The plaintiff's motion for summary judgment lists nine separate episodes in which he says Diallo, or someone acting on a phone number he attributes to her network, impersonated another person in communications with him. For each, his filings cite specific text-message exhibits and carrier lookups tracing the phone numbers involved. None of these episodes were tested through cross-examination at a contested trial; they were entered as uncontested after Diallo stopped participating in her defense, as described in the main article.
The nine identities
- August 10, 2017 — an attorney from Atlanta. The plaintiff's affidavit describes this as the first impersonation, occurring near the start of the relationship.
- September 13, 2018 — "John Sorge," described as the general manager of a fictitious mining company. The plaintiff's filings include a USPS address-validation search and an email exchange he says he had with a real person named Michael John Sorge, along with a carrier report on the phone number used.
- December 27, 2018 — "Katie," described as a secretary for a fictitious company.
- January 5, 2019 — a federal immigration agent.
- January 29, 2019 — "Demola," described as a fictitious friend of Diallo's.
- March 14, 2019 — an employee of the Texas Comptroller's office.
- June 25, 2019 — "Kristelle" (also referred to as "Christelle" in the filings), a purported friend who asked the plaintiff for money.
- August 19, 2019 to January 2020 — a Jamaican man, impersonated over an extended period spanning several months.
- August 30, 2019 — a nurse.
What the record shows
For each episode, the plaintiff's exhibits pair the text-message or call record with a carrier report intended to show the phone number traced back to Diallo or to a number she was known to use. The court's May 2021 order granting summary judgment referred generally to "highly sophisticated" conduct without itemizing each episode individually. As with the rest of this site, the specific attributions above rest on the plaintiff's own filings, which went uncontested rather than being tested adversarially.