Derrick Rose's Accuser in Gang-Rape Lawsuit Must Use Real Name: Judge

A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that the woman accusing former Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and two of his childhood friends with raping her in 2013 can no longer use the alias "Jane Doe" during next month's civil trial, the Chicago Tribune reports.

This past summer, Rose's lawyers had been petitioning the court to prohibit their client's accuser from using the Jane Doe pseudonym in court documents and during the trial because the 30-year-old woman had forfeited her right to privacy because she had been "publicly portraying herself as sexual" on social media platforms in the past. The attorneys also argued that because the media had lost interest in the case, no restrictions should be given to news outlets over using the woman's real name.

In an exclusive Associated Press interview earlier this month, the victim — a college student who met Rose in 2011 and was in an almost two-year relationship with him — said she was remaining anonymous so that her religious and conservative Mexican immigrant family would not find out about the details of the alleged sexual assault.

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In her civil lawsuit, the woman claims Rose and two of his friends drugged her at a party at the NBA All-Star's Los Angeles home in 2013 and later gang raped her at her apartment while she was unconscious. She's asking for a judgment of more than $20 million.

Rose admits to having group sex with the woman on the night in question, but he claims the act was consensual. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 4.

In August, the victim's defense team offered a compromise to Rose's lawyers concerning the use of the Jane Doe pseudonym: The woman's real name could be used at trial, but courtroom access would be limited, and the media would still use Jane Doe when identifying her. The defense rejected the compromise at the time.

It is unclear whether the judge's ruling is similar to that previous compromise and if there are restrictions are the use of the victim's real name. Patch does not publish the names of alleged sexual assault and rape victims in its stories..

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