Ashley Madison strikes back against ‘fake profile’ injury lawsuit with photos

Ashley Madison is striking back against a bizarre $20 million lawsuit from a former employee who says damaged her wrists on the job by releasing images of the woman apparently leading a normal life.

Ashley Madison, a Canadian-based dating website for married men and women, says it rejects Doriana Silva's claim that she was left physically disabled by creating 1,000 fake online profiles and alleges it has evidence that she has continued to live a normal life.

"Throughout this lawsuit, Ms. Silva has continued to lead an active life and has shown no side effects from her so called injury, as evidenced by her photo postings, depicting multiple vacations around the world, on social media sites," reads a statement provided to Yahoo Canada News. "In fact, in several postings Ms. Silva can be seen clearly enjoying herself on a jet ski – an unlikely activity for someone who has allegedly suffered serious injury."

The company also provided several images of a woman it said was Silva riding a jet ski, attending a concert and participating in other facets of an active lifestyle.

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According to the Canadian Press, Silva's lawsuit is seeking $20 million for injuries to her wrist and forearms sustained during her brief stint with the company.

Silva alleges that she was hired to help launch a Portuguese-language version of the site. She was asked to create 1,000 "fake female profiles" intended to lure men onto the website, and was given three weeks to complete the job.

"The purpose of these profiles is to entice paying heterosexual male members to join and spend money on the website," reads the statement of claim. "They do not belong to any genuine members of Ashley Madison — or any real human beings at all."

Silva goes on to say that requests for compensation and physiotherapy were rejected despite her injuries being "permanent."

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In its statement, Ashley Madison called the lawsuit "extortionary" and vowed to fight the charges in court. The company claimed that an independent insurance auditor did not find her claim credible and two Canadian medical professions diagnosed Silva with a strain and prescribed rest.

The statement further defended its business tactics as "100% authentic" and in accordance with information stated clearly in its terms and conditions. On its website, Ashley Madison says it cannot "guarantee the authenticity of any profile."

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