Meeting someone from online is dangerous generally, for male or female.
Shit... like we have a female serial locked up at the moment whose considered one of the dangerous women in our country., her victim was grown as men...
Its safer for either party to atleast bring a friend if they never met them before, you don't know who's lying about what, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Regardless if its staged or not..
Her response does make sense especially if your walking up to meet someone in your own and you see a group of guys not just one, it's just common sense and safety.
However if they were also in a public place so she would have more likely been safe.
I mean what he should of done is mentioned to the girl that he was going to bring a friends or two, cause he was nervous or whatever, (guys get scared too)
Lack of open communication tbh.... Everyone seems to film everything these just because... Its weird generally.