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you know I'm I'm equating this to like a

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digital Scarlet Letter I mean they they

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place this letter on him so to speak and

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he can't refute he can't come back a

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Chicago man Nico de Ambrosio is suing 27

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women and seeking $75 million in Damages

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following negative reviews posted on a

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Facebook page this lawsuit stems from a

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bu Invitation Only Facebook group called

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are we dating the same guy these reviews

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which labeled him as clingy and a ghosta

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have prompted d IO to alleged defamation

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claiming that false and malicious lies

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flooded the private Facebook group are

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we dating the same guy Chicago Edition

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after his name and photo were shared

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last year he says the Facebook group's

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local chapter has ruined his reputation

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private group with over 88,000 members

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is part of a network where women share

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dating experiences and issue warnings

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about counted red flags to protect one

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another things were posted about him

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that he could not like come combat and

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and refute Dan brosio asserts that the

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defendants knowingly spread false

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information about him with a reckless

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disregard for the truth we've been

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working on this for several months we've

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tried everything but Sue these people we

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tried sending them registered letters

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sending them ceasing toist letters to no

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avail and ultimately we had to go take

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this recourse because our hand was

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forced and it wouldn't take down these

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posts the lawsuit targets 27 named women

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including group moderators as well as

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Jane do and various entities of

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Facebook's parent company meta his

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attorney says he is has asked Facebook

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to remove all photos of his client and

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all the false posts about him Facebook

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did nothing the originating New York

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City based Facebook group is part of a

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broader Network where women across

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various cities share information about

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negative dating experiences and seek

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advice on potential red flags Dan bro's

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legal filing explains that the incident

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mentioned in the Facebook page occurred

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after he met a woman at a Chicago event

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despite what he describes as un

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remarkable dates he claims they were

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never in an exclusive of relationship

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the woman later spread false information

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on Facebook including claims of

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clinginess flaunting money and

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inappropriate behavior during businesss

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you know I'm I'm acquainting this to

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like a digital Scarlet Letter I mean

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they they place this letter on him so to

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speak and he can't refute he can't come

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back and he can't uh stand up for

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himself or put forth his side of the the

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story other women commented on the post

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sharing similar negative experiences or

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mentioning past warnings about

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ambrosio's Behavior complaint says that

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nearly 30 women published several false

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claims about D Ambrosio in that Facebook

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group the legal filing includes

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screenshots of comments with one woman

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cautioning others based on her past

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experience de Ambrosio also notes that

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the woman who initially posted about him

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used her real name but changed it to

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Anonymous after his lawyers contacted

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her this case is believed to be the

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first one filed under Illinois's anti-

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doxing statute which just went into

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effect a couple weeks ago on January

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first if it's successful this lawsuit

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could have some far-reaching

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implications they're now Fielding

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hundreds of calls from other men who say

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they've seen their personal information

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attached to other similar forums but

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ironically Dan brosio is now charged

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with filing false tax returns Nico de

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Ambrosio was convicted today in federal

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court of lying and or filing rather

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false tax returns the charges include

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two counts one from May 17th 2021 and

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the other from July the 6th 2020 court

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documents alleged that he provided false

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information misrepresenting his total

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expenses and charitable contributions