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Eugene Volokh

Pseudonymity for Libel Defendants (Former Co-Presidents of Campus Activist Group) in #TheyLied Claim

The Complaint in Doe v. University of Maryland, College Park (D. Md.) alleges:

After John Doe was fully exonerated of horrendous and malicious false allegations, the University of Maryland repeatedly refused to protect his rights as a student. The University allowed Doe to be publicly defamed as a rapist by students who worked closely with the University's Title IX office. When Doe submitted his complaints to the University alleging violations of University policy, including retaliation and sexual harassment, the University ignored his complaints.

Doe sued the university under Title IX and the two students—who had then been co-Presidents (consuls?) of the UMD Preventing Sexual Assault group—for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. But the defendant students then asked to be pseudonymized (which Doe agreed to, perhaps out of a desire to keep his own pseudonymous status):

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