Another DS&A Client Granted Ability to Sue Alleged Abuser Using her Initials

A recent decision granted in favor of DS&A client, P.F., by a Queens County Supreme Court judge protects privacy interests of nonconsensual pornography victims.

One reason many victims of nonconsensual pornography choose not to pursue cases against perpetrators is the fear their abusers will use the court docket to publicly humiliate them with false allegations or by uploading additional intimate content. Our firm has been fighting for our clients’ rights to file anonymously or pseudonymously since its inception.

In a decision dated August 17, 2023, Judge Phillip Hom, J.S.C. of Queens County Supreme Court granted our client’s order to show cause requesting the ability to file as a pseudonym, citing a “strong public interest in protecting the identities of alleged sexual abuse/assault victims, so that other victims will not be deterred from reporting similar crimes.”

The Court further noted that the defendant’s “antiquated argument is akin to the fallacy that a wife or a sex worker cannot be victims of sexual abuse/assault.”

The decision sends a strong message to all victims of nonconsensual pornography that they do not need to suffer in silence out of fear of further harm.

Click here to view the decision.