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Monday, 09 May 2011 05:06

Match.com is sued by women over rape claim.

Written by  Dami Abajingin
Match.com is sued by women over rape claim.
The online dating site Match.com is being sued by a women after she was allegedly raped by a man she met through the website. The complainant, an entertainment executive from California, is demanding that the dating website screens all its members for criminal records after discovering her attacker had previous convictions of sexual battery. She claims that she was followed home by her assailant last year after their second date.

‘We are very disturbed to hear about this incident,’ says a spokesman for Match.com. ‘While incidents like this one are very rare, it doesn’t make them any less horrifying.’ The woman’s lawyer Mark L Webb is requesting for a temporary injunction which will bar the site from signing up more members until his client’s demands are met. He says: ‘They are a very powerful and successful online dating service, and they have the means to do this.’

‘This horrific ordeal completely blindsided me because I had considered myself savvy about online dating safety,’ says the woman identified in court documents only as Jane Doe. ‘Things quickly turned into a nightmare, beyond my control.’ After the man left, the woman learned he had been convicted on several counts of sexual battery.

The spokesman for Match.com says: ‘There are steps you can take to protect yourself online and offline, whether you met someone on an online dating service, through an acquaintance or at a bar.’ Charges are pending in the case.

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