. I just wanted to say thank you. That's what the whole purpose with this video was, was just to say, thank you. I appreciate you. I love you. I wouldn't be able to be in the position I'm in right now without your ass. I definitely appreciate you. The last thing is that-

• 1:00:13Kendall Rae?

  There is nothing more romantic than when a man tells you, I love you, I wouldn't be in this position without your ass.

• 1:00:20Speaker 05

  3K. So I gotta come up with that shit ASAP. And it gotta be cash, or Apple, Apple Pay, or cash, whatever. It can't be credit card. So that's the last thing. As far as I know, I believe that that's the last situation, and then I'm all the way out the clear.

• 1:00:40Kendall Rae?

  Out the clear. Disgusting. But I think this video really showcases why some of these women were willing to give him money. I mean, they were love bonded. They were manipulated. He tells them about these hardships that he's going through, tells them how helpful they've been. And he just makes it hard for them to say no. In other videos, he's a lot more cut to the chase, but it seems like both strategies worked.

• 1:01:05Speaker 05

  But, um, I just wanted to say this. So clearly, you're the only girl that I'm dealing with, because that's just how I do things. I'm a very efficient person. I always believe in efficiency, making things work smoothly and efficient. That's just how I always am. That's why I'm at this level of success that I'm at now. Um, so obviously, we gonna meet tomorrow. We gonna, you know, sit, talk, vibe, all of that. And then I want to make sure that either we leave knowing we want to move forward 100% exclusive and all of that, or we don't. Obviously, we'll hang out all the time. That stuff is gonna

• 1:01:49Speaker 05

  happen, but I want to be able to make a decision tomorrow based off of us vibing, because clearly through text, FaceTime, audio, video, all of that, we got that. I just want to see the perfect in person. That's gonna be the icing on the cake. Now, if we do, the first order of business is fixing your financial situation, because that's what makes the difference. That's what creates that time for us to be, you know, doing what we do, like, having you sit right there. You know what I mean? When I'm out here doing this type of stuff, or when I fly out to do stuff, you with me. And having the peace of mind, knowing you got money coming in behind the scenes when you sleep, we together, when you with your moms, when you with whoever, is very, very important. So that's going

• 1:02:34Speaker 05

  to be the first order of business. Now, obviously, it's a gradual process to get to the point where you not working, but nevertheless, there's still a seed that has to be planted, and then it sprouts and grows and grows and grows and grows. And then once it's a full tree, that's when you sit there and say, well, shit, I don't need to work at this job no more. I want to do this, or I want to do that. So that's gonna be the first order of thing. And I'm saying this right now, because I already know we gonna get along in person. Like, there's no doubt in my mind, like, we got too much in common, like, the main, big foundational stuff in common, which is really huge. So that's why I'm saying all of this stuff. That way, you know, we on the same page. But hopefully,

• 1:03:17Speaker 05

  our day going smooth. My day about to finish here within the next hour, unless I take the meeting on video or something like that. But in-person stuff, I don't think that's gonna happen.

• 1:03:27Kendall Rae?

  And as for how any of these relationships ended, Dejounte would just ghost them. Whenever one of these women would start to ask questions or get suspicious of him, he would block them and never talk to them again. The whole thing was just really a sick cycle. And when investigators reviewed Dejounte and Taylor's iCloud accounts, they found that some of the women were even requesting money back on apps like Venmo, Zelle, and Cash Apps with captions that read, "Give me my money back," or "Thirty-seven hundred dollars is owed to me. Legal action will be pursued, and I really don't want to have to take you to court." And those were the same apps that many of the payments were initially received

• 1:04:09Kendall Rae?

  through by Dejounte and Taylor, but any effort by these victims to get the money returned to them was unsuccessful. And I can tell you exactly where these funds went. According to the criminal complaint, it says that Dejounte spent the money on travel, entertainment, clothing, accessories, automobile care, and restaurants. He would also, of course, stay in hotels and Airbnbs and bought tons of expensive jewelry. And this is fucked up to say, but it's true. I mean, he was basically using these women to invest in his scheme. And what I mean by that is every penny that he received would then buy him something

• 1:04:51Kendall Rae?

  to make his next story for the next girl even more believable. Love made purchases, investigators believe, were made in furtherance of the scheme to defraud victims. Love spent over one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars at Green Grind Iron, which is a website specializing in custom football helmets. Love purchased from Prop Money, Inc., a company that sells realistic fake money for movies. Love also made purchases from UseViral.com and Buzzoid, which are companies that sell followers, likes, and views for social media accounts. Investigators believe these purchases were made to enhance Love's online appearance

• 1:05:31Kendall Rae?

  and alleged social standing in furtherance of the scheme. And as we've seen, and as I'm about to play for all of you who haven't seen it, he had no problem showing that shit off.

