Encomium
The international media descended on the ‘sextortion’ and cyber bullying case of Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo as soon as they were arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate court (Lagos) on December 23, 2016.
Websites, television stations and newspapers across the world captured the predicament of the sisters whose lavish lifestyle are documented on their instagram pages.
In Canada, the United Kingdom and United States of America, India and more, the sensational story was deftly captured.
Here are a few of the headlines on international platforms:
Toronto sisters in Nigeria released on bail, accused of trying to blackmail billionaire (globalnews.ca)
Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo, Toronto sisters, arrested in Nigeria over sex extortion scandal (huffingtonpost. ca)
Toronto sisters arrested for ‘attempting to extort Nigerian billionaire and filming sexual encounters with men in order to blackmail them’ (daily mail.co.uk)
Sultry sextortion sisters meet their match in Nigerian oil billionaire (hackread.com)
Popular IG sisters known for racy photos apologise for extorting Nigerian billionaire (bet.com)
Popular Instagram sisters allegedly cyber bullied and extorted Nigerian billionaire (complex.com)
Toronto sisters arrested for allegedly cyber bullying and extorting Nigerian billionaire (the star.com)
IG models Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo allegedly extorted billionaire for money (hip hop wired.com)
Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo: Popular Instagram sisters admit to sex with 100 rich Nigerians – Arrested for billionare’s blackmail (inquisitor.com)
Toronto sisters arrested for extortion in Nigeria after allegedly trying to blackmail billionaire (nationalpost.com)
Popular Instagram sisters arrested for attempting to extort Nigerian billionaire (buzz feed.com)
T.O. sisters accused of sextortion Vegas bound (torontosun.com)
Canadian sisters accused of blackmailing Nigerian businessman apologise for their website in video (cbc.ca)
Kardashian look-alike sisters accused of ‘sextorting oil moguls and rich Nigerian men with sex tapes’ (thesun.co.uk)
Indo-Canadian ‘Kardashian’ sisters, held for extortion in Nigeria, apologise (hindustanitimes.com)
The Matharoo sisters try turning tables on Nigeria: It doesn’t go well (caseyanthony.com)
Instagram famous Matharoo sisters apologise for creating Nigerian sex scandal (eurweb.com)
Indian-origin sisters in Canada arrested for extortion (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Famous Instagram sisters arrested for allegedly cyber bullying and extorting Nigerian billionaire (nydailynews.com)
Instagram stars accused of extorting and cyber bullying wealthy men in Africa (cosmopolitan.com)
Instagram hotties allegedly paid for their high-rolling lifestyle by extorting billionaire (maxim.com)
Sisters Jyoti and Kiran arrested in Nigeria for allegedly blackmailing a billionaire businessman (sbs.com.au)
Kardashian look-alike sisters accused of ‘sextortion’ (nypost.com)
