Scott Johnson
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And that kind of changed everything because I couldn't really go anywhere or it was at least very hard to go anywhere.
There was no...
You know, there was no vaccine.
It was just kind of a crazy time, as you remember.
And so I was working on the book.
And then Chris Smith, the documentary filmmaker, got in touch.
And he'd heard about the story and he'd heard about that I was writing a book.
And he said, maybe, you know, we should work on something together.
And so he and I kind of paired up.
And that was in the summer of 2020 and very shortly after he and I paired up, I made the decision that I was going to go, I was going to go looking for this person, this scammer.
And that was a kind of a pivotal moment.
It changed everything because.
It meant I had to kind of venture out into the world in COVID.
I got on a plane and I flew to England, which is where I believed he was.
But I didn't know where exactly.
I knew I had a pretty good idea that he was in the city of Manchester, but I didn't know really...
I mean, I had an idea of where he might be, like what building he might be in, but I didn't know for sure.
I'd never spoken to him.
I'd reached out many, many times to talk to him.
He'd never responded.