: a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld
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The same year, Manson settled a suit with an anonymous Jane Doe who also alleged rape.
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in New York's Supreme Court of Westchester County, accuses the couple of failing to take appropriate action after learning of abuse involving a young girl, identified as Jane Doe, during a 2018 summer camp program supported by their church.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Decades Later, He's Convicted of Rape MG is accused of allegedly abusing Jane Doe again at a summer 2018 BBQ at the Riveras' Brook View home, per the complaint.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2019, the singer was accused of raping a woman in Paris but he was released without charges, followed by the 2022 suit from the Jane Doe.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in New York's Supreme Court of Westchester County, accuses the couple of failing to take appropriate action after learning of abuse involving a young girl, identified as Jane Doe, during a 2018 summer camp program supported by their church.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Decades Later, He's Convicted of Rape MG is accused of allegedly abusing Jane Doe again at a summer 2018 BBQ at the Riveras' Brook View home, per the complaint.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2019, the singer was accused of raping a woman in Paris but he was released without charges, followed by the 2022 suit from the Jane Doe.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 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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