Tough to get notoriety when you’re an anonymous John Doe.
According to the article, plaintiff’s attorney tried to “resolve” the matter with Travolta before filing suit. In other words, tried to get Travolta to give him a bunch of $$$ to avoid the lawsuit. When that didn’t work, the plaintiff filed the lawsuit, demanded a jury trial, and his attorney released the info to Reuters. That’s a standard escalation of an attempted legal extortion, with the attorney/plaintiff still hoping to force an out-of-court settlement from Travolta. In the meantime, the plaintiff is allowed to conceal his own identity so nobody can question him or bother him.
I don’t think the plaintiff’s in it for the notoriety. He’s in it for the money.