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Accused of sexual assault, former Tinder CEO files defamation lawsuit

In August, a former vice president at Tinder filed a lawsuit alleging that Greg Blatt, the onetime chief executive of Tinder and its parent companies Match Group and IAC, sexually harassed and assaulted her at a company Christmas party in 2016.

On Thursday, Blatt filed a defamation suit against his accuser, Rosette Pambakian, and against Tinder's co-founder and former CEO Sean Rad, alleging that the sexual battery accusations are part of a smear campaign designed to give Rad and Pambakian leverage in a

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