Is Don'tDateHimGirl.com Fair To Men?

One Who Sued, Claiming Defamation, Takes On Site's Creator

(CBS)  Some people have been saying that a Web site called Don'tDateHimGirl.com was a lawsuit waiting to happen. Now it has.

The site enables women to post warnings to other women about men they've dated, but now one of those men is suing three women involved with the site, charging defamation of character.

Todd Hollis and his lawyer got into a spirited discussion with the site's creator, Tasha Joseph, and her attorney, on The Early ShowThursday. Co-anchor Hannah Storm moderated the lively debate.

Hollis, 38, a Pittsburgh criminal defense lawyer, told Storm, "The postings (he's suing over) relate to my mental health, my relationships with other women, and the (allegation) that I'm a nefarious person. One reference made even commented to me having herpes.

"Who would want to have a discussion with an anonymous, you know, individual, on a global platform, about their mental health or any sexual diseases that they might have?

"(These were) anonymous postings that Ms. Joseph allows to happen. What person would want to discuss that?"

Joseph explained that, "Every guy who is posted on Don'tDateHimGirl.com has the opportunity to send in a rebuttal, and it goes there with his profile. For instance, if John Smith is on the site, you can see what a woman who dated him has to say about him, but you can see what John Smith has to say for himself."

Men's rebuttals, she noted, said, are posted within 48 hours.

Hollis said, "We sent Ms. Joseph a letter pleading with her to remove (the postings) from the Web site, and she basically thumbed her nose at us and said she wasn’t."

Joseph countered by saying, "I want to clarify the point about the postings being anonymous. … A woman has to create a membership with our Web site and create a user name. When she does that, she fills out a contact information sheet that gives her phone number, her e-mail address, her name, and also the IP address of the computer where the posting is being made, so we know who they are."

But, pressed Storm, why not take the comments off the site?