Judge rules Diplo revenge porn accuser must reveal name to proceed with lawsuit

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Diplo of revenge porn must reveal her name to proceed with the lawsuit.US District Court Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani said the woman did not meet the requirements to proceed anonymously with a Jane Doe pseudonym, either in terms of privacy concerns or potential danger.“Plaintiff has not made a sufficient factual showing as to the severity and reasonableness of threatened harm and her vulnerability to justify the need for anonymity,” the judge said in this week’s ruling (via Rolling Stone).It continued: “The court appreciates that plaintiff’s allegations in her complaint are ‘sensitive and [of a] highly personal nature,’ [and] that she may face some public scrutiny if she were to proceed in her own name because Pentz is a public figure.

However, absent a demonstrated need for anonymity, there is a prevailing public interest in open judicial proceedings.”NME has reached out to Diplo’s representatives for comment.The DJ was sued by Jane Doe last June, with his accuser claiming he sent sexually explicit videos and photos of her to another woman.

She went on to allege she was 21 when she met Diplo (real name Thomas Wesley Pentz), who had invited her to his Manhattan hotel room in June 2016 after beginning their relationship by sending sexual images two months earlier.Doe claimed that during their casual seven-year relationship, the ‘Heartless’ artist would occasionally and consensually record their sexual encounters.

However, the woman also claimed she made it clear that all photos and footage were to remain private.In November 2023, the lawsuit claimed that Doe received a message from a third party saying they were in possession of sexual videos and images of Doe, which they alleged had been sent via Snapchat in October.