• 1:05:42Speaker 05

  So, this is my Lamborghini. This car is three hundred and forty thousand dollars. It's worth more than that now. This is my ZR1 Corvette. That's a hundred and ninety thousand. Here's my Hellcat Charger Redeye. That's a hundred and forty thousand. And then here's my AMG Benz, AMG 63S. That's about two hundred thousand. So these keys here is probably worth about a million dollars, close to a million. So, um, I love vehicles. I love jewelry. This bracelet is about twenty thousand. The ring is about ten. The pendant is thirty. The chain here is forty, or no, it was fifty, fifty-five. The one that the

• 1:06:25Speaker 05

  pendant is on, which is, which is right here, that was another twenty. Um, the Richard Mail is three hundred thousand. This ring is about fifteen thousand, I believe. And I'll show you- Do all some more shit here in a second. I love jewelry. It's been my thing. I got veneers in. It's another fifty thousand. So this is my bed. This is about an eight thousand dollar bed. Here's my TV. This TV is about eight fucking thousand. I love horror shit. So these, each doll is about two K. Um, they give us these for football and these are about two thousand dollars each.

• 1:06:59Kendall Rae?

  Damn, I just realized my husband has that Annabelle doll from The Conjuring in his uh, studio for Lights Out.

• 1:07:08Kendall Rae?

  Really hope he didn't spend two thousand dollars on that. I'll have to ask him. Hey investigative question for this episode. You're on camera.

• 1:07:17Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 1:07:18Kendall Rae?

  Um, did you spend two thousand dollars on your Annabelle doll?

• 1:07:24Speaker 05

  No.

• 1:07:25Kendall Rae?

  How much do you think that was?

• 1:07:26Speaker 05

  Like three hundred?

• 1:07:29Kendall Rae?

  Okay. Yeah, this Dejawn idiot was showing his Annabelle doll off and said he spent two thousand dollars on it.

• 1:07:36Speaker 05

  He has the same one.

• 1:07:37Kendall Rae?

  I don't know if it's the same one, but he said it's, it was like in the same box that you have, so it looks like the same one. Probably just lying.

• 1:07:43Speaker 05

  He got ripped off. He got scammed.

• 1:07:45Kendall Rae?

  Or he's just lying.

• 1:07:47Speaker 05

  Yeah, or he's lying.

• 1:07:49Kendall Rae?

  Alright, thanks.

• 1:07:50Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 1:07:51Kendall Rae?

  Here's more of Dejawn showing shit off.

• 1:07:53Speaker 05

  This is my Richard Mille watch. This watch is two hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars. This is someone's house on my rich. I have another one that's in my safe. This is my twenty thousand dollar blue face Rolex. This is my fifteen thousand dollar red face Rolex. And then here is my twenty-four karat gold hoopoe. And this is about two grand. These chains here, if you can see, come up to about ten grand. Um, the real diamonds and real gold, so on and so forth. See, these are about a thousand dollars each. Um, there's my limited edition Louis Vuitton backpack. This is eighteen thousand dollars.

• 1:08:35Speaker 05

  Um, I had fifty thousand dollars in cash just because when I moved, I didn't want the money to be ruined in storage. So I will unpack this soon, but this is fifty thousand dollars.

• 1:08:47Kendall Rae?

  And based on Dejawn's financial records, which were reviewed from January first, twenty twenty-one through June thirtieth, twenty twenty-five, investigators found, quote, "no identifiable source of legitimate non-fraud income." And in total funds coming in, the criminal complaint states that he obtained a whopping one million, three hundred and seventy-eight thousand, four hundred and twenty-three hundred dollars and ninety-six cents. And of course, that number is subject to change as more evidence comes in, and I suspect it might. He also reportedly spent one million, three hundred and seventy-eight thousand, two hundred and ten dollars and seventy-four cents. And that leaves only like two hundred and twelve dollars left over.

• 1:09:31Kendall Rae?

  And I know he sure as hell is not affording a good attorney on that budget. Now, all jokes aside, of course, there are real victims in this story who have suffered a lot because of Dejawn and Chan. And so I wanted to spend a portion of this episode, reading you and showing you some of their stories. And I actually want to start with a victim whose story ultimately prompted this entire investigation. She's identified in the criminal complaint as FBI confidential human source, AKA CHS. CHS met love in May of twenty twenty-five via an online dating platform. Love told CHS his name was Avril Laito Love. Kind of interesting he used the name Laito, which kind of looks like lie to.

• 1:10:14Kendall Rae?

  Love told CHS that he was from a wealthy family in Switzerland and invested in commercial real estate. After a few dates, Love spoke to CHS about investing. The fact that Love drove nice cars, had expensive jewelry, money, and stayed in nice hotels made CHS believe Love was wealthy. Because of Love's purported wealth, CHS was interested in investing with Love, but had a few questions before she did. When Love would not give CHS answers to her questions, CHS realized that Love was attempting to defraud them and contacted the FBI. At the direction of the FBI, CHS asked Love about Love's investments. In June of twenty twenty-five, Love sent CHS a screenshot of a message between Love and Chan stating an expedited account was available.

