> Can you accuse someone of libel if the accused is unnamed? Only if the unnamed person can be identified. If a person is unnamed, or given a made-up name, and

> Can you accuse someone of libel if the accused is unnamed? Only if the unnamed person can be identified. If a person is unnamed, or given a made-up name, and readers cannot associate the name with a real person, the it's not libel. Many legal actions revolve around this issue. A plaintiff says, "I'm the person this article is about!" while simultaneously claiming, "The article doesn't describe me accurately!" Only one of those can be true.