The woman at the center ⁠of rape allegations against students at Cornell University can continue using a pseudonym in ⁠her lawsuit, a ⁠judge ​has ruled.

The New York state judge Phaedra Perry-Bond ruled on Friday that the woman’s ⁠privacy interests – particularly concerns for her safety – outweighed any need to publicly disclose her identity ⁠in court proceedings.

The woman alleges she ​was drugged and ‌raped by students at the elite Ivy League university in upstate New York in 2024.

She has become the target of threats, ‌her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, said earlier this month.

The defendants in the lawsuit have not opposed the request for anonymity, as the woman continues to go by a generic placeholder name “Jane Doe” used in many legal or official situations, especially when a woman’s identity is protected.

But Perry-Bond wrote in a ruling released on Friday that “some members of the public have made it their ‌mission to try and identify Jane Doe”.

The judge warned that “cyberstalking and engaging in ​or…