Iliana Colston

I'll start of by saying the end of the documentary (the phone call between them with him saying he still loved her after everything that happened and her laughing) is why I gave it 2 stars. As someone who has been in a bad relationship, I can now clearly spot gaslighting and the need to control a (person/sutuation) when I see it. It took many years and therapy to fully grasp it all. I can understand how it all happened for her without her realizing it was happening at the time. Like she said, he did it all gradually... he did some small "nice things" for her here and there... unfortunately I can assume by what was shown that she was lonely, being caught up in a certain lifestyle that was clearly not fulfilling enough by the time lights were off and she went home at the end of her day. He got to her by the vulnerable weak side she had as a woman. So ladies, if you're reading this, please love yourself and value the relationships in your life with family and friends and nurture them, so when a fraud like him walks into your life you know better than to stick around for just words that "sound nice". I also agree with other reviews about her not taking accountability. After my own experience I took my part of responsibility and owned it. I learned from it and moved on. I didn't see that accountability in her. That was a bit disappointing, it's like the only thing she cared about was literally that restaurant and every other relationship in her life before he came along didn't really matter to her if they didn't benefit the restaurant which seems was here only priority. Other than that, I think it takes a brave person to openly speak about these situations. Even if she didn't take accountability, she's the one who has to live with the mental manipulalation trauma and public humiliation of everything, and of course the consequences of all. Attacking her at this point is unnecessary, this is just my personal opinion.