Angel Victoria Murdock, a former contestant on Netflix's Temptation Island, has been accused by students at Duke University of faking her enrollment and graduation from the school's Physician Assistant Program.
For two years, Murdock, 26, posted videos documenting her supposed life as a Duke PA student, sharing "day in the life" vlogs and "get ready with me for school" TikToks that drew more than 40,000 followers. Multiple students now say they never saw her on campus, in class or at any school-sponsored events.
The allegations surfaced last week after someone claiming to be a recent Duke graduate posted a viral Reddit thread alleging Murdock was never actually a student at the school. The graduate, who asked to remain anonymous but provided proof of her own enrollment, told the Daily Mail her suspicions were raised because the claim emerged when the program was already halfway through and she had never seen Murdock.
The graduate said the program's class was small, with only about 90 people enrolled, and that when one classmate tried to engage with Murdock on social media, they were immediately blocked. "[Murdock] stopped making TikToks and kind of disappeared off social media for a while after that, so we let it go, thinking maybe she just stopped pretending," the graduate said. "It wasn't until she popped up again last week with her graduation photos that we were like, 'Oh, this girl is taking it all the way to the finish line,' and that's when we knew she had to be stopped."
Classmates say they never heard of her
Kiera Lee, a recent graduate of the program and the 2026 class historian, backed up the claims. As class historian, Lee said she was responsible for keeping records, taking photos at events and running the class social media page, and said she knows all of her classmates by name but never saw or heard of Murdock.
The Daily Mail found that Murdock's name did not appear in the registry of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She was also absent from Duke's 2026 class photo and was not named during the school's 2026 hooding and certificate ceremony.
The anonymous graduate said the program uses an electronic mailing list to communicate deadlines and events, and that Murdock's email never appeared on it. She also pointed to inconsistencies in Murdock's videos, saying a PA student badge Murdock flashed in one clip did not match the real ones, that the color of the master's hood in her graduation photos was wrong, and that her cap bore a 2026 emblem the real ones do not have.
Lee, who was separately documenting her own progress through the program online, said Murdock began following her on Instagram and posting content that mirrored hers. "Every week I'm posting what rotation I'm in, what I learned that week and everything, and suddenly she's on the same rotations that I'm on," Lee said. "That's not the way it works, like everyone is on different rotations at different times."
Duke declines to confirm enrollment
Duke University told the Daily Mail it could not confirm or deny whether Murdock attended, citing privacy rules that require written permission from the student to release such information.
The university's Physician Assistant Program runs 24 consecutive months, with the first half devoted to preclinical studies and the second half made up of 10 clinical rotations.
Since the allegations spread on social media, Murdock has deleted her Instagram account and set her previously public TikTok account to private.
In since-deleted posts obtained by the Daily Mail, Murdock had shared photos of herself in a black dress and yellow graduation sash on Duke's campus, along with a message reading in part: "Today, I get to look back and realize that every late night, every sacrifice, every setback and every prayer was leading me right here.. Master's in Physician Assistant Studies - completed." The posts have not been verified. Another alleged screenshot showed her outside the Duke PA school in navy blue scrubs.
Old videos raise further questions
Murdock's YouTube channel remains active and includes a video filmed last year showing her using a stylus on an iPad and writing notes on diseases and case studies before heading out the door with a lunchbox and energy drink, saying she had to get to school. In a separate video posted two years ago, she is seen in her car in navy blue scrubs saying she is on her way to work while wearing long acrylic nails, which PAs are typically barred from wearing during clinical rotations or physical exam labs.
Murdock recently appeared in YouTube vlogs by her friend, dental hygienist Tajah Ferjuste, discussing her supposed achievements. "I just want to say how proud I am of my friend, right. I have witnessed her, y'all, go through one of the hardest healthcare programs," Ferjuste said in the video. "She is in PA school right now, she's about to graduate.. and about to get her big girl job, like, life is moving so fast for her, but in the best way."
In that video, Murdock said: "I graduate in two weeks, I'm so excited. The PA school that I'm in right now is a very stressful and very competitive program, so for the last two and a half years, I've just been grinding and working at the same time, studying, thousands page PowerPoints, test on Friday, every single week, like, that's what we have to go through."
The Daily Mail has reached out to Murdock for comment. Murdock starred as a "temptress" on the first season of Temptation Island, which premiered on Netflix last year.
Classmates want story about their program, not scandal
Lee told the Daily Mail she wants people to know how strong her actual graduating class is, noting they raised "thousands" of dollars for the community. She said she does not want her class to be remembered for the scandal.
