And this is legal?
Not really, no. There's all kinds of room for defamation of character suits and the like in there. Unfortunately, though, that would put the woman more into the spotlight.
There are reasons the alleged victim's name isn't usually reported in cases like this.
Why is her identity open knowledge?
I've written (sadly, my archive is a bad count) 50 or 60 AtS and BtVS pieces, two pieces of political slash, one Smallville, and one popslash piece. Oh, and one co-written HCL/AtS PWP.
Stories range from drabbles to novellas, generally falling under short story or short shorts.
Why is her identity open knowledge?
Somehow--and I don't know the details--it got leaked onto the Internet.
Why is her identity open knowledge?
Because it's a big case, and there's no way to stop people from getting the information.
The identity of the alleged victim in a big media case will often get leaked. In this day and age, with the amount of tabloid web media, it's almost inevitable.
Oh, and one co-written HCL/AtS PWP.
Sorry, I meant twenty fandoms.
I've not written a lot, cause I'm new at this. As an adult, I mean. As a kid, I wrote a few Star Wars ones.
But I've written Buffy. An Angel & Will and Grace crossover PWP, mostly to pair Karen/Darla for Plei, and am working on a Homicide and Buffy crossover.
"am working on a Homicide and Buffy crossover."
Erikaj, that is something I would like to read. Very intriguing possibilities in that regard. Crossovers are my favorite brand of fanfic.
I have thought about the dynamics of a Buffy/Batman crossover. Clearly, not your 1960s camp Batman, but your Frank Miller-Dark-Knight-Returns-he's-50-years-old-angel-of-vengeance-I-am-the-LAW Batman.
A problem that I have before I put words to keyboard to write fanfics is that my imagination doesn't keep me to simple xovers. I think three or four (at times five or six) different series and hopelessly grand epic stories. Because I see the conduits in each of my favorite tv series or literary works that allow for "plug-and-play" type storytelling.
HS, check out the BitchFic thread.
While I get the dismay about dragging the woman's name into the media over the Kobe Bryant case, I do have to note there's a weird subculture around athelete groupies where both false accusation shakedowns and grotesque superstar sexual entitlement collide.