Nik Lamas-Richie (Born Hooman Abedi Karamian; February 12, 1979) is an American Internet personality most prominent in the late 2000s and 2010s.
Ben Quayle wrote for DirtyScottsdale.com [8][9] Co-founded by Ari Golden,[10] the later and more widely known version, TheDirty.com, allows users to anonymously upload their own "dirt" including news, gossip, accusations, photos, videos, or text, and comment on posts submitted by others.
[20] In a heavily publicized case, Sarah Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, LLC, a federal court in Kentucky initially found that Richie was not entitled to CDA immunity in a case arising from several posts about Kentucky high school teacher and part-time cheerleader Sarah Jones.
Richie has argued that he is protected from liability by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, like other operators of blogs and websites that allow third party users to submit content.
In 2011, thedirty.com published an uncorroborated article claiming Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump had a sexual encounter at a golfing event, and Life & Style Weekly, a supermarket tabloid, printed the story.
[26][27] In November 2010, Nik Richie, with his wife, Shayne Lamas,[28] appeared on an episode of Dr. Phil devoted to the subject of online bullying and gossip entitled "Dirt, Lies and the Internet.".
[32] In June 2011, ABC News program 20/20 aired a segment about Richie and his legal battle with Sarah Jones.