The Daejon Love story has taken another turn.
Love was arrested on Aug. 24 after allegedly impersonating a 49ers player in order to scam women into romance and investment schemes. He is currently facing two federal wire fraud charges in Oregon.
According to a group of men who used to play pickup basketball with Love, his first story was that he allegedly played professional basketball overseas.
Marvelous Owens, defensive back at Northeastern State University, posted a video on social media explaining Love’s original tale.
🚨THIS IS HILARIOUS🚨
A group of guys who used to hoop with fake #49ers player Daejon Love posted an old video of him playing basketball — and revealed his FIRST story was allegedly that he played PRO BASKETBALL OVERSEAS.
They said Love would pull up to the gym in a Hellcat and…
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) August 31, 2026
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“I ain’t gonna lie, Daejon, Jon, whatever y’all wanna call him. Dude cool as hell. I remember the first time I met dude, he pulled up to the gym, Hellcat. Next week, dude pull up Lamborghini Urus.
“Y’all don’t even know the truth. Dude talking about he played pro basketball overseas. Then he start talking about he played football. But his first lie was he played overseas basketball. Most of y’all don’t know that,” Owens said.
Love’s victims have continued to step forward and provide evidence surrounding his alleged scam. There have been a confirmed 26 women that were allegedly swindled for $1.3 million by Love.
The 35-year-old fraudster is being held in a cell at the Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho. He will be transferred to Oregon and faces one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud.
