A man has filed a lawsuit against 27 women for comments shared about him in a Facebook group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” He is seeking over $75,000 (N72 billion) in damages.
Also joined in the suit are one man, Meta and other social media companies.
The women claim in their social media posts that they went on dates with the man, describing him as “clingy” and “psycho,” and advising others to “steer clear.”
One woman claims that he ghosted her after they slept together.
One of the women also claimed that he got “very clingy very fast,” flaunted his money, and “kept talking about how I don’t want to see his bad side, especially when he was on business calls.”
On January 11, Nikko D’Ambrosio filed the suit in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, claiming that the defendants posted “provably false and defamatory” statements about their dating experiences with him in the Chicago subgroup of “Are We Dating the Same Guy?”
The “Are We Dating the Same Guy” corporation and website, multiple divisions of Meta and Facebook, Patreon and GoFundMe are also listed as defendants.
D’Ambrosio is suing for seven counts — including defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy and civil liability—alleging that the statements in the Facebook group were known to be untrue and have affected his job and reputation.
He alleges that posts in the group led to “personal humiliation, mental anguish and suffering, emotional distress, stress, anxiety, lost earnings” and other financial loss.
The lawsuit claims that “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” has multiple subgroups across the country and Canada that allow users to “anonymously dox, defame, and attack the moral character of men they’ve met online.”
One woman named in the lawsuit posted about her encounters with D’Ambrosio after meeting at an event in Chicago, Illinois, the suit explains. She also allegedly shared a picture of him on the social media platform.
He claims he contacted the defendants around Dec. 15, 2023 to ask that statements about their interactions be removed from the group. According to him, the post was removed and later uploaded again anonymously.
