Who does that to his friends? Actually, this reminds me of junior high, lol. Someone had left me a Valentine’s Day Card, hinting she wanted to go out with me. The handwriting was very feminine, but the fact that it was so anonymously given to me and not signed by a name had me suspicious. I decided to ignore it completely. When my friends later on asked me if anything in particular had happened on Valentine’s Day, I figured out who was behind it. I’m glad Facebook didn’t exist back then, lol.
I don’t know how a court could take this seriously. Surely, the girls were misled, which of course is despicable, but it was still consensual. Sometimes people lie about themselves and you will be disappointed when you find out. In hindsight, it’s not uncommon to reason that if you had known those details about that person, you would never have consented to the relationship. Lying or hiding the truth in this context may be contemptible and immoral, but isn’t, to my knowledge, against the law. The only unlawful act I deem to be in this case is the fraud.