Man Sues 27 Women for Comments on 'Are We Dating the Same Guy?'

As far as we know, he only dated one of them.

[SoManyRandomRamblings]

What blows me away is when someone goes to court for defamation and they tell the court "of course everything said was a lie....who would be dumb enough to believe anything our broadcasters say" and yet they are still allowed to broadcast lies and half-truths with impunity. Even though they told the courts that NO ONE would be dumb enough to believe them.

And then sit around and wonder why people on the internet all think they can get away with lying too. 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

[jasoncarter]

So if the women claimed he has a short winky, that should be measurable.

[Xander-]

I recently got posted on one here where I reside and the person gave away exactly who they were even posting anonymously by giving away what we did when we met. I ghosted the chick because she wasn't my type and she ended up making false things about me in that group and most of the women were agreeing with her even though they don't know who the hell I am as a person. I never knew they had groups like that about woman that get rejected by someone and get in their feelings to bash someone's character just for some validation even though things are not true what they are saying. My advice is to stay away from online dating and look for someone in person.

[billstolz]

How do politicians get away with lying and defaming people😊

[R_dacted]

This is actually _extremely_ common when it comes to dating and relationship content online. People will post one-sided perspectives of their relationship online, most commonly on tiktok, and the comments will go to down blasting the other partner.

Question though: If someone posts something factually false about another person and then it gets a lot of traction with people believing it and spreading it, are the people who spread it liable or is it just the person who initially made the claims?

[AngeloJoeselberg]

I was sued for exposing a streamer for drinking with underage kids. Tried to say I slandered for telling the truth to his fans and employers IRL. It's an annoying process. Always be weary what u put online!

[kateashby]

I got sued once for libel. Unfortunately for this lunatic, everything I said was true. I countersued for bad faith (punitive damages) and won. And she lost. 😂

[tony_orto]

People have no problem claiming other people are pedophiles online and it appears to be just because the other person is from a different political party.

[JonathanLedbetter]

I checked out the rules for the group in my area. (The group is private but their rules are public.) One of them is "no libel, defamation or copyright infringement", along with a multi-paragraph warning about making sure you have evidence, posting at your own risk, that the group is not responsible for what you post, and that you may be sued for libel and defamation.

Obviously you can't make people read and absorb these rules, but that warning is there and in clear language. It shouldn't be Facebook or the group's liability that these posts were made... only those of the people that allegedly demanded this guy.

That said, libel is tricky to prove. In the US, the plaintiff needs to prove that the accusations are false based on a preponderance of the evidence. I personally prefer it that way -- the UK does it backwards and thus allows the elite to sue and bury stories that are embarrassing to them.

[robertheinkel]

He would have to prove what they wrote was incorrect, and prove what his actual damages were.

[Noneofyourbusiness]

Saying someone is a trillionaire wouldn't be harmful? I remember asking my Father why he didn't name his company after himself. He told me the more people who think you have money, the more people will ask you for some of it.

[sioframay]

How many people knew about this before he filed a lawsuit? It sure seems like a lot more people know about it now.

[joeblow]

Someone can post anonymously on Facebook but the moderator of the group has to approve it. So obviously, a moderator knows who the person is. The man's lawyer can subpoena the moderators to find out who posted.

[cherylrevell]

This should be very interesting to follow what happens. There is a big one that blew up out of the Idaho case where a TikToker out of Texas has defamed a professor declaring professor is the killer and she (the professor) has been battling it since. The TikToker is a nutcase who claims her "evidence" is "spiritual".

Though realize this nonsense is very costly, I agree that these nutjobs do need a taste of consequences.

YouTuber, Emily D. Baker has covered this extensively. She's a lawyer and seems most interested in where that ridiculous situation leads in the courts because it's so outrageous.

[gamesthatiplay]

My cousin dated a man that someone found her and said "oh I dated him too." She introduced my cousin into some kind of online club of women that had dated him that he embezzled their money, or stole from them to use for the next girl. My cousin has no money, he didn't do anything to her specifically, but the online club tried to get her to post that he did. Strange stuff. She dropped out of the club and got harassed enough where she finally told me "the tech person" about it.

[kirkmorrison]

I won't date anyone heavily into Facebook

[jannarkiewicz]

Steve never denied if he was the guy dating 27 women. <-- joke

[OpenCarryUSMC]

Once had someone post on Craigslist in a “rants and raves” section where we had some political debate going on. There was a small group of us with various views who tried to actually debate issues and a number of regulars who only knew how to parrot “party lines” without facts.
Well one day one of those not in our “group” posted a slightly veiled threat towards the President (Which isn’t relevant).
Several of us posted that he needs to be careful making such statements about the President as it could be construed as a threat and the SS (secret service) takes such things seriously.
His response was quick and not well considered. He basically said let him remove all doubt about what he meant and that he meant that someone needs to get a rifle and put a bullet through his head (he used his name).
Half a dozen of us responded that he needed to pull down that post immediately or he was likely to get a visit.
He of course refused stating he was posting in an anonymous board and he would be fine. This was before most people know they’re not truly anonymous online.
At least two posters (because I was there when they did it) contacted the SS ti report the incident.
A couple of days later his posts in any topic ended (he had been a prolific poster).
Weeks later someone asked where he’d gone and another responded with “maybe the black SUVs came and got him”.
The OP posted his shortest post ever and it read simply:
“They’re not black, they’re white”.

[MrFixItGa]

Even Steve will tell you there are three sides to every story. Yours, mine, and the truth.

[TTB]

Reminds me of a man who had his face up on actual giant billboards that some women had paid to be up there. Saying things he didn't do and that he even had AIDS. This was long time ago but still.