This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

A friend of mine described it really well. She said, it's not like he's a catch-me-if-you-can type person.

He actually lies to make himself as normal as possible, just like your average bloke.

And it's true, his facade was authenticity. I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most,

and the deceptions that change everything.

Tina Maya is a successful e-commerce consultant in the UK.

In 2016, a casual romantic fling turned her entire world upside down.

It showed her a dark side of humanity.

One that she'd never seen before.

There's definitely an element of control.

He can walk away, but he can remotely control the rest of your life.

Her story is also one of community.

Along the way, she found a group of other women

who'd been deceived and betrayed by the same man.

Tina's become their spokesperson,

and the spokesperson for a much larger story.

Tina was raised to be opinionated and strong-willed.

So I was born in Iran, actually, before the revolution.

We came here in 1978.

And I grew up in Southeast England, so very green, leafy parts of the world.

When she graduated from university, she traveled and spent years living abroad.

I went to Australia and Thailand and India as well, a lot of places, Costa Rica.

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