Pulling their strings online. Catfishing them without them knowing it. The catfish wanted to see how far they could take it. This far, threatening her. He said he was going to send somebody down there, and i was going to be murdered. Almost ruining the basketball stars career. Why chris . Police are searching his computer. Why cant you grasp that you almost took this mans life . Tonight, were catching the catfish. You wont believe who is the mastermi mastermind, operating from this tiny house in the middle of nowhere. It just got crazy from that point on. Good evening. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david muir. You can call it a catfish or sometimes even a con artist. Either way, its pretty much the same way. Someone faking their identity online to get your love or money, or just for kicks. Tonight, Authorities Say this one had as many as 11 victims. Posing as a friend, but turning out to be a fraud. And this catfish did it with only a sixthgrade education. Making us wonder who were communicating with online. Heres debra roberts. Reporter meet paris dylan, whose real name is paris dunn. A 23yearold aspiring model in Southern California, with a Kim Kardashian look. And an big social media presence. Follow me. Reporter some of your photos are kind of racy. I like to communicate the sexiness. I like taking pictures where you could feel it. Reporter 25,000 twitter followers, 87,000 facebook fans, 370,000 instagram groupies, shes quite the sensation. But paris might be a little overexposed, because she is entangled in one of the most mindbending internet intrigues of all time, an elaborate catfish scam. Before its over, there will be vicious threats, blackmail, warrants, and an International Criminal investigation. This is probably one of the most complicated, confusing catfish stories ive ever heard. Reporter what exactly does catfishing mean . A catfish is someone who uses internet profiles to interact with people online, usually pretending to be either a version of themselves or someone entirely different. Reporter nev shulman knows better than anyone. He was a famous victim of a catfish and even made a documentary about it. Are you ready . Sound . Levels . Reporter bewitched by a beautiful young woman online. If we met, i would be, like, instantaneous relationship. Reporter chasing an internet infatuation, only to discover hed been had. Oh, my god. I could have been chatting with a guy this whole time. Reporter that oh, no moment. Hi. Reporter his dream girl, unmasked as a middleaged mother. Youve got a great imagination. Reporter nev now regularly exposes similar love scams as the host of his own mtv show, catfish. But the stunning catfish case were about to uncover, nev says, is like nothing hes ever seen. What this catfish was able to accomplish, incredibly manipulative, wildly creative, and somewhat impressive. Reporter it begins with paris, flirting with pro athletes online. Hi, everyone. Reporter shes only 17 at the time, but she tells people shes older. It was easy to get in contact with people and follow their pages. Reporter to her delight, paris appears to catch the eye of nba basketball star Chris Andersen on facebook. Nicknamed the birdman, then with the Denver Nuggets, andersen is one of the most colorful players in the game. Here comes the birdman. Reporter 610 of tattoos, known for his mohawk and crowd pleasing arm flapping. Birdman protecting the nest. Reporter andersen, 33 at the time, is the nbas cartoon action hero, says Sports Writer flinder boyd. Birdman, he was this effervescent character, this redneck superstar. Hes a true country boy. The fans related to him as a person. There you can see a couple of tattoos. Reporter mark bryant has represented andersen from the beginning of his career. Hes also a mentor and father figure. I guess im probably one of the biggest collector of chris stuff. I guess im kind of that giddy Family Member that collects this stuff. Reporter he was touched by young chriss big heart and hardscrabble texas roots. Chris grew up in a a boys home for several years. His mom got him back. He had a tough childhood down there. Reporter but the birdman may never have faced anything as treacherous as the tender trap about to snap on him and paris. I ended up receiving a direct message from him on facebook. Reporter do you remember what it said . I think it said, like, hey, i see youre a fan. Reporter and what did you think . A little skeptical that he would just write, but being 17, i was an excited girl. Reporter so excited, she can hardly believe its him, and maybe she shouldnt. Their conversations quickly jump from facebook to email, texting, and most convincingly, selfies. And then, thats the first one i ever got. Reporter beginning with this photo snapped in a mirror, unmistakably Chris Andersen. I was like, oh, its real then. I mean, he would send selfies all the time like