Lawyers for Rosenberg, Hefner Say Releasing Accuser’s Name Would Level ‘playing Field’

By Matt Stout
Boston Globe
July 12, 2018

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/07/11/lawyers-for-rosenberg-hefner-say-releasing-accuser-name-would-level-playing-field/imkfKOnjvFaqIjJzfFnCTK/story.html

A Superior Court judge will decide whether to publicly identify the man who sued Bryon Hefner and his husband, former Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg, after their attorneys argued Wednesday that publicly unmasking Hefner’s accuser would create a “fair playing field.”

Hefner and Rosenberg’s moves drew a stiff rebuke from the man’s attorneys, who told Judge Robert N. Tochka that they’ve never before had a defendant challenge their request to seal an alleged sexual assault victim’s name from public view.

Hefner already faces multiple criminal counts of sexual assault. The man — identified as John Doe in court papers — is one of the “complainants” whose allegations helped prosecutors build their criminal case, according to his attorney, William H. Gordon.