[Alberta's Child]

The most damning thing about Anita Hill was that she initially wanted to remain anonymous, but proceeded to give very detailed information in her allegations that would have completely compromised her anonymity if her allegations were true. Her anonymity was pointless because Clarence Thomas would have known exactly who was making these allegations if they were true.

There's only one reason why someone would make very detailed allegations while remaining anonymous: If she knew the allegations were FALSE.

[Williams]

Rush is basically saying they don’t want this woman to testify. Lot of the descriptions of her are extremely unflattering and it sounds like she might not be able to hold it together in public. She’s not described as a very nice person.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, if the main reason were that the accused would not know who it was, I can see your point.

If it’s someone who doesn’t want their face splattered all over the media, that wouldn’t be the case.

Her intent was to prevent him from being seated. I think she wanted to do it without having to face public ridicule.