this. Reporter but was there a caption . I mean, did he say anything . It was just hello . Heres a pic. Send a selfie back. You know . Reporter paris later sends this picture of herself wearing andersens number 11. She texts, you like it . And hears back, i love, youre beautiful. This is supposed to be Chris Andersens Facebook Page were he puts, my girl looks better in my jersey than i do. Reporter responding to a picture of you in his jersey . Because i had sent a picture of him and his jersey. That was his wallpaper. Reporter theyre now in a whirlwind online relationship, swapping more pictures. Becoming friends, you know, sending the selfies. He had a pit bull named hannibal, it was just a baby, so it was fun. Reporter then, a guy calling himself tom taylor also connects with paris online. Did you know who tom taylor was . I had no idea but he told me in the message he was best friends with Chris Andersen. Reporter if you google tom taylor, hes right there, a professional video gamer, and thats who paris thinks shes talking to. And what did the message say . It was, like, hey, i see you started talking to Chris Andersen. I know youre a fan. Reporter one thing did puzzle paris. And if shed only paid more attention, because it would become deeply important later, the phone numbers she has for both Chris Andersen and tom taylor have an odd area code. From outside the u. S. Tom has an explanation. He always does. He just said, oh, its my google number, you know, its all good. Me being 17 and dumb, i just believed it. Reporter you let it go . Yeah. Reporter shed regret that later, but the california girl and the nba star Chris Andersen have other things in mind. Though theyre 1,000 miles apart and have never actually spoken on the phone, their relationship is turning xrated. Did you send any other photos that might be a little more provocative . Yeah, we exchanged nude photos. Reporter were you worried at all that youre sending these that they could fall into the wrong hands . Honestly, no, not really. I trusted that it was him and i knew he wouldnt do anything because of his position. Reporter and egging her on is Chris Andersens supposed friend, tom taylor, who suggests that paris and the birdman take their relationship into the real world. How does that happen . Were talking, and hes like, i can let you guys meet. He wants to meet you. Reporter what did you think when he said, do you two want to hang out . By that point, i was like, yeah, sure. Reporter intrigued by the adventure of her steamy online relationship, paris accepts an invitation for a weekend rendezvous in denver. Chris buys a ticket. Paris packs a bag and concocts a story for her mom. What do you say to your mom . I had said that i was going to go see a boyfriend that i was seeing at the time, that i had seen a month earlier. She trusted me, and i went on my way. Reporter it never troubled you that youre going to see this guy and youve never even spoken to him on the phone . No, it didnt. I was into the texting and the selfies and the pictures. Thats what i trusted. Reporter that trust would lead to big trouble. But paris, blinded by excitement, is soon on her way to denver. Were you thinking at all that this could be dangerous . Stay with us. I use the color that protects as it colors. Excellence hair color by loreal. With prokeratine complex the nondrip creme protects before, during and after you color. Rich, radiant color and it cares for my hair. With excellence i can have both. My excellence shade is 4, 6r 5g no color protects better or covers gray better. So much care in one little box. Try the haircolor that protects as it colors. Excellence creme from loreal paris. Were worth it. 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Reporter the two have been in touch online, through facebook, email, and Text Messages. But incredibly, the two have never actually spoken to each other until this moment. Were you thinking at all that this could be dangerous . I was a little nervous maybe like the day of, but i didnt feel in any crazy danger. Reporter shell regret not asking more questions because what paris doesnt know is that her weekend plan was orchestrated by someone other than the man shes about to meet. Theres a catfish out there with hooks in her and Chris Andersen. I get off the plane and hes texting, okay, im at this exit. That was the moment where i see, like is this real or not . When the door opened, there he was. Reporter looking just as you imagined as he would look . Yeah. Tattoos and all. He gave me a kiss and gave me a hug. We were happy. I was happy. Reporter how are you reacting to each other . I was nervous and shy. It was kind of like a first date thing. Reporter this first date has some awkward moments, both seem to have strange, incorrect details about the other. A couple little weird things that didnt add up. Reporter such as . He said, you told me you