A lady suing Sean “Diddy” Combs for sexual assault should reveal her identification or face potential dismissal of her lawsuit.
The Tennessee resident sued Diddy, alleging he assaulted her at a celebration twenty years in the past when she was a 19-year-old school scholar. She filed her declare beneath a pseudonym, however a federal decide has dominated the case can not proceed anonymously, in keeping with abc Information.
“Merely put, allegations of sexual assault, by themselves, are usually not ample to entitle a plaintiff to proceed beneath a pseudonym,” Decide Mary Kay Vyskocil stated in her resolution.
The decide disagreed with the accuser’s argument that she may face hurt if her identification was identified.
“Combs has had no contact with Plaintiff for the roughly 20 years for the reason that alleged rape and Combs is at the moment detained pending trial,” Decide Vyskocil said. “As such, counsel has not recognized any current risk of bodily hurt to Plaintiff.”
Though the decide agreed that Jane Doe may face public scrutiny, she stated it “doesn’t outweigh the pursuits of each Combs and the general public within the customary and constitutionally-embedded presumption of openness in judicial proceedings.”
Earlier this yr, a girl with a “public-facing identification” requested a decide to take care of her anonymity in her lawsuit towards Diddy and Dangerous Boy Data’ former president Harve Pierre.
“Due to my former employer’s energy and affect, I worry that I will likely be harassed and ridiculed if my identification was made public in reference to these claims,” she defined. “I’m involved for my bodily security and the protection of my household.”
Diddy denies the allegations. He stays behind bars at MDC, awaiting trial on prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution.
