Has Katie Johnson filed any sworn declarations or affidavits, and who signed them?
Executive summary
Katie Johnson is a pseudonym used by a woman who filed a civil lawsuit in 2016 alleging sexual assaults; reporting and document releases say she submitted a sworn affidavit or videotaped affidavit and that at least one other person, “Tiffany Doe,” provided a sworn declaration supporting her claims [1] [2]. Available sources report the affidavit was released by journalist Zev Shalev and that the plaintiff’s case was withdrawn before trial; they do not provide a full, court-stamped list of every sworn declaration and all signatures [1] [2].
1. The affidavit surfaced — and who made it public
Investigative reporter Zev Shalev published a full video affidavit of the woman who sued under the name “Katie Johnson,” bringing the videotaped statement back into public view in 2025; reporting emphasizes the release was not made by major newsrooms but by Shalev’s outlet [1]. Multiple outlets and commentators note the video affidavit was recorded nearly a decade earlier and then circulated in 2025 when Shalev released it [1].
2. The lawsuit, pseudonym and procedural outcome
The woman filed a civil case in 2016 under the pseudonym “Katie Johnson”; reporting repeatedly stresses that “Katie Johnson” is not a real name in the public record and that the case was withdrawn before trial, so no final court adjudication followed [1] [2]. Narativ’s chronology and other accounts detail filings, a planned press conference that was then cancelled amid reported threats, and the eventual withdrawal of the suit [2].
3. Other sworn declarations described in reporting
Sources say the lawsuit included corroborating sworn statements: notably a witness called “Tiffany Doe” provided a sworn declaration claiming she worked as an event planner and witnessed encounters at Epstein-associated locations, and that Tiffany agreed to provide sworn testimony in this and other proceedings [2] [3]. Archive copies of case documents refer to Tiffany Doe’s agreement to testify and to declarations filed in support of the plaintiff’s claims [3].
4. What the sources explicitly say about who signed them
Available reporting and posted documents describe sworn statements by “Katie Johnson” (recorded as a video affidavit) and by a witness identified as “Tiffany Doe,” but the assembled sources do not publish a formal, court-certified list of signatories with signature blocks from the docket in a single, authoritative filing [1] [2] [3]. The archive text references Tiffany Doe’s sworn testimony [3], and Narativ and Closer to the Edge report the existence of both the plaintiff’s affidavit and Tiffany Doe’s declaration [2] [1].
5. Conflicting context and unresolved provenance
Some coverage frames the affidavit release as corrective journalism — Shalev publishing material other outlets did not — while other pieces and commentators question provenance, motive or broader sourcing; Closer to the Edge explicitly warns that nothing in its article has been proven in court and that the woman’s identity remains undisclosed [1]. The Sacramento News & Review piece and later commentary show the story’s resurgence provokes conspiracy-minded responses and disputed narratives on social platforms [4].
6. Limits of the available reporting and what is not found
Available sources do not provide a court-certified exhibit showing every sworn declaration with original signatures, notary acknowledgements, or a docket entry enumerating signatories; they do not publish the full, stamped New York or California court filings with signature pages accessible in the provided materials [1] [3] [2]. The sources also do not identify the real name of “Katie Johnson”; they consistently note she used a pseudonym and that her identity remains undisclosed in public reporting [1] [2].
7. Why the details matter and how to follow up
Sworn declarations and videotaped affidavits carry different evidentiary weight depending on jurisdiction, filing procedure and whether they were later entered, opposed or authenticated in open court — matters not settled by the currently supplied reporting [1]. For a definitive list of who signed what, obtain the official court dockets and document images from the original 2016 filings or the refiled 2016 New York docket cited in reporting; the sources here point to the filings and to Tiffany Doe’s declaration but do not serve as a complete public docket [2] [3].
Bottom line: reporting and document excerpts show a videotaped affidavit attributed to the plaintiff using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” and at least one sworn declaration by “Tiffany Doe,” but the provided sources stop short of publishing a full, court-certified roster of sworn declarations and signature blocks [1] [2] [3].