brought a lot of Victoria Secret stuff to wear for me. I said, no, i didnt. And then he was like, when is your trip to africa . I was like, im not going on any trip. What are you talking about . Reporter hes asking you weird questions, but youre shrugging it off . Just shrugging it off. Just, like, okay, well, were just messing around. Reporter and one more miscommunication. Remember the guy who encouraged the visit and claimed to be chris buddy, tom taylor . I said, well, tom said he was like, whos tom . I was like, your best friend. He was like, i dont know a tom. Reporter its a bizarre disconnect. Maybe the nba player has paris confused with another woman. Thats a big red flag. It was. I thought he was messing around when he was like, whos tom . I was like, you know. Reporter but you dont really connect any dots. Nope. There were strange, confusing little question marks that kind of peppered the weekend. But nothing so alarming that it tipped either of them off. Reporter clearly, the weekend becomes a little bit more intimate. It wasnt just about sex at all. We actually did stuff and watched movies on tv and then he went off to practice. Reporter paris is having a ball. Snapping photos, even selfies with hannibal. The kitchen, rec room and the nba players size 15 1 2 sneakers. Then andersens mysterious best pal, tom taylor, checks in wondering how things are going. He was telling me, go take a picture of this, go put his hat on. You know . I remember being like, im not going to go through the guys stuff. Reporter at this point, youre considering tom a friend . Yeah, a friend. Reporter or is he . After the weekend fling, chris drives paris back to the airport. He got out and he gave me a kiss and i went off. Whats wild is that the weekend gettogether that paris and chris had was really only the beginning of this crazy story. Things really took a turn for the worse. Reporter in fact, not long after paris is back home in california, snapping selfies by the pool, shes getting barraged by messages from tom taylor. It was all the time. Reporter nonstop. It was constant. Almost like a jealous woman would be. After the weekend together, the catfish really, i think, became empowered and even a little emboldened. Whats next . Reporter then paris reveals an interest in another nba player. My friend gave me tickets to go meet Blake Griffin at some clipper event, so i said, im going to go see Blake Griffin today, you know, exciting. Reporter shes stunned when the message seems to enrage andersen and tom taylor. I remember it just got crazy from that point on, that just set something loose in the head. Reporter taylor now seems to be flaming paris with angry, abusive Text Messages. I have folders of nasty Text Messages. Reporter tons and tons. Tons and tons. Reporter what was he saying . He said that he was going to send somebody down there, he was going to have me raped, and murdered, and thrown on the side of the street. Reporter just because you were going to see Blake Griffin . Just because i was going to see blake. Something just went and just set him off. Reporter are you scared . I was scared. I did not like that. Reporter then another frightening threat, taylor telling paris that his friend andersen shared her nude photos with him. Essentially, the catfish was using tom to threaten paris. To say not only am i going to physically harm you, but those naked photos you sent chris, i have them. He showed them to me. Reporter he sends paris a link, she clicks and to her horror, there are her nude photos all posted on the internet for anyone to see. And i see just all my pictures, my address, my phone number. Reporter and these are nude pictures . These are nude photos of me. All my pictures i had sent chris. All my Chris Andersen pictures. Reporter this is pretty creepy stuff. Oh, god, it was terrible. So clearly this is where the story really starts to escalate. Reporter because this isnt just about power now, this is about just anger and real hostility. The catfish decided, for whatever reason, im angry, or im jealous, or im not happy with how things are going in my life, so im going to transfer some of that on to these two otherwise innocent people. Reporter exposed and now threatened, a furious and frightened paris at last reveals her secret life to her mother. Thats when me and my mom called the police. These are underage pictures online and hes putting my address so that was immediate call the police right there. Reporter what did you hear from the police . Were like, Chris Andersens involved. Theyre, like, Small Town Police people so theyre like, what . He said, you just opened a can of worms. 