Dina Lohan‘s boyfriend may not be a catfish, but he’s certainly something else.
Linda Scarpa, author of “The Mafia Hit Man’s Daughter,” told Page Six on Friday that Jesse Nadler has been romancing her while secretly wooing Lindsay Lohan’s mother at the same time.
“He’s not a catfish, he’s a ladies’ man,” Scarpa said. “He’s been telling me for years that I’m the only one he wants and respects.”
Like “Celebrity Big Brother” star Lohan, Scarpa met Nadler on Facebook.
“He would write paragraphs to me … Like ‘Linda is the No. 1 lady, classy beautiful smart. I adore her. I love her.’ Stuff like that,” she told us over the phone. “We spoke numerous times on the phone back then and he was telling me things like he couldn’t meet because of his mother.”
On the CBS reality show, Lohan said she hadn’t met Tiburon, California-based Nadler yet because of his mother’s failing health. Nadler appeared to have used the same excuse with Scarpa.
“And that was in 2014,” Scarpa noted. “He’s always used his mother as his excuse as the reason he can’t leave, which is sad if it’s true, but you’re a 50-something-year-old man and this has been going on since 2014. You can’t leave your mom to meet a woman?”
Scarpa said Nadler messaged her online in May 2018 to tell her that he had dumped Lohan. Screenshots of the conversation shared with Page Six reflected Scarpa’s statements.
Scarpa told us she reached out to Nadler after the news broke of his relationship with Lohan. Exchanges on Scarpa’s Facebook page show Scarpa and Nadler’s online friendship dating back to at least 2015, where Nadler posted a photo of himself holding her book. “Great Book,,, from a Great Lady – Happy Happy New Year,” he wrote.
Scarpa reposted the comment and photo on Wednesday after news broke that he was Lohan’s mystery man and asked, “What’s going on Jesse D DiGregorio Nadler saying you love Dina Lohan? When you said you loved another women [sic]… and we know who that is !”
Nadler responded and the two engaged in a back-and-forth about their past relationship.
“Love Your Book,,,Linda Scarpa- Great Book,,,,Great Lady- I Still Read Chapters,,,All the time-,” Nadler wrote.
Scarpa responded, “Jesse D DiGregorio Nadler ahh but you said you loved me. Let’s not back track [sic] your words. Or are you claiming to love adore and respect both me and Dina?”
Nadler ended the exchange, writing, “I Do Love You and Respect You,,,You Know that-”
Page Six reached out to Nadler regarding Scarpa’s claims, and he told us they were always just friends.
“No,, I wasn’t [seeing both Dina and Linda],” he said. “[I] just read her book and was a friend.”
Nadler has since unfriended Scarpa on Facebook.
“I’m not saying he’s a horrible person,” Scarpa said. “He’s a weird person.”
As Page Six previously reported, Nadler and Dina met on Facebook and developed a friendship-turned-relationship, though they’ve yet to meet in person. Dina’s ex-husband, Michael Lohan, also confirmed the relationship, telling us that he wishes Dina the best.
Nadler came forward as Dina’s mystery man after she mentioned she had a boyfriend on the CBS reality series. After her housemates expressed concern about his existence, Nadler decided to reveal himself because he didn’t want to be known as a catfish.
“I’m a good guy,” he told Page Six. “I’m the real deal.”