In a sexual assault case, how has the Court considered the need to protect the victim from harassment, threats, or physical harm from her assailant or others?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ramirez, 55 Cal.App.4th 47, 64 Cal.Rptr.2d 9 (Cal. App. 1997):

[55 Cal.App.4th 54] Finally, with respect to the need to protect the victim from harassment, threats, or physical harm from her assailant or others, one need only look to the facts of The Florida Star v. B.J.F., supra, 491 U.S. at page 528, 109 S.Ct. at page 2606, where the victim's mother, after disclosure of the victim's name, received "several threatening phone calls from a man who stated that he would rape B.J.F. again" and that as a result of these threats the victim was required "to change her phone number and residence, to seek police protection, and to obtain mental health counseling." (Ibid.)

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