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And hands the phone to his lawyer, mark bryant, sitting courtside. He looks at me, he goes, so what, man . And its the girls mother. Reporter what does she say . I know what you did. Reporter its an email, supposedly from paris dunns mother. Telling andersen that spending the weekend with her daughter was a huge crime because paris is underage, barely 17. Thats news to andersen. She booked through a travel agent of chris. And gave a date a birth that matched 21. How did she come through the airport and Everything Else with security with that date of birth . Reporter she threatens to ruin andersens life and career unless he pays thousands of dollars. A full extortion. Reporter so shes threatening to ruin chris career. Oh, yeah. Yeah, youre going to get sued. And hes going to go to prison. And you know, all these threats. Reporter the nba player with a mild manner and a big heart now finds his career in jeopardy, a career he worked hard to build. The guy had made his way. He pounded his way out of the dirt, and then this . I respond back, youre talking to his attorney. Theres nothing thats happened here thats criminal. Youre engaged in extortion. Go away. Reporter and even if paris is only 17, andersens relations with her are legal in colorado. But those nude photos are another matter, that amounts to child pornography. Chris didnt do anything wrong. But its embarrassing, this is a man whos beloved in his community. It would ruin him. Reporter to protect birdman, whos like a son to him, bryant quietly sends 3,000 to a paypal account to make the whole thing go away. 3,000 . Yes, maam. Reporter and then you thought it was done . I thought it was done. Reporter but it wasnt. A few months later out of the blue, Chris Andersen is pulled over by the Douglas County colorado Sheriffs Department. Thats when it started. Chris had actually left his house to go to practice. And they executed the warrant when he left. Reporter did he have any idea what was happening . We didnt know what was going on, we had no idea. Reporter deputies and the internet crimes against children unit swarm andersens home. And we start today with that developing story, investigators seizing computers from the larkspur home of chris birdman andersen. The Sheriffs Department was inside tearing his house apart. They took his computers. They took his phones. We were in the playoffs at the time. And that story, it broke. We now know what evidence investigators are looking for on his home computer. The Chris Andersen case centers around andersens involvement with a 17yearold girl. It was on every tv station everywhere. Everybody was conjecturing. There were media trucks posted up on his lawn. It was all over the evening news, all over social media. Reporter deputies collect andersens electronic devices. His computer and several computer related devices, like thumb drives have been confiscated. The Sheriffs Office telling us hes cooperating in the investigation and he is not under arrest. As far as the police can tell, paris underage did in fact, meet with and sleep with Chris Andersen and there are these photos that chris has apparently posted. So now, as far as the Police Department can tell, theyre dealing with a case of child pornography. Reporter what was kind of an innocent weekend gettogether from an online relationship, now its all collapsing on Chris Andersen. Which is just crazy. I mean, i cant even imagine what chris must have thought. Reporter on social media, andersen is being called a child molester. A cloud of suspicion settling over him. Some of the fans started to say some pretty nasty things . Yes, maam. It was hard on chris. And people were putting labels on him. We always knew you were some kind of dangerous freak. Hey, pedophile, whats up . Reporter the negative attention is too much for the Denver Nuggets. Chris andersen is let go. He lost out on a lot of money. He lost out on endorsements. And i think that was probably the least of his worries. It was his reputation that was, took such a battering at that time. He felt like he lost that. He lost himself. He lost that ability. He may be out of the nba. And what is this . And so all that just came raining down. Reporter and in california paris is feeling betrayed by Chris Andersen. A piece of me was, god, how could this happen . I cant even believe it. Then another piece of me was like, oh, good, if youre going to do stuff like that, well, you obviously were asking for it. This is bird, mile high sports. Reporter tattoo artist john slaughter says hes gotten to know the birdman well, over 15 years of inking him. It was just a disgusting ordeal that i wouldnt wish on my worst enemy. Reporter he says the scandal got under his friends skin so much that andersen had to leave town. He was like a staple in denver. He had to leave. He left here because people were so cruel, and so disrespectful. And they had no idea what was going on. It was the worst. This was absolutely contrary to who this man was, what he believed in, what his heart bled. It just made no sense to me. Reporter its not making sense to the police either, as detectives dig through Chris Andersen and paris dunns electronic records, they make some astonishing discoveries. Finding fake Facebook Pages, fake email addresses, and fake phone numbers. And thats when they finally start to sort of see the tip of the iceberg. That theres this other person. And wait a second, this other person has all these fake profiles and this phone number. Reporter remember those weird area codes paris noticed coming from both andersens and tom taylors Text Messages . We were a little surprised of the location of where it was coming from. Reporter the investigation leading police, and us, 1,000 miles away to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. Its time to go fishing. 