Netflix’s latest shocking true crime documentary has dropped, depicting the twisted story of what happened to Kirat Assi.
Following a 2022 podcast of the same name, Sweet Bobby tells the harrowing true story of Londoner Kirat who is catfished by a man named Bobby for more than 10 years.
With each episode, we learn how Kirat was spun a web of lies, manipulated and encouraged into a romantic relationship with ‘Bobby’.
And then the bombshell reveal in 2018, nine years after she first started speaking to the man she thought she loved: Bobby was indeed a real man whose identity had been stolen by Kirat’s female cousin Simran.
Not only that, but Simran created a whole community of other fake characters – more than 20 people – who ‘spoke’ to Kirat online making her believe this fictional world of ‘Bobby’ really existed.
The radio presenter was ‘love bombed’ over the manipulated relationship, and is still struggling to escape the painful chapter of her life, despite taking back some control and suing Simran in a civil court.
What happened to the Sweet Bobby catfisher?
In episode three of the podcast, hosted by Alexi Mostrous, it’s revealed that Kirat has been catfished by her own cousin Simran Bhogal, who allegedly used the identity of a real man named Bobby and gradually developed a relationship with Kirat through Facebook to where they would eventually become a romantic couple.
Simran eventually confessed everything to Kirat but they would then spend three years in civil court as Kirat attempted to get the admission recognised legally.
The two parties finally settled that Simran would agree to write a letter detailing the catfishing scam, but on the condition that it could only be seen by a select group of people including close friends and family.
With the civil case completed, Kirat is now fighting to have her case investigated thoroughly by the Metropolitan Police leaving her alleged catfisher free of any criminal charges.
What did Simran write in her apology to Kirat?
After much back and forth, Simran finally agreed to admit to her deception in a letter but on the condition that Kirat could be the only person to read it and that the contents of the note would not be revealed to anyone else.
Kirat refused to accept this, wanting Simran to accept responsibility for her ordeal in public, and upon receiving a draft of the letter from her cousin, rewrote it so that it would properly depict the extent of her ordeal.
Simran agreed to this version of the letter of admission as well as Kirat’s new terms that the letter be read out in court. However, Simran stated again that this could only be heard by a select group of people and Kirat is still not allowed to share the contents of the letter outside of the approved group.
In episode six of the Sweet Bobby podcast, Kirat did give a loose idea of what Simran said in an early draft of her letter which she described as more ‘emotional’.
Speaking to Alexi, she said: ‘It was an emotional letter and it was all like she would change everything if she could and it was all very gushing and “I’m sorry for all the hurt and pain I’ve caused”, and all what you’d expect someone to say.’
However, there’s still little insight into the true motivation behind Simran’s deception of her second cousin. In other words, why did she do it?
According to Kirat: ‘It was the same as what she said when she confessed, that she was in a dark place… She honestly believed we were both in a dark place and living in this alternative reality or this fantasy world that she created was bringing us both some kind of happiness or joy.’
Kirat received a substantial settlement from Simran, but is still continuing to challenge the police’s decision not to pursue her catfisher for coercive control, stalking and harassment.
What happened to Simran after the Sweet Bobby catfishing confession?
Simran did not give an interview to the Sweet Bobby podcast host Alexi and spoke to him only through her lawyer, but their conversations weren’t featured in the episodes.
She also didn’t involve herself with the documentary, with Netflix stating: ‘Simran declined the opportunity to be interviewed. She said that this matter involves events that began when she was a schoolgirl. She considers it a private matter and strongly objects to what she describes as ‘numerous unfounded’ and damaging accusations.‘
Of course, the online sleuths over the years have tried their hardest to track down any sign of Simran’s social media existence but have pretty much come up with nothing.
It appears Simran may have used Twitter several years ago, but that activity has since stopped or those accounts deleted. There is no way of verifying whether the accounts did actually belong to Simran Bhogal.
On the podcast, it was said that Simran had a high-powered job at a well known bank, but she stopped working there recently.
In other words, her whereabouts and what she’s up to in life is virtually unknown, while Kirat actively avoids events where she may be in attendance.
She also believes that Simran ‘has many other victims’, but wishes her no suffering and just wants her to accept responsibility for her actions.
Sweet Bobby is available to watch on Netflix, and available to listen to on all streaming platforms.
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