A serial con artist nicknamed the “TikTok Trickster” allegedly duped women he met online and stole their cars, cash and other coveted valuables in repeated romantic ploys.
Brenton Fillers, 57, was extradited to Baldwin County, Alabama on Friday to face the music for one of his many purported robberies.
The Spanish Fort Police Department has been chasing Fillers since he allegedly made off with an old flame’s vehicle in 2023, Fox 10 reported.
The victim told the outlet that she thought Fillers was taking her car for repairs, but finally realized he stole it when he apparently fled the state.
“This is unreal how many women have been affected or how much they’ve lost from dealing with this man,” she said.
She shared a chilling voicemail with the outlet where Fillers begged for her forgiveness.
“I love you. I hope you do, too. I don’t want you mad at me over a freaking car. I thought I was doing the right thing but maybe not,” Fillers said in the message.
Mere days before he linked up with the Spanish Fort victim, Fillers allegedly ditched another short-term girlfriend in Texas, but not before allegedly stealing her rental car, credit cards, and a wad of cash, the outlet reported.
One woman in Indiana told Fox 10 that Fillers lived with her for several months before he suddenly vanished. She gave him more than $30,000 for his dubious ailments, including a bleeding ulcer and brain cancer, during their 10-month relationship.
“He gaslit and love-bombed — at my age, I didn’t know these terms really. I felt like an idiot,” she said.
Fillers’ ex-wife, Darla, thought for years that his real name was Brett Knight. He went so far as to take her to a cemetery and showed her a pair of graves belonging to a couple with the last name Knight, who he insisted were his deceased parents.
Brett Knight was just one of more than 30 aliases used by Fillers. He adopted other fake names like Maynard Hatchers, Wayne Bretton and Austin Rikker, according to a years-old offender sheet from a prison sentence in Kentucky.
Fillers was first arrested by University of Kentucky police in 2023. At the time, he had outstanding warrants in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
He was wanted for various thefts tied to his alleged con — and on an outlying charge for aggravated sexual assault of a child in Texas, according to a UK news release.
It’s not immediately clear why Fillers was released in Kentucky. He was arrested again in North Carolina in January.
His new bond was set at $7,500 on Tuesday. He is scheduled to be arraigned on June 3.
Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber told Fox 10 that he’s pushing to have Fillers’ bond increased because he is a certified flight risk.
Fillers was held on a $100,000 bond in North Carolina.
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