: a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld
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In December, an additional lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe alleged that Combs and R&B singer Aaron Hall took turns raping her and her friends at Hall’s apartment sometime between 1990 and 1991.
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 19 May 2024
She was eventually listed as Jane Doe and laid to rest at the County of Sonoma Cemetery shortly afterward, authorities said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Then, in December, the other Jane Doe from the aforementioned suit filed against the rapper.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The transcripts released Friday show that as word of the parties began to get out among parents, Jane Doe 4 described being the victim of aggressive intimidation by O’Connor, who began to suspect certain girls of breaking the secrecy.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
The Jane Doe plaintiff who accused former Grammys CEO Neil Portnow of rape in a 2023 lawsuit has asked the judge to dismiss the case.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Haddish and Spears denied this and less than a month later, the Jane Doe asked a judge to dismiss the case and released a statement recanting the accusation.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
That conviction stemmed from rape allegations brought by a woman identified as Jane Doe 1.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Schuman subsequently filed a lawsuit of her own last spring, while a third lawsuit, filed by a Jane Doe identified as A.R., was brought in August 2023.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
Michaela Zee, Variety, 19 May 2024
She was eventually listed as Jane Doe and laid to rest at the County of Sonoma Cemetery shortly afterward, authorities said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Then, in December, the other Jane Doe from the aforementioned suit filed against the rapper.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The transcripts released Friday show that as word of the parties began to get out among parents, Jane Doe 4 described being the victim of aggressive intimidation by O’Connor, who began to suspect certain girls of breaking the secrecy.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
The Jane Doe plaintiff who accused former Grammys CEO Neil Portnow of rape in a 2023 lawsuit has asked the judge to dismiss the case.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Haddish and Spears denied this and less than a month later, the Jane Doe asked a judge to dismiss the case and released a statement recanting the accusation.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
That conviction stemmed from rape allegations brought by a woman identified as Jane Doe 1.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Schuman subsequently filed a lawsuit of her own last spring, while a third lawsuit, filed by a Jane Doe identified as A.R., was brought in August 2023.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
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: a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld
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