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Article

22 Sep 2014

Author:
Chris Spargo, Daily Mail (UK)

USA: Tinder settles sexual harassment lawsuit brought by co-founder

"Tinder settles sexual harassment lawsuit as female co-founder branded a ‘heartless w**** who flirts with Muslim pigs' gets undisclosed sum, and male aggressor at the center of the scandal leaves company", 9 Sep 2014 

Tinder has quickly settled a sexual harassment suit brought against the company by one of the app's co-founders. Whitney Wolfe, 24, has been awarded an undisclosed amount of money after claiming she was harassed and forced out of the company when her romantic relationship with Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder Justin Mateen, 28, soured…Documents released by Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday morning showed that Miss Wolfe dropped the case…The torrent of abuse to which Miss Wolfe alleged she was subjected to after ending her relationship with Mr. Mateen, which began in February 2013 and lasted until that December, has exposed a culture among Tinder's senior executive which went beyond 'frat-like,' according to her attorney...Mr. Mateen had been suspended in the wake of the allegations, and now a source close to the company, who declined to be identified, has said he is no longer with Tinder or IAC...