• 1:10:59Kendall Rae?

  Love then sent CHS an audio message describing the account. Love stated that the account had only come around twice in six years and was different than the typical long-term investment accounts. Love claimed the expedited account would double or triple in value in seven to nine days. After the account closed, Love stated CHS could withdraw all their money. Love stated he had invested in the expedited account twice prior. Love stopped communications with CHS when CHS would not invest any money. And here is that screenshot that's referenced above. It's a photo of a text that Dejawn sent to CHS of a conversation he supposedly had with Taylor. It reads, quote, "Good afternoon, Avril."

• 1:11:44Kendall Rae?

  Dejawn used multiple aliases over the years. This was one of them. "Hope everything is well. There is an expedited account available, which, as you know, I always approve you get involved just because they are so scarce. I'm not sure what the situation is between you and your girlfriend since I haven't heard much, but if I were you guys, I'd definitely put some capital into this. As you've seen firsthand, it's only come across my desk twice. I'll put the usual for you. I just thought I'd let you know just in case you still had the same plan in mind as far as the life goal with your partner. Let me know as soon as possible, as I'll be informing my other high-end clients as well." God, I can't help but think that when he specifically says, "This has only come across my desk twice," that he is getting inspiration from the Wolf of Wall Street.

• 1:12:29Kendall Rae?

  I couldn't find the audio message that he had sent this victim specifically, but from this screenshot I'm showing now, it basically sounds like he walked through the whole expedited account thing, which I don't think needs repeating. My point is though, this victim is actually the reason that the FBI got involved in the case. So huge shout out to her and to all of the other brave victims who have come forward.

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• 1:15:06Kendall Rae?

  And then there's another story from the criminal complaint I want to highlight. It comes from a woman identified as A.T. It says, "A.T. met Love in June twenty twenty-two and dated Love until April twenty twenty-three. Love presented himself as a wealthy real estate investor. After dating for approximately one month, Love told A.T. that Chan could invest her money in an expedited account that would double A.T.'s money and A.T. would receive a six hundred dollar check every week or two. A.T. transferred twenty thousand dollars to Love's Chase account, gave Love twenty thousand dollars in cash, and sent an associate of Love's five thousand dollars for a total of forty-five thousand dollars towards the expedited account. However, A.T. never received any of the six hundred dollar checks Love promised.

• 1:15:50Kendall Rae?

  Love showed A.T. what he purported to be account settlements that showed A.T.'s investment growing. Whenever A.T. asked about the lack of six hundred dollar checks, Love created excuses for the delay. A.T. later loaned to Love an additional nineteen thousand, five hundred dollars after Love stated he needed money to help his family. Eventually, Love repaid A.T. thirteen thousand, eight hundred dollars of the loan through an associate of his. Around January twenty twenty-three, Love asked A.T. to help him lease a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar McLaren sports car. A.T. did not have the income to support leasing the vehicle, so Love had a fake payroll check made for A.T. which showed A.T. making approximately fifty thousand dollars per month. A.T. presented this payroll check to the dealership to help secure the lease.

• 1:16:34Kendall Rae?

  Love leased the McLaren with twenty thousand dollars cash, a fifteen thousand dollar check, and five thousand dollar charge to A.T.'s credit card. After making two monthly payments, A.T. realized that she was being scammed. Love returned the McLaren to A.T., who then returned the car to the dealership. A.T. paid thirty thousand dollars to break the lease. In sum, she lost eighty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars. That example was actually the only instance in my research where any money was given back to the victim, but it obviously didn't cover the total amount she was scammed. There are several more stories like this in the criminal complaint, which I'll have linked in the description and show notes of this episode if you want to check it out. But I also wanted to leave some time to talk about the victims who are coming forward online.

• 1:17:18Kendall Rae?

  And this first one comes from Snoopy Lover ninety-nine on TikTok.

• 1:17:23Speaker 06

  So I'm one of the women that the fake forty-niners player attempted to defraud, and there are a few details that I feel nobody else has been talking about that are so hilarious, I have to share them. Okay, so first of all, I think his MO was the same with all of the women. He would send them this ton of videos, basically explaining how he got involved in the league, why he's so rich, and then showing off different like assets and stuff. But throughout these videos, there are so many inconsistencies and just things that are not true. And I am just gonna have to show you guys some of them. Okay. So we're gonna start off with my favorite one, him talking about how his family owns Gucci stores. What? Roll the clip.

• 1:18:06Speaker 05

  We have shares in three Gucci stores. We are the shareholder, the majority shareholder of three Gucci stores here in America.

• 1:18:18Speaker 06

  So he's saying that his family is the majority shareholder of three individual Gucci stores. If you're not familiar with stocks, which I mean, this is pretty basic, but you can't really own stock or shares of stock in one individual store. It's a whole company, you know? So you can't be a shareholder in one store. So that's already incorrect. The second part, I don't know if you guys caught this. This is so freaking hilarious. He says that the Manhattan store is located on Saks Fifth Avenue, as though that is a street and not a major department store.

