NEW YORK CITY – Forty-six-year-old Manhattan-based Dr. Khaled Zeitoun seemed like the perfect match for Tiffany Wang. In fact, after the two had met online via a singles website in March 2001, the romantic Zeitoun told Wang that the two had been married in a previous life. According to the eager suitor, he had spent this life searching for Wang in the hopes of making amends for having mistreated her during their previous life together. In May 2002, the good doctor popped the question.Another woman, Jing Huang, similarly fell for the smooth-typing reproductive endocrinologist in October 2003 when they met with the help of an online dating site. As had been the case when he met Wang, Zeitoun claimed to be single, having never married. He also spun a similar tale of shared past lives. Once July of the following year came around, Huang realized she was being played and cut her cheating boyfriend loose.
The two women are suing their shared – and very married – sweetheart for lying about his marital status while manipulating them into relationships with him. Manhattan Supreme Court papers indicate that Zeitoun is not only married, but is also the father of three children. Each woman is seeking financial compensation for severe emotional distress “outside the boundaries of human decency and social norms.”
By way of example, Wang claims that Zeitoun’s proposal to her ultimately had nothing to do with an intention to marry her but, instead, was made “to see the look of joy on her face.” In his defense, Zeituoun has acknowledged that he lied about his marital status, but insists that he told Wang that he was involved with another woman that he had met online.
