PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who argued that he was defamed and painted as an illicit sexual predator by two individuals who provided a series of text messages between him and a young student to a rowing club who was considering hiring the plaintiff and later did not do so, recently withdrew his case.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for two individuals who were said to have provided a series of text messages between a Pittsburgh man and a young rowing club student painting him as an illicit sexual predator and causing him to lose a job opportunity, have filed preliminary objections which attempt to call into doubt the veracity of the subsequent lawsuit’s defamation allegations.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has granted motions to learn more about the identities of two individuals who were said to have provided a series of text messages between a Pittsburgh man and a young rowing club student painting him as an illicit sexual predator, and causing him to lose a job opportunity.
Florin Curuea of Pittsburgh first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 6 versus two John Doe defendants.
“On or about Sept. 2, 2020, plaintiff, was informed that John Doe #1 had recently emailed a number of text messages bearing dates starting in August and ending in September 2011 to the Steel City Rowing Club. Those text messages were between plaintiff and a female who was 17 years old at the time. Plaintiff was 29 years old at the time. The female was one of plaintiff’s rowing students,” the suit said.