• 1:18:59Speaker 06

  So he doesn't even know that Saks Fifth Avenue is a giant department store and not a street. He thinks that Saks Fifth Avenue is the name of a famous street in New York, but it is quite literally a store. I'm like, okay, so those two things hilarious. Next, him talking about how he gets involved with the league is so absurdly hilarious. Oh, my God. One sec.

• 1:19:26Speaker 05

  We had the conversation back and forth, but I was like, no, I don't really want to play football. That shit too dangerous. Like, I don't want to be having to go to practice all the time. And he's like, nigga, you work out all the time anyway. Like, what the f- it's ain't gonna be no different. Like, you're not working out hard, heavy during season. You do that shit offseason. So I'm like, yeah, I guess that's true. So the first two years we talked about that shit, I wasn't with it. I ain't gonna lie, I was pushing it off. But this last six months, it's been all type of motherfucking teams calling me. The Raiders called me, the 49ers called me, the Seahawks called me, the Buffalo Bills called me, the Ravens called me, a bunch of teams. And I went and worked out for all of them, but

• 1:20:07Speaker 06

  Oh, sorry. That clip was kind of long, but basically what he's saying is, oh, I didn't want to play football. It's too dangerous. But they were like, oh, you're so good. Please come play football for us. Like, as if that's what the NFL is out here doing. Like, all these teams are just like, like, like, oh, my gosh, you see that nerdy girl in the concert, like, wearing the glasses, reading her book? Like, bring her on stage. I want to marry her. Like, babe, that, this is real life. No football teams are going to find 33-year-old men being like, oh, please play for us. Please, please, please, please. You're so athletic. Like, that doesn't happen. So, okay. Lastly, this is just a small little clip. I just think it's so funny,

• 1:20:50Speaker 06

  but it's when he's flexing some of his assets. I just have to show you. I just have to show you.

• 1:20:57Speaker 05

  This is my Lamborghini.

• 1:21:01Speaker 05

  Huracan. Evo. This car is $340,000. It's worth more than that now. This is my ZR1 Corvette. That's $190,000.

• 1:21:14Speaker 05

  Here's my Hellcat Charger Redeye. That's $140,000. And then here's my AMG Benz, AMG 63S.

• 1:21:23Speaker 06

  Okay, that one is just hilarious to me because why does he have the keys to all of these cars on one key ring? How does that make any sort of sense? Like, if, and I, I mean, genuinely, for anyone who was raised with, you know, two parents or like in a household with two cars, like, you don't keep your car keys on the same key ring. Because what if, like, I want to take out the minivan and my mom wants to take out the, you know, Toyota Camry? Like, who has all of their car keys on one car ring? That's, that's stupid. That's dumb. Nobody does that. That is so fake and that's just insane.

• 1:22:04Speaker 06

  So, so those are my three favorite clips from Dejean Love that he sent to me. He sent them, I'm sure, to a thousand other women, and I just hope that you guys got a kick out of it as much as I did. So, thank you. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

• 1:22:22Kendall Rae?

  She also made this part two to the video, talking about how she realized he was fake as fuck.

• 1:22:28Speaker 06

  One thing that I forgot to mention about this whole fake 49ers scam thing is, at the time, when I had gone out with him, I, so I didn't look him up before. Like, I met him a very different way than I think the majority of women did. So I didn't have time to look him up before, but the way I figured out he was fake is immediately after, like, our date. I looked at the 49ers depth chart, and then I looked at, like, the practice squad, and like, obviously, there's nothing there. So I was like, okay, this guy's not in the NFL. And then, um, at this point, I had his phone number, so I, like, reverse looked up his phone number, and he had told me, like, oh, I've never lived in Chico before, which is where we met. And, um, like, some other things like that. And he said his mom lived in Switzerland.

• 1:23:09Speaker 06

  And so since I had his phone number, I was able to find, like, a bunch of previous addresses that were linked to his name, three of which were in Chico. And I also found his mom, and I found that she lives in Texas, not Switzerland. So I was like, okay, this guy, like, not only is he not a 49ers player, but he's, like, lying about a lot of things. And I was like, what the hell? I had no idea he was out here defrauding people of money. I genuinely just thought he was, like, trying to create this whole elaborate persona and this life because, um, I figured he was just trying to, like, sleep with women or something. I don't know. We genuinely only hung out for, like, maybe an hour and a half. Like, I, it was not, I was like, this guy kind of, like, sucks. So I was like,

• 1:23:50Speaker 06

  um, okay, well, I have to go, like, bye. And then, yeah, he sucks. His personality was lame, whack as hell. I was like, I don't care if you actually are worth a billion dollars, like, you suck. So that's how I knew he was fake, but yeah.

• 1:24:05Kendall Rae?

