: a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld
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Since their relationship ended, Tanner and others in the alleged Rattlesnakes gang have stalked Jane Doe by visiting her workplace, terrorized and intimidated her, the complaint says.
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
One purported victim fell from a fifth story window
The lawsuits say Williams' crimes continued even after Jane Doe 1 survived a fall from the window of his fifth story apartment in September 2020.
—CBS News, 31 May 2024
The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in court, testified that Johnson was not her direct supervisor, but was higher than her in the hospital hierarchy.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
The Sheriff’s Department did not immediately offer comment on the case.
California
L.A. County supervisors ask sheriff for report on ‘Industry Indians’ deputy gang
Jan. 24, 2024
The soured relationship that sparked the lawsuit began in March 2020, when Jane Doe began dating Tanner.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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.
—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
Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
One purported victim fell from a fifth story window
The lawsuits say Williams' crimes continued even after Jane Doe 1 survived a fall from the window of his fifth story apartment in September 2020.
—CBS News, 31 May 2024
The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in court, testified that Johnson was not her direct supervisor, but was higher than her in the hospital hierarchy.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
The Sheriff’s Department did not immediately offer comment on the case.
California
L.A. County supervisors ask sheriff for report on ‘Industry Indians’ deputy gang
Jan. 24, 2024
The soured relationship that sparked the lawsuit began in March 2020, when Jane Doe began dating Tanner.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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.
—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
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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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