: a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld
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In the lawsuit, filed last week by the Bay Area law firms Cerri, Boskovich & Allard and Mary Alexander & Associates, three former students identified as Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3 described being molested during tutoring sessions spanning 2007 and 2016.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The subsequent lawsuit, filed by another Jane Doe, who appears to be a friend of the first victim, accused Combs of drugging and taking advantage of her at the same Trump Hotel penthouse.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Feb. 2025
What does the lawsuit say? Jane Doe alleges that Combs offered her $2,000 to serve as a bottle-service girl at one of his parties in the Hamptons in 1997.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the separate lawsuits were filed in New York County's Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 4, by two women who identified as Jane Doe.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The subsequent lawsuit, filed by another Jane Doe, who appears to be a friend of the first victim, accused Combs of drugging and taking advantage of her at the same Trump Hotel penthouse.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Feb. 2025
What does the lawsuit say? Jane Doe alleges that Combs offered her $2,000 to serve as a bottle-service girl at one of his parties in the Hamptons in 1997.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the separate lawsuits were filed in New York County's Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 4, by two women who identified as Jane Doe.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jane Doe
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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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