  Another girl named Jen posted to TikTok saying that she was a victim as well. Her TikTok is Babe B Jen's, and I've been sourcing a lot of footage from her already, so shout out Jen. But she posted screen recordings from their text threads, and he honestly sounds like such a creep in these messages. At one point, she asks him to send her his college football highlights, and you can tell that she's obviously trying to figure out if he's legit or not, and he tells her, "I got hurt my college career. Only had one year, then killed it at a private tryout. I've got some offseason workout shit with my Player Edition gear on, though, if you want to see those." Then she asks about how he got on the 49ers if he didn't have any college playtime, and he tells her again, "It was through a private tryout."

• 1:24:50Kendall Rae?

  He then says, "You're still doubting me? LOL. Do you even know how football works?" Like you've heard in some of his previous videos, he would get extremely defensive anytime someone questioned him. And yeah, this was no different. In that same TikTok, she also scrolled through some of the photos that he sent her to prove that he was on the team, but half of those images he literally could have taken from Google, and the other half doesn't prove shit. In another TikTok, one guy named Juan Orozco posted that it was his company who rented Dejean the cars that he used in some of his scams, and he said that he's owed about $10,000, and basically that Dejean was keeping up with the payments on his Lamborghini rentals,

• 1:25:31Kendall Rae?

  but shit hit the fan once he stopped paying and wouldn't pay extra for going over his allotted mileage. This next one also caught my eye. Okay, so this is a girl named Lauren on TikTok. Her username is Lauren with two N's dot L L I Z Z. She went online saying that she was Dejean's last victim, and her video is gaining a ton of traction. And she says that she plans to share her story soon, but as of the day I'm recording this, there hasn't been a follow-up video. Maybe between the time that I record this and the time it's published, it will be out and I can put in a little bit of it or link it below. In her original post, though, she shares a slideshow of photos of them together, and even a screenshot from their text messages where it looks like he bought her a diamond ring.

• 1:26:16Kendall Rae?

  In the caption of the video, she writes, "I was with Dejean every day the last month. He played a great game. He didn't pitch me the NFL scheme. I got the Swiss real estate developer background. We traveled four different states since July. I left the Airbnb 30 minutes before he got caught by the FBI at the airport." And I think another major misconception people have with this case is that he never actually met these women in person, but he did. In fact, if anything, he was quick to meet up with them. And I'm guessing that's mainly because he just wanted to hurry up the process. But yeah, these relationships were not exclusively online. And based on these Storytime videos that are coming out, I really do think he likely victimized more than the 26 women that were outlined in the complaint.

• 1:27:01Kendall Rae?

  There's also a woman on Instagram named Jade who just recently came forward saying that she was his victim as well, and she definitely agrees that there's so many more than just 26 women. I know everybody's joking about these things with Dejean and how he pretended to be a 49ers, but there's really a lot of darkness behind that. He definitely tailored to each individual female that he interacted with and decided what he was going to gain benefit from, whether it be unconsensual, sexual gratification that gets met, monetary, whether it be voluntary or involuntary. So there was theft. There is so much more going on.

• 1:27:42Kendall Rae?

  And I know people are embarrassed to talk about it or ashamed or feel like it's just something they don't want to talk about, but there's so many more than just twenty-six women. And there's so much more than just scamming going on. People's physical, mental, emotional health was taken for granted. Like shit was really going on that can affect somebody's daily life. Like people could be losing their lives over things like this. And then another woman, Dominique Dubose, has also come forward about meeting him on Hinge. And he tried to pull the Forty Niners scam on her, but where he fucked up was she had a friend who played for the team during the years that he said he played.

• 1:28:26Kendall Rae?

  And when she asked that friend about Dejounte, obviously the response was that he had no idea who that was. So thankfully she blocked him. There's actually an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about her experience and in it she is quoted saying, "I dodged a bullet." And yes, you certainly did. There's obviously a bunch of videos and victim's stories and I sadly won't have time to get to all of them in this episodes, but really the patterns are all the same. And it's not just TikTok and Instagram where women are coming forward to share their experiences. There's also a Facebook group called Victims of John Love with ninety-six members in it. And his face has appeared multiple times in other Facebook groups where women warn against dating him. And then I found this

• 1:29:09Kendall Rae?

  one amazing TikToker, Shayla, who did some major sleuthing. And here's what she was able to uncover.

• 1:29:15Speaker 06

  So in twenty twenty-three, someone posted on a Facebook page in Seattle saying, "Huge red flag, Dejounte, possibly thirty-two, either from California, Portland, and Seattle area." And they posted his dating profile. "Dejounte, thirty-two, extremely laid back and calm, new to the area, looking to get into buying up real estate. I believe communication is key with everything. I'll reciprocate energy." You're not going to reciprocate energy. You're going to scam the fuck out of them, Dejounte. Apparently he's six-five. So then I go into the comments and I was like, okay, these are fucking good. First comment, "He's a scammer. He talks to you and draws you in and then claims he's a millionaire. Sends you videos of his houses and multiple sports cars and his IG is verified and has over a hundred K followers to try to back that claim up. If you look at his followers, most are bots. If you look at who he's following, most are girls in the P and W. So I'm not sure if those are girls he knows or if they fell for his shit. He knows how to manipulate women and get you to feel feelings for him and basically paint a perfect picture of building a life family with you. Then hits you with the money questions and wanting you to invest in your future together by asking for money. He was posted last week and I

