India, Sept. 17 -- The widow of a computer programmer who helped create key software for the popular online game Roblox has alleged that a male escort manipulated her into giving him $6 million. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Marianne Flippo, 49, accused Gregg Starr, 38, of claiming to love her and convincing her to pay millions of dollars so they could be together.

"I now realize I was foolish," Flippo wrote in the lawsuit filed on Monday, according to a New York Post report.

The lawsuit alleges that Starr took advantage of Flippo while she was grieving the death of her husband. She has accused him of spending her money and asked the court to intervene.

According to the lawsuit, Flippo and her late husband, Chad Flippo...