Back in March rapper Jay Z filed a defamation of character lawsuit against 'Jane Doe" after she withdrew her civil lawsuit accusing Jay and Sean 'Diddy' Combs of taking turns assaulting her at an VMA afterparty, when she was 13 years-old [click here if you missed that].
The accuser is begging to remain anonymous as the case drags on...
From AllHipHop
Jay-Z is pressing forward with his $20 million defamation lawsuit in Alabama federal court, while the woman who accused him of sexual assault — and later dropped the case — is now pleading to remain anonymous, citing fears for her mental health and safety.
The woman, known only as Jane Doe, is begging the judge to keep her identity sealed. Her legal team says revealing her name could cause irreversible psychological harm.
“From a psychiatric standpoint, the forced disclosure of her identity in this context would have catastrophic consequences for her mental health,” said Dr. John T. Olsen, Doe’s psychiatrist. “Such public exposure would destabilize her current mental health recovery. The impact would likely be severe, with a high risk of exacerbation of her psychiatric symptoms, deterioration of her functioning, and a profound negative effect on her overall prognosis.”
Despite her identity being sealed, Doe says she and her family have already been targeted with online threats.
Her attorneys argue that all parties already know her name and that keeping it confidential won’t affect Jay-Z’s ability to prepare for trial. They also pointed out that Carter once requested a pseudonym order for a defendant in a different case.The ruling is pending.
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