• 1:30:00Speaker 06

  was with him in person when someone in the group texted him saying he was posted. The whole thing is honestly ridiculous. So if you see him, block his ass. I also talked to him for a bit. Same thing. I like you a lot. Yada, yada. Wants a woman to do what they're told. Doesn't understand why a non-rich person wouldn't listen to a rich person. He told me he is rich and there are so many other girls who would love to be the one he's talking to. So I said goodbye. And then on another Washington Facebook page, someone posted him, June twelfth, saying, "Has anyone talked to him?" Initials J L. These comments are from eleven weeks ago. Girl, don't do it. He's a scammer, but posted in here so many times. I had one date with him and so many red flags. Ella male, big scammer, dangerous individual, famous in Cali for pretending to be a Forty-Niner. Look him up on TikTok. Dejounte Love, but changes alias often. I guess he goes by the initials J L now. Yeah, I seen him. Yeah, run. He scammed a good friend of mine out of five K and ruined their credit score. Gave her a few SGI's and I think he's currently being investigated since multiple people have been pressing charges against him. Rose came to my work. A strip club wanted in for free, saying he plays for the Rams and is getting traded to the

• 1:30:43Speaker 06

  Seahawks. Got dancers' numbers and sent them a four-minute video about how he has all these nice places. Couldn't keep his story on the same house. He has a black card. Made it known. It would not decline. Said he wanted to take girls out to shop because he needs a girl to look good on the sidelines. I'm literally gagged.

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  Dejounte also, of course, appeared on Reddit over a year ago in a scams subgroup. The post reads, "I got scammed recently by this man who has been scamming women for over ten years. He lies about everything. He claims to play for the NFL Forty Niners, but he had never been with them. He carries a fake Forty Niners helmet and he flaunts a lavish lifestyle that he gets from scamming women and claiming to be investing their money or claiming that he will pay them back. I don't know what to do. I lost so much money because I was afraid of him and the power he has. I don't know any lawyers that would take this case pro bono. There have been complaints filed with the FBI, but he is still at large in the California and Oregon area. I don't know if I will ever get any

• 1:33:50Kendall Rae?

  of the money he stole from me. I am ashamed to have fallen victim to this scam, but I know I'm not alone. This man is manipulative and has so much experience conning innocent women. He lies about his age, saying he's twenty-three when he's really thirty-three. He uses fake accounts and fake investment websites to trick you into believing he's legit. He doesn't take no for an answer and pressures you into giving money and sex. I asked for my money back and he blocked me. Are there any legal avenues for me to get my money back? Is there anything I can do to get help?" Now, I've also come to learn some really dark information about this case. And I do want to preface this by saying this information is currently alleged. But yeah, there are now allegations that Dejounte

• 1:34:34Kendall Rae?

  was interacting with underage girls. And I do need to, of course, clarify that these allegations are not associated with the criminal complaint whatsoever. There's this Instagram account that is sharing some of the personal testimonies of Dejounte's victims. And that includes one alleged conversation between him and a seventeen-year-old girl. It starts with Dejounte's account sending the side-eye emoji and three heart emojis, to which the girl responds, "Do we know each other?" And he responds with, "No, but we can." She then asks how old he is, which he says twenty-one, and she replies, "Oh, for real? I'm seventeen. Where are you from?" He says, "When do you turn eighteen? I'm from another country. However, I'm a football player, but I'm sure you know that." She then says, "Eighteen in

• 1:35:19Kendall Rae?

  Feb. How long have you been playing for the Forty Niners?" And he says, "Shit, since last year, but I've been trying to clear waivers, which I will this season to get my roster spot. We can be friends until you turn eighteen. We'd have to do it by the book, except my request." They then have some more exchanges back and forth, but what sells a lot of people on this message thread being legit are the voice memos that came next. Here's the first one.

• 1:35:43Speaker 05

  Nah, so I live in Santa Clara. That's like San Jose, because we have to live out there when you play football on the team. So I gotta live out there. But I was looking at places in like Scottsdale. They got like nice ass houses and plus, it's a lot cheaper out there than it is in California for like houses. And plus, they got an NFL team. One of my boys played on the team, but he ain't on the team no more. So I'll be out there sometimes. But we should definitely, like I say, FaceTime and you know, get to know each other a little bit because February gonna come by quick. And plus, like maybe one day you might want to come to one of my games or something.

• 1:36:21Kendall Rae?

  I mean, it definitely sounds like him, right? And if it really is, that is beyond creepy for him to say that they should FaceTime because February is going to come quick. After that, she doesn't even really address that part of what he said. She just responded, "Yeah, it's definitely cheaper out here. So do you like own a mansion or something?" And that's when she got this voice memo.

