A state appeals court has reversed the trial court and ruled that 33 former students of an Orthodox Jewish high school for boys, who have sued the school under New York’s Child Victims Act alleging they suffered years of rampant and sometimes sadistic sexual abuse, may not proceed in anonymity using John Doe labels rather than real names.
But the Appellate Division, First Department court has given the plaintiffs in the 2019-filed suit another chance to show why their motion to remain anonymous should be granted by the lower court. The First Department denied the motion “without prejudice to a new motion or motions supported by proper papers,” after it found the 33 anonymous plaintiffs had “failed to submit sufficient evidence to support the relief requested.”
