AUSTIN, Texas - A 14-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by another user of MySpace.com sued the social networking Web site Monday, claiming it does not take sufficient steps to protect underage members.

The girl says a 19-year-old man lied in his profile about being a senior on a football team to gain her trust and phone number.

Pete Solis was arrested in May on a charge of sexual assault of a child. He could not immediately be reached Monday evening.

The suit alleges that MySpace has "absolutely no meaningful protections or security measures to protect underage users."

"(MySpace) has got to take this seriously," said attorney Carl Barry, who is representing the girl and her mother. The suit seeks $30 million.

In a statement, MySpace said it is committed to the safety of its members.

"We take aggressive measures to protect our members," said Hemanshu Nigam, chief security officer. "Ultimately, Internet safety is a shared responsibility. We encourage everyone on the Internet to engage in smart Web practices and have open family dialogue about how to apply offline lessons in the online world."

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Come on, if you can sue and win cuz u put a cup of hot coffee between your legs, this is a shoe in.

I heard it on 93.5 WTPA, all I could do was laugh. Sure I feel sorry for her, but in another instance she should know better. The head guy of myspace made a great comment, "No matter how many security measures we take people will still find loopholes of getting around them" Like the whole you have to be 16 rule, so you would just have to lie and bam you have a myspace.

This is starting to become a common thing.  There's no surprise that we live in a world where this is all possible.  Parents need to start educating and supervising their kids instead of blaming the internet.