This goes back to the "careless newspapers" comment someone else made: why do articles feel the need to keep naming the plaintiff? How does knowing the name of the guy and his past financial troubles improve my understanding of the situation over, say, referring to him as "a Spanish citizen..."?

It's kind of a dick move. It's not necessary to publish his name and you have reason to believe he doesn't want his name publicized like this so the only reason I can see for publishing his name constantly is a weird sort of professional-caste vendetta against him by newspapers, since his beef was also with them.