Hollywood executive sues Match.com

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A successful Hollywood executive says she was raped after her second date with a man she met through Match.com. She is now suing the online dating site and insisting it change its policies to include screening for new members.

The woman is choosing to remain anonymous. Her lawyer, Mark Webb, refers to her as Jane Doe.

Jane Doe says Match.com member Paul Wurtzel brutally raped her after a date at Hollywood's Urth Café.

It was later discovered that Wurtzel had been convicted of sexual battery on six separate occasions before he attacked Jane Doe.

"This ordeal completely blindsided me because I had considered myself savvy about online dating safety," said Jane Doe in a statement released by her lawyer. "Match.com must begin to take responsibility in protecting paying subscribers. I do not want this to happen to anyone else."

Jane Doe's lawyer says that no one else should be allowed to sign up on the site until sexual predator screening is installed.