From the little detail we've been given, that's exactly how it come off to me. The man is complete filth for doing that to her, but if they knew each other longer, there might have been warning signs that could have been picked up on. I wanna know if the guy was pushy to have them meet up somewhere of his choosing, that she HAD to be tied to be tickled on the first meeting, that she absolutely could not bring anyone else to the meeting such as her girlfriend.
Did she jump at the chance for this to all happen simply because he was available in the area? If they hadn't met before, how long did they talk online beforehand? Did the guy seem at all pushy about meeting, like there was no patience? Or was he the nicest guy in the world up until that point?
Or maybe she was just oblivious to everything, and let naiveté take over and just assume things would work out for the best?
I'm not going to assume there was in no way any form of precaution that could have been taken simply because we don't have all the info. There are a lot of factors in play here, and whether you think I'm an asshole or not for not just spewing the same "ohh that piece of shit, I'm so sorry that happened, you poor thing, yada yada", which I do believe in that no woman deserves this, I'm just looking at things from another angle.
Anyway, that's all from me. Feel free to to hate on me all you want.