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Reporter with the trail of the catfish veering to the north, colorado detectives turn to canadian authorities for help with what they call a messedup case. I like the messed up cases. I said, lets get going on this. Reporter gord olson is a constable with the famed Royal Canadian mounted police, canadas version of the fbi. It was, can you run this phone number down . Can you run this ip address down . That was all that was told to us. Reporter the catfish has been located in the province of manitoba, in a tiny speck of a town, easterville. Got my water, got my coffee and now gps to easterville, canada, five hours. Whoo. Here we go. We set out before dawn from winnipeg, on a fivehour drive up highway 6. North, through the foggy frozen flat plains, deep into the province. With each kilometer, the canadian landscape grows wilder. By midday we are finally here. First sign of life. I think we are in easterville. Here we go. Tiny easterville is home to about 1,700 mostly native people from the Chemawawin Cree nation. The town isnt near anything. Theres no strip malls. Theres a grocery store, and thats it. So easterville is as sleepy and remote as a place can be. Reporter and in that remote place, this tiny blue house. Police pinpoint this as the spot where every message between andersen, paris, and tom taylor originated. The catfish has just invited us in. Hello. Hi, im debra. Nice to meet you. How you doing . Nervous. Reporter and here she is, the puppet master. A softspoken, childlike woman, a member of the cree nation, 33yearold Shelly Chartier. At first, shes reluctant to talk with us, then shows us the home she shares with five Family Members. This is my mom. Hi, i am debra roberts. Reporter shellys life revolves around caring for her invalid and bedridden mother, delia. She cooks for me. She is all i got. Reporter she tells us she was bullied at school and dropped out at age 12. For so many kids that age, thats what life is about, school. So, what did you do with yourself . I got online. I went through a period where i didnt leave my house for 11 years. Reporter 11 years . Mmhmm. Reporter isolated, with little contact with the outside world, shellys reality is a far cry from paris dunns glittering california existence and the glam life of nba star Chris Andersen. The elusive woman earning the nickname, the ghost of easterville. Shelly is the perfect example of what happens when you mix isolation, boredom, obsession, insecurity and you create a catfish who has the potential to destroy peoples lives. Reporter investigators say the shy woman has a sinister side, tormenting 11 victims over three years. Making numerous fake Facebook Pages impersonating a youtube comedian, a playboy playmate, and brody jenner, Caitlyn Jenners son. But her most complex catfishing, orchestrating that hookup between paris dunn and Chris Andersen. How did that even begin for you . I was bored one night, and i thought, i saw this girl on facebook, on his page. And she was like, hey, call me, like, seeking attention. Reporter shelly managed to get paris and andersens phone numbers. Police still arent sure how. And then, on facebook, text, and email, began her bizarre role playing game, alternately impersonating paris and chris. So you said hello to paris. I said, hey, its chris. Reporter as chris. And she said, oh, my god. So paris thinks, oh, chris just friend requested me and wants to get in touch. Reporter she then does the same thing to chris, pretending to be paris. Paris, they never actually spoke to each other directly. All of their messages were going through this operator, this catfish. Reporter when paris thinks she is sending a message to chris, its really going to shelly who then relays a version to chris, and vice versa. In many cases, the catfish was sort of copy pasting. But in some cases, our catfish would change things, twist things. Reporter and as for that meddling friend of andersens, video gamer tom taylor, that was shelly, too. The real tom taylor never contacted paris and doesnt even know Chris Andersen. In this case, the catfish had created a third character to find out, what does she think