Abusing Online Dating to Woo While Married

2005_09_drlove.jpgTwo women are suing a fertility specialist, Dr. Khaled Zeitoun, for posing as a single man on Yahoo Personals and luring them into sexual relationships - even though he was really married with three kids. Jing Huang and Tiffany Wang have filed suits against Zeitoun for causing them emotional distress. Wang's lawsuit says, "Zeitoun claimed that 14 years prior while he was in Egypt, the devil had taken his soul...He claimed that he made a deal with the devil that he would never get married. Zeitoun claimed that he never regretted that decision until he met Wang." Hell, Gothamist would like to sue for emotional distress just for hearing that line. When reporters called him, Zeitoun laughed and said, "Is she suing someone because he romanced other women?"

The Post helpfully explains that Zeitoun is "pronounced like Satan" and includes the cultural component of the doctor's relationship, with one of the spurned lovers' lawyer saying that since Zeitoun is married to an Asian woman, "he knows their religious and cultural background" to prey on the Chinese and Taiwanese ladies. Because all Chinese women are the same! Now, Gothamist doesn't know the exact details, aside from the stuff in the tabloids, about the relationships, but if people could sue for relationships that caused us emotional distress, the legal system would go into gridlock. Yahoo Personals probably has legal disclaimers to protect their ass... Gothamist can only imagine Zeitoun's lawyer will try to use that in court.


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Alright, this one's for the ladies:
You're on a date arranged through an online personals site. During dinner, the man reveals that Satan has stolen his soul and he therefore took a pledge never to get married (non sequitur notwithstanding). He then says that he's never regretted this life of Satan-stolen soulless existence until he met you on Yahoo! Personals. Do you:
A) Become excited that you're on a date with a doctor?

B) Decide that this is a man you want to take home and have sex with?

B) Calmly excuse yourself and hide in the restroom for two hours, hoping he'll get bored and leave?

C) Pepper spray him across the table and bolt for the door?

I'm curious. Perhaps my dating patter needs some spicing up.

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Alright, this one's for the ladies:
You're on a date arranged through an online personals site. During dinner, the man reveals that Satan has stolen his soul and he therefore took a pledge never to get married (non sequitur notwithstanding). He then says that he's never regretted this life of Satan-stolen soulless existence until he met you on Yahoo! Personals. Do you:
A) Become excited that you're on a date with a doctor?

B) Decide that this is a man you want to take home and have sex with?

C) Calmly excuse yourself and hide in the restroom for two hours, hoping he'll get bored and leave?

D) Pepper spray him across the table and bolt for the door?

I'm curious. Perhaps my dating patter needs some spicing up. (Repeated post to correct choice letters)

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This is dumb, with everything else going on in the world THIS is the front cover story? its a non issue, I wouldnt even waste space taling about it on this blog. I know its the daily news but still...

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What's with Asian women and loser white guys?

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"What's with Asian women and loser white guys?"

It's simple, Asian women in New York (editor of this site included) generally prefer white men over their own Asian men in their bid to assimilate and become more white themselves. Given the racial politics of America, who can blame them, though most of them will deny that this is why they date white men.

Also, most of these Asian women will tell you their favorite show is something like "Sex & The City" (and they will even parrot Carrie Bradshaw) even though I can remember only one Asian character ever making an appearance on that show, and she was a maid. Go figure.

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Dr. Love?? Whatever. As long I don't have to worry about him waving his schlong at me on the subway...

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karen, i love you.

Anyway, I have a serious weakness for cute asian guys in cabana shorts.

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The Post states that Dr. Zeitoun claims that he made a pact with the devil. My god, look at that guy--he looks like the devil himself! Scary. Can't figure out what attracted women to him. Must be the M.D. after his name.

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It's all because of that movie JOY LUCK CLUB. IN that movie all the asian women were with asian guys and they made them feel like shit so they stepped up to flavor with WHITE GUYS cause the WHITE GUYs call them "little china dolls" and treat them that way too. Remember that Asian guy who was like "You must pay for half the ice cream"? That totally fucked it up for asian guys.

Forget about suing for heartbreak. Up here in Massachusetts, you can't even sue for a much more serious sort of break.

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asian women date white guys to piss off their parents. duh!

so why do japanese women date black guys?

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Japanese women are into beastiality.

http://www.beastiality.com/pics/samples/current/2.jpg

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that's a white chick doing it with a dog!!!! omigod. hyperventilating must stop puking. gothamist has officially gone to hell!!

Wow, is this Gothamist comments or Craigslist Rant n' Rave?

Colombia's vice president is "baffled" by Kate Moss's success following cocaine allegations...

Dr. Khaled Zeitoun again put his personal AD in American Singles and as a "SINGLE AND WITH NO KIDS". Unfortunately, he was badly caught for giving false information in the profile and thrown out from that site. Ladies be careful about this sweet talker Dr. love. He is a very good liar.

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