By Petty Pablo
There are first dates where the conversation flows, and then there are first dates where someone moves every table plant to the window and calls it a Swiss custom. Rachel Anderson says her dinner with Daejon Love was strange long before she learned about the allegations now tied to his name.
TL;DR
- Rachel Anderson told TMZ NOW that she matched with Love on Bumble in June 2024, when he introduced himself as “John Prince.”
- According to the video, Love is accused of using false identities and a wealthy image to build relationships with women before allegedly defrauding 26 women of roughly $1.3 million.
- Rachel said he sent videos meant to show an affluent lifestyle, then dominated their Portland dinner with stories about Switzerland, private schools, real estate, and famous connections.
- She gave him no money, declined a second date, and said she only saw him again when videos began circulating online.
- Rachel’s main point was simple: public hindsight doesn’t erase the emotional manipulation alleged by the case.
How Rachel Anderson Met “John Prince” on Bumble
Rachel said she matched with Love in June 2024, when his Bumble profile identified him as John, age 33, and showed he was using Travel Mode. The profile was spare: five photos, including three that looked like professional headshots and two with him in tuxedos beside people he described as business partners.
Its bio said he was “dating with intention,” wanted someone to travel the world with, and listed his height as 6-foot-6. Rachel said the attraction was straightforward. She thought he was cute, and she preferred meeting people in person over judging a profile by its biography.
After he asked whether she was local and free the following weekend, Rachel gave him the basic details about herself that could be deal-breakers. He said he was fine with them. The two texted for about two days before their date.
During that window, Rachel said he sent videos centered on wealth. In one, he walked through an empty home and pointed out a personal chef. In another, he displayed multiple key fobs, named expensive cars, then showed the vehicles outside. He framed the videos as a question: would dating someone with money make her uncomfortable?
Rachel found it corny and self-indulgent, not alarming. Later, she said, she recognized the same home, closet, shopping bags, chef, and car footage in clips circulating online. He told her the home was in Vancouver, though she saw versions that appeared to identify it elsewhere.
Timeline of Events
- Rachel matched with Love on Bumble in June 2024, where he used the name “John Prince.”
- They texted for two days, and Rachel said he sent videos presenting an expensive lifestyle.
- Love chose the Matador restaurant in Portland for dinner and drinks on a busy Friday night, but did not make a reservation.
- Rachel said he circled the block despite open parking spaces because he worried his expensive car could be hit or broken into.
- Over nearly two hours, Rachel said she spoke only about a dozen words while he talked about his background, family wealth, real estate work, and investments.
- Near the end of dinner, Rachel returned from the restroom and found him moving plants from tables to the window, which he described as something done in Switzerland.
- Rachel said the bill sat untouched for about 10 minutes before he paid it. He also received a parking ticket after staying beyond the limit of his one-hour space.
- He offered to walk her to her car. She declined and said she had already decided there would be no second date.
The Stories He Told During Dinner
Rachel said Love spoke almost nonstop. He claimed he grew up in Switzerland, moved to the United States around age 10 or 12, and attended several private schools in Southern California. He also name-dropped people connected to football, including Antonio Brown, and said he had attended school with Tom Hanks’ son.
She didn’t say she accepted every claim as true. The stories felt outlandish, but Rachel said she wondered why someone would lie about details that seemed easy to verify. When she asked whether Prince was his family name, he said it was not, then said he wasn’t comfortable sharing his real family name.
Love also claimed his father was a major real estate figure and that he had moved to Vancouver to help assess properties and possible developments. Rachel said she had questions in mind, but there was no opening. His talking never paused long enough for the date to become an actual back-and-forth.
By about 10 minutes in, Rachel said she knew she wouldn’t see him again. Her issue wasn’t that she had uncovered a scheme in real time. She saw someone she considered deeply self-absorbed.
Rachel said she thought he was an “extravagant liar,” but she never imagined the larger alleged fraud scheme.
He told her women often ended things because they couldn’t keep up with his lifestyle. Rachel found it odd that a person claiming those kinds of social circles and resources would be on a dating app. His answer, she said, was that women were intimidated once they learned the truth about his affluent life.
The Investment Talk and the Strange Restaurant Exit
Rachel said Love spent roughly 30 minutes talking about investments his family had supposedly made. She remembered references to Gucci, Walmart, Apple, and a “store on Saks Fifth Avenue.” That last claim stopped her, because Saks Fifth Avenue is itself a store.
She was already listening with one ear by then, but said she believed the conversation could have become an investment pitch had they continued seeing each other. Rachel did not give Love money or invest with him.
The closing stretch of the date is the detail that stuck. While Rachel was in the restroom, she said Love went table to table and asked diners whether he could move their plants near the window. When she asked why, he told her it was something people did in Switzerland. Rachel said she didn’t understand it and felt embarrassed.
The bill had arrived while she was away. Rachel said it sat in plain view for around 10 minutes, and she believed he may have been waiting for her to offer. He eventually picked it up and paid, and she said the card appeared to go through. Outside, he received a parking ticket and reportedly said he would rip it up because he wasn’t coming back to Portland.
What We Know vs What’s Speculation
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| What’s stated | Rachel said she went on one date with Love, whom she knew as John Prince. She said he showed her wealth-focused videos, talked extensively about his background and investments, paid the restaurant bill, and received a parking ticket. She said she gave him no money. |
| What’s alleged | TMZ NOW said Love and an alleged co-conspirator, Taylor Jamie Chan, were charged in connection with an alleged scheme involving 26 women and about $1.3 million. A supporting affidavit alleges fictitious personas, false investment opportunities, and claims of 49ers and Swiss real estate ties. |
| What’s speculation | Rachel said she believed the investment talk might have gone further if there had been more dates. She also believed he may have waited for her to offer to pay the bill. Those are her impressions, not established facts. |
The affidavit alleges investigators found no employment connection between Love and the NFL or San Francisco 49ers. It also alleges investigators identified no genuine securities-related transactions in reviewed accounts. Those are allegations in a criminal filing, not findings of guilt.
Rachel’s View of the Women Allegedly Targeted
When asked about online chatter that many alleged victims appeared to be white women, Rachel said she had seen that pattern in some stories. But she said race wasn’t the first common thread she noticed.
Her focus was vulnerability. Based on the handful of accounts she had seen, Rachel pointed to women who were single mothers, recently divorced, dealing with a recent family loss, or facing an uncertain period in life. She included herself in that broader picture, saying she had recently divorced.
Rachel could understand how some women may have become emotionally invested, particularly those who believed they were in long-term relationships with him. She said the alleged emotional harm felt cruel beyond the money involved. Still, the nonstop bragging was enough for her to walk away after one date.
Hindsight can make deception look easier to spot than it was in real time.
Rachel pushed back on people criticizing women who were allegedly deceived. In her view, that reaction lets people feel immune, as if only someone else could be fooled. She said adults shouldn’t have to expect another adult to be deceptive “with every breath.”
Rachel also said she worried additional women and money could be involved, because some people may feel too embarrassed or afraid to come forward. At the time of the interview, she had not spoken with authorities, but said she would be open to helping if her information could be useful.
Source: YouTube
Note: This article discusses commentary from a publicly available video. Claims described are attributed to the speaker(s) and are not presented as confirmed facts.
The Final Verdict
Rachel Anderson’s account isn’t about a woman who lost money. It’s about a woman who disliked the presentation, the bragging, and the odd restaurant behavior enough to leave the story at one date. The allegations described in the video are far more serious, but her experience shows how a polished persona can still come with plenty of visible friction.
