George Santos had a reputation for lying as long ago as 2013, according to a man who met him for a Grindr date

• A Brazilian man claims a friend advised him not to go on a Grindr date with George Santos in 2013.
• The friend warned him that Santos had a reputation in New York for being a compulsive liar.
• Santos is now a Republican congressman who has been caught in a web of fabrications and lies.

A Brazilian man said he was warned by a friend not to go on a Grindr date with Rep. George Santos in 2013 because Santos — now an embattled GOP congressman — already had a reputation in for lying.

Erick Hagapto, a comptroller living in São Paulo, Brazil, claims he started speaking to Santos on Grindr, the gay dating app, in late December 2013 during a vacation in New York City.