Ex-Tinder CEO files lawsuit saying sexual assault allegations against him are defamation
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Former Tinder CEO Greg Blatt is suing Tinder co-founder Sean Rad and the company’s former VP of marketing and communications Rosette Pambakian for defamation after Pambakian went public with sexual assault allegations against Blatt. The lawsuit seeks at least $50 million in damages.
The allegations of sexual assault first showed up in a separate lawsuit Rad is currently pursuing against Match Group and its parent company IAC. In that case, Rad claims that Match Group and IAC purposely undervalued Tinder in an effort to avoid paying millions in stock to the team’s co-founders.
Pambakian was initially part of Rad’s case, but she had to drop out...