# Woman denies deceiving dating app user by posing as Army captain, court hears

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/woman-posed-as-male-army-officer-on-plenty-of-fish-in-cruel-con-to-dupe-female-victim-into-sex-court-hears/
- Published: 2026-11-02T18:36:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T18:53:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259677/Woman-posed-male-Army-officer-Plenty-Fish-cruel-dupe-female-victim-sex-court-hears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Blade Silvano is on trial over allegations of posing as a male Army officer.
- Prosecutors say the deception lasted for months and involved sex.
- Silvano says the alleged victim knew she was a woman.

## Summary

A woman, Blade Silvano, is on trial accused of posing as a male Army captain and surgeon called “Hunter” on Plenty of Fish, then having sex with a female user who believed she was a man. Prosecutors told Caernarfon Crown Court the alleged deception was deliberate and continued for months.

The prosecution says the pair met for sex between November 2022 and June 2023, with the alleged victim kept from seeing or touching Silvano’s groin. It alleges Silvano claimed a condom had broken and reassured her, “Trust me, I’m a doctor”; the victim later learned Silvano was a woman after being contacted by someone presented as Hunter’s wife. Silvano denies the allegation that the victim did not know she was a woman, and faces six counts of sexual assault by penetration.

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