Former customers claim they paid anywhere from $ 14,000 to $125,000 for Valenti International's services to help them find that special someone. One woman sued because she claims the match provided by the company was "incompatible." Mari Payton reports. Watch the NBC 7 video story online at www.nbcsandiego.com.

Molestations took place when with friend of family
By Dana Littlefield, Staff Writer

Two sisters who sued a Coronado man convicted in 1999 of molesting them when they were children have been awarded more than $1.7 million for emotional distress suffered as a result of the abuse. Howard Eugene Everett III, 64, was ordered to pay the women – now 22 and 18 – for past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering. In their lawsuit, filed Jan. 28, the sisters claimed that Everett used his position as a trusted family friend to manipulate and sexually molest them from 1990 to 1999. "It was always a problem for (the older sister) but as a child you don't recognize it," Elaine Heine, the sisters' attorney, said in an interview. Read the full article.