A dating Web site which helps married people cheat on their partner has been sued by one of their former employees. She accused the Web site of being responsible as she hurt her wrists while typing up fake profiles of sexy woman, hundreds in number.

Doriana Silva demanded $20 million for the damage caused by Ashley Madison's 'unjust enrichment' at the expense of their employee, according to her own words. Additionally, she has also demanded that an addition amount of $1 million for the general and punitive damages caused by the company.

Ms Silva happens to be an immigrant from Brazil who now lives in Toronto. She has informed that she had been hired for helping in the launch of the Portuguese version of the dating Web site as she was promised a salary of $34,000, plus perks. She was instructed to create fake female profiles, a thousand in number. Those profiles were targeted to be used for luring men to the newly launched Brazilian Ashley Madison Web site. She was given three week for finishing the assignment, which was not sufficient; she alleged.

Ms Silva's legal document reads that the profiles were used for enticing heterosexual males to join the Web site after becoming a paid member. They were supposed to spend money on the dating Web site. All those profiles are fake and do not belong to any genuine member of the Ashley Madison Web site. They are not real human beings, only computer-generated fake profiles, she claims.

On the other hand, the allegations of Ms Silva are yet to be proven in court. Ashley Madison has not filed any statement of defence either. The company claims to provide dating services to married people. She also informed that she did not question the assignment as no one from the company suggested that she would have to do anything illegal or improper. On the other hand, she was convinced that such a practice was normal in the current industry.

When Postmedia News tried to contact the Web site, it did not respond.