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The actor who portrayed Lt. Arthur Fancy on “NYPD Blue” has joined the number of high-profile New Yorkers to face allegations of sexual assault before a state deadline Thanksgiving night.
The suit lodged in Manhattan state court under the Adult Survivors Act on Wednesday seeks damages from James McDaniel over an incident the anonymous plaintiff claims occurred in 2004, outside Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant Nobu Next Door. After a brief, contentious exchange indoors at a celebration of the McDaniel-starring TV movie ‘Edge of America,’ the complaint asserts an intoxicated McDaniel approached the Jane Doe—an off-screen entertainment industry professional—on the sidewalk.
“Defendant violently pinched plaintiff’s breasts with both hands in rapid succession, causing her tremendous pain and humiliation,” the legal filing reads.