GULFPORT, Fla. - A federal judge Monday agreed with the Grindr, LLC, that a lawsuit over the high-profile murder of a Pinellas County teen after she met a man on the dating app should go to arbitration.

U.S. District Judge Tom Barber issued a 12-page ruling that said Miranda Corsette, in creating a Grindr account, had agreed to terms and conditions that included arbitration of legal disputes.

"In this case, defendant (Grindr) has presented evidence of a presumptively valid arbitration agreement electronically signed by Corsette when she created her Grindr account," Barber wrote. "The agreement broadly covers any dispute, claim, or controversy between Corsette and defendant, and Corsette agreed to resolve disputes through arbitration."

The backstory:

The 16-year-old girl was murdere

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