Over a decade ago Amber Rasmussen met Brandon Johnson on Tinder and was smitten. Johnson’s “crazy” ex-wife, Athena Klingerman, was annoying and constantly texting Johnson about their young daughter, but Rasmussen overlooked any red flags and eventually married Johnson in 2017. Soon after, things quickly began to fall apart. It turned out that Klingerman wasn’t the problem. It was Johnson.

“Don’t Date Brandon,” Paramount’s latest true-crime docuseries explores how Jonhson lied and almost got away with everything but murder. The docuseries reveals that while married to Rasmussen, Johnson lied about working for Nike, faked cancer, and continuously cheated on his wife. He also set up a fake coparenting app and pretended to contentiously communicate with Klingerman about their daughter.

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