“No one’s ever gonna love me, no one’s ever gonna take me seriously. I’m just gonna be a joke.”
These were the heartbreaking thoughts that went through Casey Donovan’s head in the aftermath of her catfishing saga, which saw her strung along by a woman pretending to be a man named Campbell for six whole years.
She had been led to believe the woman – referred to as “Olga” – was a friend of Campbell’s, and was someone she could trust wholeheartedly. A friend, a confidant.
Instead, she had isolated Casey from her friends and family, and coerced her into having sex with her, using the guise of Campbell to request a night of intimacy with his friend. This, devastatingly, was Casey’s first ever sexual experience.
“You know, it really stuffed with my head. There were so many things happening, I didn’t know which was was up. I was grabbing at anything,” she told Andrew Denton last night.
Watch a snippet of Andrew Denton’s interview with Casey. Post continues after.
As months rolled into years, Casey began to suspect things were not as they seem. But having lied to friends and family about having met Campbell in person, she felt stuck.
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That really just is the most extraordinary story. Being caught up in lies you've told friends and not feeling like you could back out would feel simply awful.
And actually sleeping with this Olga woman. Has she been charged with anything?