about chris . Hows it going . Reporter though she expresses some remorse, incredibly, shelly blames paris for falling for the scam. Most people would also ask to talk to the person they were going to see, too. Reporter on the phone. Yeah, or skype them, or something. They wouldnt just fly somewhere and not know this person. Reporter so youre saying thats sort of on her. That she went to go see him without knowing who he was. Yeah, because i didnt tell her to fly down there. I just asked her if she would. Reporter but what about the blackmail . Supposedly from paris dunns mother demanding a payoff . Police say that was shelly, too. Did you say, send me money . No, i never. He he offered it. Reporter did you threaten chris . No. Reporter in fact, investigators say theres no doubt about who emailed that blackmail letter. Who wrote that letter . Shelly did. Reporter shelly wrote that letter . That, thats correct. Reporter Shelly Chartier is charged with impersonation, extortion, making threats, and transmitting child pornography, those nude photos of paris. Did you have any idea when you were going online that you might possibly ruin some lives . No. Reporter hurt people . No, i didnt. I did not think of the emotional scarring i guess, like on paris. Reporter but yet, you continued to go back and forth. Mmhmm. Reporter how come . Because im stupid, just plain and simple. And ive never known people like that, i never knew anybody in the nba, and i thought, like, i thought that was cool, i guess. Reporter still ahead, shellys bizarre day in court, in a town with no courthouse, the ghost of easterville finally surfaces to face the music. And she goes back online. 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Not suspects, but victims of that wily woman up in canada. When you heard that chris life is being controlled and ruined by this woman, what did you think . I was mad as hell. Reporter even after getting arrested and agreeing to stay off the internet, Shelly Chartier, the catfish, is back online. She now meets this individual, rob marku, online. A young man from new york. Reporter marku is 23. He lives in brooklyn, new york, and works as a furniture mover. He meets shelly playing xbox live. She sent me a message and i responded and it kind of went back and forth and we took it from there. Reporter as rob and shelly grow closer from afar, his family gets suspicious. A lot of them would say things like, oh, maybe shes not even real. Theyre using you and all types of stuff and i said, no, i know for a fact that shes real and ill prove it. Reporter rob doesnt know hes falling for the woman we now know as the catfish. She makes me laugh a lot and shes cute. Reporter and despite the warnings, he heads to canada to meet her. When i first got there i was nervous in the car, it was a fivehour ride. I went to knock on the door and she just ah appeared right by my side and kind of scared me. He said, do you want to marry me, and i said, okay. Reporter soon it seemed the master of fake connections was ready for a real one. We got married in the kitchen right here. Reporter a minister from a neighboring town marries them on christmas day. And did you have on a big wedding gown . Pajamas. Reporter pajamas . Yeah. The internet and all the harm that it brought in shelly hartiers world, may actually have brought her Something Else in life and that is a husband. Something that probably would have been foreign to her, this idea of actually a relationship. Reporter but there would be no band at her wedding. Instead, shelly faces the music at the easterville community center. Once a month this room transforms into a provincial courtroom and on the day of Shelly Chartiers sentencing it was quite the scene. Reporter reporter Mike Mcintyre was there for the for the Winnipeg Free press. There was in fact standing room only all along the back wall. Reporter everyone eager to get a glimpse of the ghost of easterville. We had actually never even seen a photograph of her up until that point. When she walked into court and somebody said, thats Shelly Chartier. I said, you must be kidding me, that looks like a teenage girl. Reporter the woman who hadnt left her home in 11 years, finally forced to come out into the light. Tell me what that day was like. I didnt sleep for four days before my court date, and i didnt eat. Reporter shelly arrives. Her bedridden mother following on a stretcher. Judge rollstin was about here. Shelly chartier, within a couple feet. They could actually have reached out and touched each other. Shelly chartier had her head down in her lap, clearly upset. Reporter when you went to court, you eventually pleaded yeah. Reporter guilty to fraud, to impersonation, to threats. Yeah. Reporter shelly is hoping for house arrest but the judge surprises her with hard time. 18 months in prison. When he said, okay, 18 months, i knew i was going to jail. Reporter