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Advocacy groups urged the media Thursday to refrain from identifying the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape while she pursues her civil lawsuit against the NBA star, despite a court ruling that will lift her anonymity in less than two weeks.
The woman's attorneys had asked U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch to allow her to be known only as Jane Doe in court documents and during hearings. The judge rejected the request late Wednesday, saying it would be unfair to Bryant and that her privacy has already been invaded to the extent that granting her anonymity would have little effect.
The woman's name has been on the Internet for months....
"...[W]e're hoping this doesn't open the door for the mainstream media outlets to print her name," said Cynthia Stone, spokeswoman for the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault. "Most people out there do not know her name. You actually have to look for it, and most people aren't going to actively look for her name."
"Effectively, her name is public and the mainstream media are not the gatekeepers they once were. Not only does this strike me as unfair, but it's impractical and has not protected her from death threats or protected her privacy," said Overholser....
In reality, it's a debate between push and pull tactics. In pull tactics, any reasonably intelligent person can get on the Internet and find the plaintiff's name within five minutes. But this takes effort. If Fox or CNN or Leykis or John Kerry or George Bush say the name, it's a push technology and you get the name whether you like it or not.
Next will be the extreme push, in which the plaintiff's name is mailed to every house in the U.S. as part of some mass marketing effort. After that, satellites will beam the plaintiff's name all over space.
Well, I will defy Fox and CNN and everyone else and reveal the name of the plaintiff. The name of the plaintiff is...
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Janet Reno?
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