Pittsburgh attorney Todd Hollis has revived his lawsuit against a Web site that accused him of infidelity and infecting women with herpes.

Mr. Hollis said the site -- DontDateHimGirl.com -- defamed him by publishing false and malicious statements.

Acting as his own lawyer, Mr. Hollis filed suit last week in U.S. District Court in Miami against the Florida-based Web site and its owner, Tasha Cunningham. A judge in Allegheny County dismissed Mr. Hollis' initial lawsuit last year, saying a Pittsburgh court had no jurisdiction over a Miami company.

Mr. Hollis, 39, said he reluctantly sued again in Miami because Ms. Cunningham refused to remove the numerous lies that her Web site has published about him.

"I never wanted to file a lawsuit. I wanted my name cleared," he said yesterday.

He is seeking at least $75,000 in damages, plus expenses for the lawsuit.

Ms. Cunningham, 34, formerly known as Tasha Joseph, would not answer questions about herself or the lawsuit, but she gave this written statement to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

"DontDateHimGirl.com's mission is to empower women with the information and connections that help them make better life decisions. DDHG.com is fully protected [from defamation lawsuits] by the Communication Decency Act. ... Any attack or lawsuit put forth regarding DDHG.com will be dealt with strongly, swiftly and in a manner which will seek to end this type of erroneous, wasteful litigation."

Ms. Cunningham launched DontDateHimGirl.com two years ago. It allows anonymous posters to identify and submit photographs of men accused of various misdeeds, usually cheating on a spouse or girlfriend.

In an interview with the Miami Herald last year, Ms. Cunningham said her site had 600,000 registered users and received more than 1 million "hits" a day.

Numerous postings about Mr. Hollis remained on her Web site yesterday. One alleged that he is gay. Another called him "dark and handsome," but accused him of being unclean and of having women "in every ZIP code in the USA."

Two other postings said Mr. Hollis had infected women with a venereal disease.

"Todd Hollis gave me herpes. Beware. Do not date him," one of these anonymous posters wrote.

He said the allegations about him are false and have hurt him personally and professionally. Many of his clients and the judges he appears before have seen the Web site, he said.

Mr. Hollis said he notified Ms. Cunningham that her site contained false claims about him, but she did not care.

Mr. Hollis said she even created headlines and additional material for the untrue postings. He said this part of her conduct will be critical to his lawsuit.

Libeling someone on the Internet can be difficult to prove because of anonymous postings. But because Ms. Cunningham's company put headings on the false statements, she effectively vouched for all the material, Mr. Hollis said.

Mr. Hollis said he asked various Florida lawyers to take his case, but none would. They were afraid the lawsuit would run up expenses that could not be recovered, even with a favorable verdict. So, Mr. Hollis said, he decided he had no choice but to represent himself in hopes of reclaiming his reputation.