Former Tinder VP Sues the Dating App for Sexual Harassment

Whitney Wolfe says she was labeled a 'whore'

Whitney Wolfe, the former vp and co-founder of Tinder, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the dating app on Monday, stating that she was labeled a "whore" in front of the company's CEO, among other allegations.

Wolfe claims she was unceremoniously removed from her co-founder role sometime after the company’s chief marketing officer, Justin Mateen, offered the view that "having a young female co-founder 'makes the company seem like a joke' and 'devalues' the company," according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles.

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