He said the evidence suggests that C.D. knowingly and repeatedly took the risk that any of these individuals at one point or another would reveal his true identity in a manner that would bring that identity to wide public attention.
Kaplan noted that C.D. also recruited for the lawsuit his co-plaintiff, Anthony Rapp, who has appeared in Rent on Broadway and in Star Trek: Discovery on television. The lawsuit said the older actor made a sexual advance to a teenage Rapp at a 1980s party.
When Rapp first spoke publicly of his claim in 2017, others went public too and Spacey s then-celebrated career abruptly halted. At the time, Spacey issued a statement saying he didn t remember the encounter but apologized.
Heâs been a restaurant owner, sportscaster and a boxer.
Oh, and did we mention heâs been a warlock?
Actually, these are roles the Omaha-born actor has portrayed throughout a 25-year career thatâs included parts in film and television.
He also wrote, directed and is starring in a faith-based feature film called, âthe Job,â set to stream on Pureflix this summer.
On Saturday, Goodwin had another role â this time, as a real-life board member of The Digg Site Productions.
The nonprofit organization is raising funds to renovate the Empress Theatre at 419 N. Main St., in downtown Fremont. The estimated $2.2 million project includes the buildingâs purchase, renovation/restoration and equipment.
FILE - In this June 11, 2017 file photo, Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York. A man accusing Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing him in the 1980s when he was 14 cannot proceed anonymously in court, a judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan refused to let the man proceed only as C.D. in a lawsuit filed in September in New York state court and later moved to federal court. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK A man accusing Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing him in the 1980s when he was 14 cannot proceed anonymously in court, a judge ruled Monday.
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A man accusing Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing him in the 1980s when he was 14 cannot proceed anonymously in court, a judge ruled Monday.
US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan refused to let the man proceed only as “C.D.” in a lawsuit filed in September in New York state court and later moved to federal court.
The man had met Spacey in the actor’s suburban New York acting class before the alleged abuse, according to the lawsuit which seeks over $40 million in damages.
Kaplan said C.D.’s privacy interest does not outweigh the presumption of open judicial proceedings and the prejudice to Spacey’s defense that would occur if he could proceed anonymously. Individuals with information that might support Spacey also would not know to come forward, the judge added.