Woman raped by Irish firefighter in Boston hotel sues CourtTV over claims it twice broadcast her name despite judge's order banning her from being identified

By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:42, 4 August 2026 | Updated: 16:46, 4 August 2026 A woman raped by an Irish firefighter in a Boston hotel filed a lawsuit against Court TV, claiming it broadcast her name during the trial despite a judge's order.  Terence Crosbie, 39, was convicted of raping an unidentified woman over the course of 15 minutes inside a sixth-floor room of the Omni Parker Hotel on March 15, 2024. Crosbie repeatedly denied he had ever touched the woman while he was visiting Massachusetts from Dublin for the Boston St Patrick's Day Parade. The case was tried twice after the first jury deadlocked, but Crosbie was ultimately found guilty in October 2025, and was sentenced to seven to nine years behind bars. The victim's name was never made public because Massachusetts law protects the identity and privacy of sexual assault victims by keeping their names confidential. While Crosbie's trial was broadcast, the judge on the case ordered that media outlets redact the victim's name. However, the woman filed a lawsuit against Court TV on Monday claiming that the outlet shared her name during its coverage of the trial despite the judge's order. 'Court TV apparently believed in this case that these restrictions were merely advisory,' said the lawsuit filed by Jane Doe in federal court on Monday. Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie, 39, was convicted of raping an unidentified woman in a Boston hotel while he was visiting for the St Patrick's Day Parade He raped the unidentified woman over the course of 15 minutes inside a sixth-floor room of the Omni Parker Hotel on March 15, 2024 'Instead of making sure their team strictly complied with the Court's orders, Court TV just shrugged and allowed Doe's name to be printed on the chyron for its cablecast not once but twice – with the second time occurring after it had been put on notice of the first violation.  'That content was then published to various social media platforms with Doe's identity then going viral on the internet.' Doe claimed she wrote E.W. Scripps Company, Court TV's parent company, in January seeking $2.8 million for damages caused by revealing her name. She also said that Jellysmack, which acquired Court TV in February, also rejected her request. The federal lawsuit seeks compensatory damages to be determined at trial for emotional distress, physical and mental suffering and medical bills. 'The second trial, ending in a guilty verdict, should have presented an opportunity for Doe finally to heal from the trauma of her rape,' the filing said. 'Instead, she finds herself now separately traumatized by the irresponsible disclosure of her identity – a harm that, given the internet's enduring nature, cannot be remedied and is unlikely to abate.'  Doe's lawyers, Ellen Zucker and Martha Coakley of Zucker Law Group, told The Boston Globe their client is 'courageous.'  The woman filed a lawsuit against Court TV on Monday claiming that the outlet shared her name during its coverage of Crosbie's trial Crosbie was ultimately found guilty in October 2025, and was sentenced to seven to nine years behind bars  He was seen in police bodycam footage being escorted off a plane on March 16, 2024 before he tried to flee back home to Dublin 'She came forward about the sexual violence she suffered,' the lawyers said. 'Courts and the responsible press have long appreciated that victims of rape who testify in court deserve some measure of privacy. That principle is worth fighting for.'  During Crosbie's trial, prosecutors laid out how he flew to the United States with several other members of the Dublin Fire Brigade to participate in Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade. The group landed at Boston's Logan Airport the afternoon of March 14, and went to bars that evening. At the end of the night, Crosbie's roommate, Liam O'Brien, a member of the Irish Fire Brigade, returned to the hotel room he was sharing with Crosbie with a woman he met at The Black Rose pub. The woman testified in court that she fell asleep on the other bed after having consensual sex with O'Brien, who was splayed out and snoring loudly in the first bed. She said she later awoke to Crosbie raping her. The Daily Mail contacted Jane Doe's attorneys, E.W. Scripps Company, Jellysmack and Court TV for comment.