your head dropped. Yeah. Reporter what were you thinking . I thought my life is over. Reporter shelly is brought out in handcuffs and taken away to serve her time. How hard was that for you to step outside this house . I was scared. Reporter being locked up away from the phone and computer screens, forced to interact with other people, has actually been good for shelly. In some strange way you found your life after you went to prison. I was scared to go out, i was scared to do anything. Very scared of life. I got a job there. Like, i worked, and i learned how to talk to people. For somebody who really has no friends, whos had little outside contact with the world, jail could actually turn out to be a blessing. Reporter a blessing for shelly. But what about the victims left in her wake . If you could Say Something to paris, what would you say . I just feel really bad for her, because i basically used her in every way. Reporter but when it comes to her other victim, Chris Andersen, shelly has a lot less remorse. What would you say to Chris Anderson if you could Say Something to him . I dont know. Reporter for two years, his life was ruined. I dont even know what happened to him. What happened after colorado . Reporter listen to shelly play dumb. He basically was kicked off his team. To where . Reporter he lost his endorsements. Where did he go . Reporter he eventually went to miami. Did they win . Reporter they did. Poor guy. Reporter she may have turned over a new leaf in canada, but theres something shelly doesnt want to think about. The possibility of extradition and decades in prison, in colorado. You think he reporter after everything nba star Chris Andersen has been through, the white house may have been the last place he would expect to find himself, but there he is in january 2014, along with lebron james and the rest of the miami heat, being honored for a championship season. Everybody on this team participated. Birdman, birdmans tattoos. Birdmans mohawk. Reporter after the blackmail and child porn accusations, miami took a chance on andersen. Something hell forever be grateful for, says attorney mark bryant. What a great trust and opportunity they gave us. Reporter as for paris, she is still out there online and tonight will likely get an even bigger following. And the catfish who nearly wrecked their lives . After a year behind bars, Shelly Chartier walked out of prison. Her new husband, rob, right there to meet her. Im still taking it in, the whole thing. Reporter she now begins serving two years of probation. One of the conditions, no internet without courtordered supervision. Which could be tough for her. Check out the ironic tshirt she was wearing when we facetimed a couple days after her release. What does your shirt say . Bored on the internet. Reporter already there are challenges in their new life. Rob is not a canadian citizen, so he has to leave the country periodically. Still, the newlyweds vow to find a way to be together. But this notorious catfish is not out of the woods. Colorado has a warrant for her arrest. If extradited and convicted she could face 24 years in prison in the u. S. Do you think itll happen . Do you think i should go to jail . Reporter what do you think . I dont know what you think. Reporter no, i mean, what do you think . Im not asking you what i think. I think ive done my time. Reporter but dont tell that to shellys victim. When you heard that she was convicted, given 18 months in prison, is that enough . I dont think its enough. I wish it was more, of course. This person does not seem to be remorseful to me. Reporter Chris Andersen declined to speak with us for this story but his attorney mark bryant says justice has yet to be served. Why cant you grasp that you almost took this mans life and others . Reporter you think she should face charges here . Yes. Yes. Reporter now and again, neighbors catch a glimpse of the former ghost of easterville. Leaving behind those dark waters of the internet. The former catfish out in the daylight for a walk with her new husband, hoping to find happily ever after offline. Paris dunn and mark bryant may just get their wish. A District Attorney telling 20 20 theyre actively pursuing extradition charges. So, do you think shelly has already been punished enough with her sentence in canada . Let us know on facebook and twitter. Thanks so much for watching. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david muir. From all of us, thanks for watching. Good night. Coming up on action news right now, police and fire officials are swarming a burned out home in lands dale. The latest on the investigation. And a horse on the run in the city of philadelphia. Details next. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. It is friday night. And the big story on action news tonight, a fire scene at a Montgomery County house that is attracting a lot of fire fighters