• 1:36:44Speaker 05

  I mean, I like nice shit, for sure. But that's text. And then I'll let you know a lot more about me. Because like Instagram is cool, but it's like, it ain't really, you can't really say too much on here because it only allows you to type certain amount. It only allows a voice message to be like a certain like length. So send me your number, I'll text you and then we could just talk that way. That way I could like let you know a lot about. I like nice shit. Mansions, jewelry, nice cars. My Instagram is cool, but I got a lot more shit that I could show you like through text. So just leave me your number and I'll text you.

• 1:37:23Kendall Rae?

  Again, if this is real, this is extremely predatory. Trying to get her off a public platform into a more private setting is literally textbook grooming. This account exposes more stories too. And I will have the page linked in the show notes and description of this episode if you want to check the rest of those out. And there's also a bunch more of his alleged voice notes on there that are equally as disturbing as everything I've already played for you. And as far as other things that I've come across online, there is really no shortage of videos and photos on this case. I've seen screenshots circulating online of Dejounte asking brands to send him shit and offering to post about

• 1:38:06Kendall Rae?

  them for money. And at this point, I think a lot of the stuff we're seeing is probably AI. So a lot of these screenshots that are appearing, I'm definitely taking with a grain of salt, although I'm sure some of them are real. It honestly seems like a lot of these people are just trying to get in on this very trending topic, maybe get some followers and attention, or just trying to have some fun trolling this clown. And speaking of trolling, I just have to say, the internet has been absolutely hilarious this past week. I get so many posts served to me about everything that Dejounte did. And I think it's probably because I've been researching this case so much, but the parody videos and the memes are just too good. I've just got to show you guys some of my favorites.

• 1:38:49Kendall Rae?

  I definitely wanted to explain how I got involved in the NFL, because I know a lot of people may not know how the process works. Y'all don't understand. Like, it's a real deep process that nobody get.

• 1:39:00Speaker 05

  I don't know if y'all ever heard of a player called Tom Brady. A little player in the NFL. You gotta really be in touch to know, but that's actually my goddad. And I'll have them expedite the investment so you could get paid immediately in like four days or whatever. So it don't matter if you borrow it from like your best friend, your dead granny, you know, take it from a baby's baby shower. It don't really matter as long as you like a woman of your where, see, I'm looking for someone to be rich with. And if it don't work out, I'll, I'll pay it myself. Money is, money is nothing to me, really. And the crazy thing is, you think I'm driving right now. I'm not even really driving. I'm in my new McLaren Lambo jet, hybrid. It's very exclusive, so I'm actually floating right now. I'm levitating above your house. If you look up, you can actually see me.

• 1:39:45Speaker 05

  The other day, for example, Elon Musk hit me up. He asked me, can I invest in something with him? I'm like, nah, I gotta go to practice. I gotta go to pre-practice, actually, for the San Francisco 49ers with whom I play for. Uh, but anyway, you said, you asked me what time it was?

• 1:40:00Speaker 02

  Yo, yo, I'm gonna spend a day in my life as an NFL linebacker.

• 1:40:09Speaker 02

  Coach forgot to put my cleats in the locker, so we're out of dicks right now. We're gonna grab some real quick. I gotta get on, coach. You can't be doing that.

• 1:40:25Speaker 02

  If you give me $50,000, I can take that and put it in a super rich person

• 1:40:32Speaker 02

  investment account and it'll, it'll, it'll double in, in four days if you, if you give me that $50,000.

• 1:40:39Kendall Rae?

  How does that work?

• 1:40:40Speaker 05

  You know, I'm gonna just keep it a buck. Speaking of, $100 bill. Have you ever seen one of those? I am a professional athlete. Like, I am in the NFL. I don't know if you see that logo right there. It says NFL. So I am in that shit. I'm just on draft right now by choice. I got the Rams gear on, but like, I haven't responded to their offer yet. You know, I just left them on red, D and D type shit. I was just gonna let them announce that Aaron Donald news, like, before they announced me, like, you know, get that, get that shit out of the way. I just wanna let you know, like, I'm not playing games. Like, I'm not your average dude, like Lamborghini, Lamborghini, yours 911. And, you know, I thought you were beautiful, but I don't really play games unless it's on the field. NFL hat.

• 1:41:17Speaker 05

  But, you know, like, I am rocking with you, so like, just don't ghost me, or else I'm gonna have to go fourth and long. That's a football term. That's just something we say.

• 1:41:24Kendall Rae?

  It's a football term. I think Trevor Wallace is so funny. Even the wide receivers coach for the 49ers, Leonard Hankerson, posted on his Instagram making fun of this situation. If you're listening to the episode, he posted a photo of him on the field coaching Dejounte. I also saw one of my favorites, Jamie Foxx, post. I saw someone post his mugshot and they edited in his football helmet. So good. I've gotta say, I think this one is my favorite, though.

