Country superstar Garth Brooks also sued as a celebrity “John Doe” this year in a preemptive action when notified that a woman was planning to accuse him of sexual assault in a civil suit.

A Shoreline man is suing the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese for protecting a priest he says groomed and sexually abused him in the early 1980s at St. John Catholic School.

Using “John Doe” pseudonyms, they sued over whether the investigation into their activities should be made public. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in February that they can be ...

John Doe 30 didn’t realize he was a sex abuse victim until he read a news article about Maj. Michael Stockin, an Army doctor he had seen for pain management at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Top court hands former Mesa mayor win in long fight over WA ‘John Doe’ sex offenders By Wendy Culverwell. June 18, 2025 5:00 AM. Donna Zink of Mesa in Franklin County Superior Court in 2016.

Current and former Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” political rally on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol are asking the nation's highest court to ...