NEW YORK — A woman who accused Sean 'Diddy' Combs of raping her two decades ago cannot sue him without revealing her identity, a federal judge ruled in a Wednesday (Oct 30) decision whose reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits against the music mogul. US District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan said 'the balance of interests at stake...
NEW YORK — A woman who accused Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her two decades ago cannot sue him without revealing her identity, a federal judge ruled in a Wednesday decision whose reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits against the music mogul.
Vyskocil's reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits that have been or may be filed in Manhattan federal court against the 54-year-old Combs, who also faces criminal sex trafficking charges there.Doe, a Tennessee resident, said Combs raped her and threatened her life at a Manhattan hotel in 2004, when she was 19.
Vyskocil, however, noted that several accusers including the singers Dawn Richard and Cassie, whose given name is Casandra Ventura, have sued Combs under their own names. "Plaintiff's interest in avoiding public scrutiny, or even embarrassment, does not outweigh the interests of both Combs and the public in the customary and constitutionally-embedded presumption of openness in judicial proceedings," Vyskocil wrote.
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