The Wednesday, May 17, episode of the Nev Schulman and Max Joseph hosted MTV show dropped some serious bombshells when it came to the notorious case of NBA player Chris Andersen’s Catfishing nightmare. “I trusted that it was him and I knew he wouldn't do anything because of his position.”. Then she thought she had caught the eye of NBA star Chris “Birdman” Andersen on Facebook. Shelly took action, texting Paris and thus initiating the entire thing. But the nude photos of her on Andersen’s phone would be considered child pornography since Dunn was under 18. Just go home.’”. She is serving two years probation and is allowed to use the internet only with court-ordered supervision. “It was hard on Chris,” Bryant said. Their Internet Crimes Against Children Unit had swarmed Andersen’s home and seized his computers, phones and other electronic devices. She has 25,000 Twitter followers, 87,000 Facebook fans and 370,000 Instagram followers. A couple of months went by and Bryant said he and Andersen heard nothing more until Andersen was pulled over by the Douglas County, Colorado, sheriff’s department in May 2012. Shelly Chartier, a.k.a. “We were a little surprised .... of the location of where it was coming from,” Olson said. Meanwhile, Dunn said she thought Andersen betrayed her by sharing her nude photos with Taylor, who posted them online and threatened her life. “I just feel really bad for her,” Chartier said. Enter stage left: the world wide web, Dan Gillmor: With digital media vulnerability, trust no first report. That's not viral – it's offensive, Internet hoax raises pressure over emissions, the victim of a hoax involving a dead girlfriend. And then Dunn said she brought up Taylor, Andersen’s supposed best friend. “He was like a staple in Denver," Slaughter said. Upon Chris’ child pornography allegations, which he has since been completely exonerated from, Paris said, “I felt really bad. After an exhaustive amount of research on the case, Nev and Max headed up to rural Easterville, Manitoba, to meet up with Shelly. “It was like 3:00 in the morning. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. They were in love and in a relationship for a number of years… When Shelly blackmailed Chris, she was running the money through the Texas woman.” The constable then called the entire plan “diabolical.”. Paris then revealed that Shelly is now out of prison. Craziest Catfish yet! She was arrested in January 2013. I see you’re a fan.” Dunn said she was a little skeptical at first, “but being 17, I was an excited girl.”, “I wrote back and was like, ‘Hey,’ and then like it was kind of like, ‘What are you doing?’” Dunn continued. She said the photos were then posted online for a short time. Shelly went on to claim that Paris knew her true identity the whole time. They soon were in a whirlwind online relationship, swapping more pictures. Bryant told Sports Illustrated: "I can't tell you how much Chris agonized over the label placed on him. Andersen and his attorneys claimed last year that he had been chatting online with a young woman from Canada. Act Fast — Amazon’s No. “I said, 'Well Tom said' … he was like, ‘Who's Tom?’ I was like, ‘Your best friend.’ He was like, ‘I don't know a Tom,’” Dunn said. ET on ABC. She sent scantily clad photographs of herself. It turned out that it was a Manti Te'o situation. In the Wednesday, May 17, episode of 'Catfish,' NBA star Chris “Birdman” Andersen's catfish shocks Nev and Max — read Us Weekly's recap! She said their conversations jumped between Facebook, email and texting, which then led to sending each other selfies. Now more details of the case appear to reveal that Andersen was indeed a casualty of a complex internet impersonation scheme. Give It A Shot! “[There were] a couple little weird things that didn't add up,” Dunn said. It appears that the 35-year-old veteran was threatened with retaliation by a young woman from California with whom he had a relationship. 1 Bestselling Skinny Jeans Are Under $30! Dunn landed at the Denver International Airport and Andersen was there to pick her up. She said Taylor began sending her angry, abusive text messages. But while she was in Andersen’s house, Dunn said Taylor was still texting her constantly. But the 23-year-old, whose stage name is Paris Dylan, never imagined that she would get so much attention for being entangled in a mind-bending, elaborate “catfishing” scheme that would eventually include vicious threats, blackmail, search warrants, an NBA star and an international criminal investigation. “I remember him being pretty harsh too, almost like a jealous woman would be.”. “My friend gave me tickets to go meet Blake Griffin at some Clipper event,” Dunn said. Andersen's lawyer now says the woman in California was also a victim of the woman in Canada and the message from the mother is now believed to have been written by the Canadian. Miami Heat's Chris "Birdman" Andersen won the NBA championship earlier this year but his life was far from perfect. “Just because I was going to see Blake. Even if Dunn was only 17, Andersen’s relations with her are legal in the state of Colorado, where the age of consent is 15. Check, verify, Available for everyone, funded by readers, High court judge was asked by social services bosses to investigate lurid claims that have been circulating on internet, Ghana midfielder Michael Essien, and his club Milan, have come out to deny internet rumours that the former Chelsea and Real Madrid star has contracted Ebola.