Anthony Rapp

2022 - 10 - 21

Kevin Spacey

A jury finds that Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in ... (NPR)

The verdict brings to a conclusion a trial that was an outgrowth of the #MeToo movement. Deliberations began in midafternoon after a lawyer for Rapp, Richard ...

Spacey also gave courtroom spectators a brief taste of his acting chops when he briefly imitated his Broadway costar at the time, Jack Lemon. Rapp's claims, and those of others, abruptly interrupted what had been a soaring career for the two-time Academy Award winning actor, who lost his job on the Netflix series "House of Cards" and saw other opportunities dry up. He said the actor, then 26, picked him up and briefly laid on top of him on a bed. "Sometimes the simple truth is the best. When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head, then hugged his lawyers. Jurors at a federal court in New York deliberated for a little more than an hour before deciding that Rapp hadn't proven his allegations.

Kevin Spacey did not molest Anthony Rapp, New York jury finds (The Guardian)

Lawsuit sought $40m in damages after Rapp claimed the actor tried to sexually abuse him when he was 14.

At the time, Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. Rapp is a regular on TV’s Star Trek: Discovery and was part of the original Broadway cast of Rent. He accused Spacey of lying on the witness stand.

Here's What Anthony Rapp and Kevin Spacey Said in Their Testimony (The New York Times)

The actors both testified in a civil trial this month over accusations of an encounter in 1986.

Mr. Another accuser of Mr. Watching Mr. Spacey, Mr. Several witnesses testified that Mr. Rapp had told them about an encounter with Mr. Rapp describes, and that Mr. When Mr. A lawyer for Mr. Then Mr. The judge ultimately dismissed Mr. Rapp said his encounter with Mr.

Kevin Spacey found not liable in Anthony Rapp sexual assault lawsuit (The Washington Post)

The lawsuit alleged that Spacey sexually assaulted Rapp in 1986 when he was a teenager.

Spacey is awaiting trial in the United Kingdom on five counts of [sexual assault](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/05/26/kevin-spacey-uk-sexual-assault-charges/?itid=lk_inline_manual_20) related to incidents alleged to have taken place in England between 2005 and 2013, including one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. When Spacey expressed interest in theater, he said, his father “used to yell at me at the idea that I might be gay.” He added that his team advised him to post it because they saw it as the wisest way to manage “a crisis that was going to get worse.” He was fired from the show in 2017 over the sexual harassment allegations and earlier this year ordered to cover resulting losses by [according to](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/kevin-spacey-trial-anthony-rapp-emotional-testimony-1235240059/) the Hollywood Reporter. [was dismissed](https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/06/17/anonymous-accuser-dismissed-from-lawsuit-against-kevin-spacey) from the case last year after U.S. The lawsuit, filed in September 2020, alleged that Spacey placed Rapp on a bed and climbed on top of him in a sexual manner at a party held at Spacey’s Manhattan residence in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. He came out as gay in the same statement. [was dropped](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/07/17/cape-prosecuotors-drop-charge-against-actor-kevin-spacey/SwsMJZtNZ0Jh642UpgGCTO/story.html) in 2019 “due to the unavailability of the complaining witness,” and a lawsuit in California [was dismissed](https://deadline.com/2019/12/kevin-spacey-massage-therapist-sexual-assault-1202818955/) that same year after the accuser died. The actors met while on Broadway. The jury deliberated for a little over an hour. Variety [reported that](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/kevin-spacey-trial-anthony-rapp-testify-sexual-assault-traumatic-1235401505/) Rapp described the encounter as “the most traumatic single event of my life.”

Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable In Sexual Assault Lawsuit From ... (Forbes)

A New York City jury found actor Kevin Spacey not liable for the assault and battery of Anthony Rapp on Thursday, after Rapp civilly sued the embattled ...

Spacey was charged earlier this year in the U.K. Spacey’s legal team pointed to alleged inconsistencies in Rapp’s claims, like him recalling the incorrect number of rooms in the apartment Spacey lived in at the time. After spending the night out together with one of Rapp’s friends, Rapp said Spacey invited him to a party at Spacey’s apartment, and Rapp went into a different room to watch TV, where the alleged assault took place. He was previously charged in Massachusetts for an alleged 2016 assault, but prosecutors I was pinned underneath him,” Rapp testified, saying he came forward “because I knew I was not the only one who Kevin Spacey made inappropriate sexual advances to.” In his initial response to the 2017 allegations, Spacey came out as gay and apologized to Rapp, while claiming he didn’t remember the encounter—but at trial, Spacey said he regretted issuing that statement and only released it on the advice of his PR team. Spacey also said at trial he took so long to speak about his sexuality because his father “was a white supremacist and a neo-Nazi” who openly disliked the idea that Spacey could be gay.

Kevin Spacey found not liable in sex abuse suit brought by Anthony ... (NBC News)

The federal jury in Kevin Spacey's sexual abuse trial found that the Oscar-winning actor is not liable for battery against “Star Trek: Discovery star” ...

He said that he and Barrowman had a brief “flirtatious and playful moment” on a bed that was cut short because Rapp was nearby. However, Rapp’s lawyers got a chance to question Andy Holtzman, a former employee of Manhattan’s Public Theater, who alleges that Spacey assaulted him there in 1981. Rapp testified that he did not recognize anyone at the party, so he went into a bedroom to watch television. Kaplan, the judge in Spacey’s civil trial, did not allow Rapp’s lawyers to talk about the U.K. [He pleaded not guilty](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kevin-spacey-pleads-not-guilty-sexual-assault-charges-uk-court-rcna38161) in July at a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court. That night, Spacey took Rapp and Rapp’s friend John Barrowman to a restaurant and a nightclub. “I would have never done anything to hurt the gay community,” he said, as tears welled up in his eyes. Spacey testified that he felt attracted to Barrowman, who was 19 at the time. [Rapp alleged](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/kevin-spacey-anthony-rapp-trial-rcna50517) that Spacey climbed on top of him at a party in New York City in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. In turn, he chose to take them “seriously but not factually.” “I didn’t want him to do that.” The jury of five men and six women deliberated for just under 90 minutes Thursday afternoon.