• 1:41:50Speaker 02

  Why you ain't got no number on your jersey? But they don't know what position I'm gonna play at on the team, cuz I, I can play so many different positions. So until they know where they gonna put me, you see, I got a logo on the helmet. You know, it's all authentic, so.

• 1:42:11Speaker 02

  You see the name, baby? You see the name? Who you signing with, man? Patriots and the Falcons. Dang, dual enrollment in the league. Different.

• 1:42:22Speaker 02

  And to give you full, full transparency, cuz a lot of people don't know how the NFL works.

• 1:42:28Speaker 02

  You were like, how did you sign with the Falcons? You just signed with the Patriots. Well, you know how in high school you can have dual, dual enrollment? Where they kinda have a thing like that in NFL for players who are just so talented that they're needed on other teams to help, you know, other teams be good. It's not every team is good in NFL.

• 1:42:43Speaker 05

  Look at that. You ever seen a watch with three faces? You haven't. So you know what time it is. And this right here costs $300 trillion, $1,000 million. You feel me? None but, that, that's like a hundred, a hundred, a hundred thousand baguettes right there. In the face, you never seen that. And so I just like to help other people make money. And so if you, if you, and no matter how you gotta get it, just get it.

• 1:43:03Kendall Rae?

  No matter how you gotta get it, just get it. And I'm sure a lot of you guys seen that Dejounte is not the only one recently busted for faking being an NFL player. Yoros Augie the fourth is another dude who has been pretending to play for the NFL. He has presented himself as playing for multiple teams, including the Cowboys, Buccaneers, and the Steelers. And although his scams weren't nearly as high, he was trying to use his likeness as an NFL player to get brand deals on social media. And he has not been charged with any crimes, but I felt like I needed to mention him. Now, for Dejounte Love and Taylor Chan, their arrests just could not come soon enough.

• 1:43:41Kendall Rae?

  Arrest warrants were issued for them on August 17th, 2026, in Oregon, and they were taken in on August 24th at the Boise Airport. And apparently, because of course he was, Dejounte was wearing 49ers apparel when he was captured. Going with it till the very end. FBI agents discovered that Taylor was flying from California to Idaho to meet with Dejounte, who they say was in Idaho meeting new victims. They also learned that between July 15th and August 24th, Dejounte was in New Mexico, California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. In his most recent hearing, the prosecution argued he was a flight risk, and ultimately, he was ordered to remain in police custody until his transfer back to the state of Oregon.

• 1:44:25Kendall Rae?

  Now, as for Taylor Chan, he has been released, but is expected to make an initial appearance in court in Oregon on September 10th. As part of his release conditions, he has to surrender his passport, must avoid contact with the alleged victims, and can't consume any drugs or alcohol. He also, quote, "must not use any online dating site, social media applications, or dating applications," which I just find to be hilarious. Plus, he can't possess a device with internet access or access to the internet without prior permission. And what's crazy is, he was 18 at the time of his arrest, but he was only 13 or 14 when all of this started.

• 1:45:03Kendall Rae?

  14 years old? Was this guy sneaking out of PE class to take these phone calls with Dejounte? What the fuck is going on? I literally have no idea how the two of them got connected, and I hope those details come to light because I have so many questions. And as mentioned at the start of this episode, these two have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in this whopping $1.3 million scheme. And even though these arrests have been made, the FBI is still seeking information from the public. So if you are a victim or have any information related to this case, you can submit a tip online. A link to that tip line will be in the show notes or description box of this episode for you, or you can contact 1-800-CALL-FBI.

• 1:45:48Kendall Rae?

  And of course, there is still a lot in limbo when it comes to this case. We have a lot that we will continue to find out as time goes on. And maybe we will do a follow-up episode on this one. But that is gonna be it for me today, you guys. And unfortunately, I will not be back next week with another episode. I am taking the week off because I am taking my family on a trip. We need some much-needed family time. I'm trying to, you know, take a moment to really soak in my son before he turns six months. Can you believe that? My baby's about to be six months. I can't believe it. So we need some quality family time.

• 1:46:28Kendall Rae?

  And I appreciate all of your support when I take weeks off. I think it's very important also for my mental health when it comes to the coverage that I do. Also, I wanted to point out that so many of you requested I get a picture of Lilly on the set so that she can be with us always. What a great idea. I can't believe I didn't think of it myself. Thanks to everyone who requested that. Although the next two episodes that you are going to see, I pre-recorded for while I'm out of town. So in one of those, my chair will be lowered because I had gotten so many comments from you guys to raise the chair. And we did some, uh, interesting work raising this thing up. Actually, I have a reel posted to Instagram of it if you wanna see what it looks like.

• 1:47:09Kendall Rae?

  My Instagram is Kendall Rae on YT, if you didn't know. But also, in both of those episodes, Lilly will not be there. But just know that in the future, she will be. She will always have this spot permanently, my girl. But yeah, that's it for me today, you guys. I hope you're having a fantastic day. Stay safe out there and watch out for scammers, cuz it is a scary world we live in.

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