Kevin Spacey Sexual Assault Accuser Dismissed From Case After Refusing To Identify Himself Publicly
A federal judge on Thursday (June 17) has dismissed all legal claims by one of two men suing actor Kevin Spacey over alleged sexual misconduct in the 1980s
A
federal
judge
on
Thursday
(June
17)
has
dismissed
all
legal
claims
by
one
of
two
men
suing
actor
Kevin
Spacey
over
alleged
sexual
misconduct
in
the
1980s.
The
dismissal
by
the
US
District
Judge
Lewis
Kaplan
in
Manhattan
came
after
the
accuser
refused
to
openly
use
his
name
in
the
court
proceedings.
The
accuser
named
as
'C.D',
through
his
lawyers
said
that
revealing
his
identity
would
cause
"sudden
unwanted
attention"
and
be
"simply
too
much
for
him
to
bear."
Back
in
May
2021,
the
court
had
argued
that
"the
threat
of
significant
media
attention-however
exacerbated
by
the
modern
era-alone
does
not
entitle
a
plaintiff
to
the
exceptional
remedy
of
anonymity.
Accordingly,
C.D.'s
privacy
interest-despite
the
publicity
this
case
may
generate-does
not
outweigh
the
prejudice
to
Spacey
and
the
presumption
of
open
judicial
proceedings."
Spacey's
lawyers
who
learned
C.D.'s
identity,
argued
that
he
shouldn't
be
allowed
to
proceed
with
his
case
anonymously,
citing
his
conversation
with
Vulture
during
a
February
2
proceeding.
The
actor's
lawyers
claimed
that
C.D.
"used
the
media
to
advance
his
case
strategically" and
that
there
was
"no
compelling
reason"
to
let
him
proceed
anonymously.
"C.D.
has
chosen
to
come
forward,
and
he's
chosen
to
come
forward
to
make
his
allegations
public.
He
shouldn't
be
permitted
to
proceed
anonymously," Spacey's
lawyers
added.
Meanwhile,
C.D.'s
lawyers
responded
that
"Kevin
Spacey
attempted
to
rape
a
14-year-old
boy,
and
that's
what
this
case
is
about...The
plaintif
C.D.
never
disclosed
his
name
to
the
general
public."
(sic)
For
the
unversed,
C.D.
had
claimed
that
he
was
14
in
1983
when
he
and
Spacey
began
a
sexual
relationship
that
ended
after
he
resisted
Spacey's
attempts.
While
C.D's
claims
have
been
dismissed
by
the
court,
actor
Anthony
Rapp's
legal
claims
are
ongoing.
Rapp
had
said
that
he
was
14
in
1986
when
Spacey
engaged
in
an
unwanted
sexual
advance
with
him
during
a
party
at
the
actors
home.
Oscar
winning
actor
Kevin
Spacey
has
continued
to
deny
C.D.'s
and
Rapp's
sexual
misconduct
accusations.
On
the
work
front,
he
was
recently
seen
in
the
Netflix
hit
series
House
Of
Cards,
but
was
let
go
after
sexual
misconduct
accusations
surfaced
in
2017.
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