NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Manhattan woman is suing a man she met on Tinder claiming that he posted a risqué picture of her online and also sent it to her father's work email as revenge porn for turning him down for a potential threesome.
According to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed Wednesday, the woman says she met Jeffery Berger on Tinder on Aug. 3, 2019 through his profile that he shared with his girlfriend, which said "seeking a single female."
After speaking on and off over the phone for months, the woman eventually sent a photo of herself "in which her intimate parts were exposed," and on Jan. 19, Berger sent her a "nude" picture of he and his girlfriend, the court documents add.
The victim and Berger also had a video call on June 25 where "the conversation made [her] uncomfortable, and she decided to cease communication with Defendant Berger and block his … phone number from contacting her," according to the suit.
The suit alleges that the same day, an Instagram account using the photo she sent to Berger in January as the profile picture, sent her a message that "threatened to reveal the nude image with [her] parents," and also notify her dad’s business partner.
The next day, the victim’s dad got an email at his work account with the photo of his daughter which the same photo used for the other fake online account, the court documents claim.
The court documents claim that the entire incident has caused the victim "severe emotional distress," including panic attacks "that interfere with [her] quality of life."
The woman is suing for defamation and related claims because the online accounts "allege sexual promiscuity of the Plaintiff and impugn the Plaintiff’s basic integrity," according to the court documents.
She is seeking at least $1 million in damages as well as an order that bans Berger from sharing the photo again.