Women Sue Hinge Dating App After Colorado Cardiologist Convicted In Drugging Rape Case

By Brian Maass | CBS Colorado

Six women who say they were drugged and raped by former Denver cardiologist Stephen Matthews plan to file a civil lawsuit in Denver Tuesday against Matthews and the Hinge dating app, which they say allowed Matthews to remain on the app for years, even after women had told Hinge that Matthews was a rapist.

“I thought it was unbelievably unacceptable, disrespectful and just horrifying,” said one of the women who filed the suit, Alexa, 25, who asked that her last name not be used.

She was 22 when she met Matthews via the Hinge app in 2023, but after a date that ended with her believing she was drugged and assaulted, she later learned that another woman had reported Matthews to Hinge as a “rapist” in 2020, then again in 2021, but he remained on the app until after Alexa’s date with him in 2023.

“Whatever they weren’t doing, they (Hinge) weren’t listening, and they were just kind of keeping him on. I know he was paying but it seemed like they cared more about him being on the site than women’s safety,” she said during an interview with CBS News Colorado.

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