When Theo told Eve* on their very first date he had spent time in prison over a decade ago for 'shoving' an ex-partner, she took his honesty as a sign he had changed.
The pair met on Tinder and, after their first date, the relationship moved quickly. They bonded over similar troubled childhoods, and over the coming weeks, Eve felt herself falling for the man who was 'clear' that any violent past was just that - a past that he had left behind ten years ago.
But just a month later after they started seeing one another, Eve began receiving messages on social media from another of Theo's exes, who claimed that he had been 'physically abusive' towards her during the course of their previous, long-term relationship.
Eve, who has asked for names to be changed out of concern for her safety, says Theo had already 'warned' her about this ex by this point.
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