The Girl Who Became Three Boys
Gemma Barker, a 21-year-old Briton, is serving 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. For several months, she invented and impersonated three different boys and, under these three separate guises, went on to seduce two teenage girls. This film tells the extraordinary and chilling story through the personal accounts of Gemma's victims.
Gemma Barker, a 21-year-old Briton, is serving 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. For several months, she invented and impersonated three different boys and, under these three separate guises, went on to seduce two teenage girls. This film tells the extraordinary and chilling story through the personal accounts of Gemma's victims.
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