A federal judge said a woman who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her can’t continue the lawsuit under a pseudonym after finding the rapper has the right to defend himself.

“The fundamental question is whether the plaintiff has a substantial “privacy” interest that “offset the ordinary and constitutionally embedded presumption of openness in legal proceedings,” Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote in an opinion Wednesday, adding: “Defendants have the right to defend. themselves, including by investigating the complainant, and the people have a right to know who is using their courts.”

The Tennessee woman filed a Jane Doe lawsuit against Combs and others earlier this month, alleging he raped her in 2004 when she was 19.

The Doe lawsuit is one of more than a dozen filed since Combs’ arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges in September by John or Jane Does, who are represented by the same attorneys. The cases are filed individually and before different judges, but the ruling could affect a number of cases.

Judge Vyskocil ruled that the woman must file the lawsuit in her own name by November 13, or the lawsuit will be dismissed.

Combs’ reps said: “We have no official statement as the decision speaks for itself.”

Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied any wrongdoing.

CNN has reached out to the plaintiff’s representatives for comment.

The woman’s attorneys argued in court filings that the case should be allowed to proceed because of the woman’s fear that Combs would physically harm her.

The judge disagreed.

“As Plaintiff’s allegations make clear, Combs has had no contact with Plaintiff for approximately twenty years since the alleged rape, and Combs is currently being held pending trial,” the judge wrote. “As such, counsel has identified no present threat of physical harm to the plaintiff,” she said. In the lawsuit, the judge notes that there is no allegation that Combs threatened this woman to go public with her allegations.

The judge ruled that “public humiliation” was not enough to justify keeping his identity secret and pointed to multiple lawsuits filed against Combs by people under their real names.

“The court appreciates that Combs is a public figure and therefore the plaintiff is likely to face public scrutiny if she proceeds on her own behalf. The Court disregards the potential effect of such review on any litigant. However, the plaintiff’s interest in avoiding public scrutiny, or even embarrassment, does not outweigh both Combs’ and the public’s interests in “the ordinary and constitutionally embedded presumption of openness in judicial proceedings,” the judge wrote.

The judge said Combs had a right to know her identity to investigate her claims.

“Counsel’s assertions that Defendants do not need to know Plaintiff’s identity in order to file an answer and conduct discovery strain credulity,” she wrote.

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