I could see that greasy attorney, or the judge being bought off by some drug cartel and giving the name of the tipster.
Even if they aren’t corrupt, they could likely be taught to sing out the name while having their fingernails ripped out.
The judge is a moron for not thinking about that.
Did you consider the reason for the Judge’s ruling? What if this is false information. What if it is completely made up for the benefit of CrimeStoppers? I have witnessed this happen many times with real police and other organizations.
There is money involved and thus it has the possibility of corruption from the start. If this person is a paid employee of any org. he should be fired for disregarding the Court Order. When you make up information to “make your own Probable Cause” you are part of the problem.
That said, Defense lawyers are usually scum so they could be practicing witness intimidation in a “roundabout” manner.