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Joel Leal
Joel Leal via ktla.com
A Los Angeles Man Is Suing Multiple Women For Allegedly Bullying Him On A Facebook Dating Group
Stewart Lucas Murrey — the LA man suing 10 defendants for negative comments and allegations they made about him in a Facebook group — has alleged that one of the false claims suspected him of murder.
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Stewart Lucas Murrey is suing 10 women for defamation, sex-based discrimination, libel and more after they allegedly made negative and false statements about him on the Facebook group "Are We Dating The Same Guy?". Of the numerous claims the women made about Murrey, he says, one accused him of involvement in a murder case, which he denies.

Key Details

  • Murrey alleges that the false claims include domestic violence charges, attempted extortions from dates, his STD history and him lying about being an attorney — all of which he denies.
  • One defendant, Olivia Berger, who went on a date with Murrey, described him as "arrogant and smug," and claimed her comments about him were based on "our true experiences."
  • KTLA's legal analysts suggested that the outcome may depend on whether the comments were presented online as opinions or truths.

Comments

  1. Silver Wraith 1 month ago

    This is an interesting legal case and I hope this goes to trial so it becomes case law for the future on similar plaintiffs. There is a fine line between expressing YOUR OPINION versus malicious defamation libel and slander. It is protected free speech ( from government censorship) to say in my opinion such and such isn't as tasty as a Dunkin Donut, but to make false claims that such product is made from insect infested human cadaver fat, when in fact it isn't, is legally litigatable. In America you can sue anyone for anything but whether the case is thrown out by the court depends on conditions.
    Any accusation or DEFAMATION, based on PROVABLE blatant lies will open the offender to legal damages, because such case will be deemed have legal standing.
    Journalists always need to cite sources when reporting on a story and the public has the same level of obligation to avoid being held liable. Making wild accusations about a person without any proof is dangerous from the slanderer's standpoint.
    Whether the women had breached terms of use for publicly broadcasting what is considered a private conversation will depend if the "click license" to use the dating app constitutes the effectuation of a NonDisclosure Agreement or not among the three parties, the man, the woman and the owner of the APP.
    I'm hoping this is NOT settled out of court but becomes case law in the future. At any rate all such social media pages will likely self-destruct as the moderators and users desperately wish to avoid litigation.

  2. Lee Harrington 1 month ago

    First song, second side, boys don't cry.

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