Diplo Revenge Porn Lawsuit Dropped by Jane Doe Accuser After Judge Rules She Can No Longer Remain Anonymous

Mar. 15, 2025

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The unnamed woman whosued Diplo in Juneon allegations of revenge porn has dropped her lawsuit against the DJ and producer, two weeks after a California judge ruled she’d have to reveal her identity in order to move forward.

The dismissal came two weeks after Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani denied Doe’s motion to continue pursuing her case against Diplo, 46, anonymously. Though she’d argued the pseudonym was to “shield herself from retaliation,” Almadani said Doe’s case didn’t meet the “clear-cut, high-risk situations” requirement needed to stay anonymous.

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In a statement shared withBillboard, Doe’s attorneys called the “imbalance of power” in the case “startling.”

“In the digital age, being compelled to disclose one’s name in such proceedings risks permanently linking a survivor to their trauma,” they said.

Reps for Diplo did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

In her complaint, Doe claimed she had an intimate relationship with Diplo — whose real name is Thomas Welsey Pentz — from 2016 to 2023, and that he recorded himself having sex with her on multiple occasions without her consent. She alleged he then “disclosed and/or distributed the images and videos to third parties through text messaging and Snapchat.”

The complaint said that while Doe gave the star permission to record them having sex on some occasions, she “never gave him permission to distribute those images and videos to third parties and reiterated that he was not to record them without her explicit consent.”

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She filed a police report shortly after, and within days “the NYPD issued a warrant for Defendant Diplo’s arrest for dissemination of intimate images and/or videos” of Doe, per the filing.

The NYPD wouldn’t confirm if there was an active warrant for Diplo, but acknowledged there was an active investigation.

source: people.com