Australian actor Josh Lawson strung a besotted influencer along for a year after sparking up a holiday romance in Bali and introducing her to his ‘daddy dom’ fetish, only for her heart to be broken after discovering he already had a long-term partner.
Fina, who is from Brunei and lives in London, met Lawson, 41, on the holiday island while she was moving on from her divorce.
Fina told Daily Mail Australia how she first matched with the Mortal Kombat actor on the celebrity dating app Raya in May 2022.
Australian actor Josh Lawson strung Fina along for nearly a year
Lawson sent Fina pictures suggesting he had feelings for her
They then met up in Bali in August that year while she was there on holiday.
The pair’s relationship quickly blossomed and before long Lawson introduced her to his kink, requesting that she call him ‘daddy’ while he called her ‘little girl’.
Fina admits she hadn’t heard of the House of Lies actor before they met, but noticed that tourists recognised him.
After their holiday in paradise came to an end, Fina and Lawson stayed in touch and regularly messaged each other pictures and sweet texts – bit it was all part of his elaborate ‘web of lies’, she claims.
Among the messages were shirtless pictures of Lawson in bed and the actor professing that their romance was ‘more than a holiday fling’.
In one message, he wrote: ‘The second I saw you in Bali I knew there was something. I just felt connected to you immediately.
‘And when our bodies touched, daddy found his little girl.’
He later confessed that he was new to the ‘daddy dom’ fetish but said he was ‘surprised how much it turned him on’.
Lawson made regular promises that he would meet Fina again, she claims, but these plans never came to fruition.
Daily Mail Australia has seen messages Lawson sent Fina in which he floats plans to meet up at the Cannes Film Festival and in New York
Lawson is seen attending the Sydney premiere of Mortal Kombat in April 2021
After their holiday in paradise came to an end, Fina and Lawson stayed in touch and regularly messaged each other pictures and sweet messages
The actor introduced Fina to his ‘daddy dom’ fetish
Daily Mail Australia has seen messages Lawson sent Fina in which he floats plans to meet up at the Cannes Film Festival and in New York. She also claims he spoke of flying to London from his home on the Gold Coast.
It was only after these plans kept falling through – nearly a year on from their holiday romance – that Fina realised something was amiss.
She told Daily Mail Australia how her heart sunk when she realised Lawson was already in a long-term relationship, after doing some digging on Instagram.
‘It was all a web of lies,’ she said.
‘I was so consumed with what he was promising me. It was all so super deceptive.’
Fina said she was so loved up with Lawson that she was looking into careers in Australia so they could be closer together – and that she felt he could be ‘the next person in her life’ after her six-year marriage ended in early 2022.
The social media influencer added that Lawson was ‘super into’ his ‘daddy dom’ fetish and that she didn’t mind going along with it.
Fina, who is 5ft 3ins, said he liked that she ‘looked young’.
‘You’re like a little girl,’ she claims he said.
Lawson played Kano in the 2021 movie Mortal Kombat
Fina said she was so loved up with Lawson that she was looking into careers in Australia so they could be closer together
Lawson and his long-term girlfriend Rebecca Moore, with their two dogs
Fina has decided to speak out to warn other women about the perils of meeting someone famous online – and how they can use their power to ‘manipulate’ people.
‘I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. The only way to change someone’s behaviour is to call them out.
‘With his reasonably convincing acting skills, he convinced me how special I was to him. He made multiple promises to visit me in London from Gold Coast.
‘He was telling me he was coming to London. I put trust in those words.’
Fina messaged Lawson’s girlfriend Rebecca Moore after realising she had been led on.
Ms Moore replied and sympathised with Fina, saying his fling in Bali was ‘something he needs for his ego’.
She also revealed that she was in Bali when Fina met Lawson as the trip was for his birthday.
‘Sadly you aren’t his only little girl,’ Ms Moore added. ‘He gets me to call him daddy too.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Lawson’s agent and Ms Moore for comment.
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