Part 1: The Writer’s story

On the afternoon of Wednesday, August 16, 2023, my husband received a call from his acquaintance Amar Singh—a women’s-rights activist, art patron, film producer, and Indian prince—who asked him to come to Soho House’s 180 Strand location in London as soon as he could. He had a wild story to tell him.

It concerned Amar’s relationship with a young Swedish woman named Liza-Johanna Holgersson, whom he had met online and dated on and off for the past two years. They had broken up on August 6 when, he claimed, he had discovered she had been living a secret life.