A coalition of law firms filed a lawsuit against the parent company that owns both Hinge and Tinder after a Denver cardiologist was convicted of using the dating apps to find, drug and rape women over the span of several years.
Stephen Matthews is currently serving the maximum 158-year sentence at the Crowley County Correctional Facility after his 2024 conviction on 35 counts, which included multiple sexual assault charges and second-degree assault in connection with the drugging and sexual assaults of nearly a dozen women.
Six survivors of his crimes are part of a new lawsuit, and they are represented by C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, Gerash Steiner, P.C., Dormer Harpring, LLC, and Shafner Injury Law, the law firms said. They claim that Hinge — a dating app owned by Match Group that also owns Tinder — ignored clear and long-standing warning signs that Matthews was a predator…