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Kevin Spacey may evade a $40 million sexual assault suit should one of his accusers choose to remain anonymous. On Monday a Manhattan judge ruled that an unnamed accuser, known as “C.D.” in court documents, has 10 days to reveal his identity so that his civil case against Spacey can move forward. C.D. claims that Spacey sexually abused him in the 1980s when he was 14, two years after he was a student in the Oscar winner’s Westchester County acting class, according to court documents. (Spacey has denied C.D.’s allegations.)
Prior to the judge’s ruling, the plaintiff’s attorney wrote in a letter to the court that “C.D. has reluctantly decided” that “he is emotionally unable to proceed with the action and will discontinue his claims” if he is unable to proceed under a pseudonym.