NEW YORK—A woman who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her two decades ago cannot sue him without revealing her identity, a federal judge ruled in a Wednesday decision whose reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits against the rapper.
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan said “the balance of interests at stake weighs strongly” against the plaintiff known as Jane Doe from continuing to use a pseudonym.
Vyskocil’s reasoning could apply to other civil lawsuits that have been or may be filed in Manhattan federal court against the 54-year-old Combs, who also faces criminal sex trafficking charges there….