The ladies’s lawyer, John J. Kucera, argued Vessey ought to be included within the civil case based mostly on “newly found info” that didn’t exist after they first filed the lawsuit in 2019.
“To incorporate as a brand new plaintiff Tricia Vessey, who was victimized by Defendant Masterson after which, when she was recognized as a further sufferer and testified in Masterson’s felony trial, was subjected to a marketing campaign of harassment by Defendants like every Plaintiff within the FAC [First Amended Complaint,]” said the courtroom paperwork file in Los Angeles Superior Court docket on December 27, 2023.
“It’s within the pursuits of justice to permit Plaintiffs to convey extra claims arising from Defendants’ course of conduct as alleged within the FAC, a lot of which have been unavailable to Plaintiffs on the time it was filed.”