Kevin Spacey

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.”

A jury has sided with Kevin Spacey in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, ...

The simple truth is that this happened," he said. That there was no truth to any of the allegations," she added, a reference to She also suggested that Mr Rapp later became jealous that Mr Spacey became a megastar while Mr Rapp had "smaller roles in small shows" after his breakthrough performance in Broadway's 'Rent'. Mr Spacey's lawyer, Jennifer Keller, told jurors that Mr Rapp made up the encounter and said they should reject Mr Rapp's claims. [Mr Rapp had testified](/news/2022-10-07/kevin-spacey-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit/101510754) that Mr Spacey invited him to his apartment for a party, then approached him in a bedroom after the other guests left. - It was alleged the actor tried to seduce Mr Rapp in a bedroom at a party in 1986

A jury has delivered its verdict on whether US actor Kevin Spacey made unwanted sexual advances on a 14-year-old almost 40 years ago.

Netflix dropped him from its political drama series House Of Cards and Christopher Plummer replaced him in the role of J. During the trial, Judge Lewis A. Men also came forward with claims of abuse. Rapp, now 50, testified that Spacey climbed on top of him on a bed and pressed his groin into Rapp’s hip until he was able to wriggle free. Spacey’s lawyer, Jennifer Keller, argued during her closing arguments that Rapp’s story was a fabrication. “It’s inconsistent.

A New York court has ruled in actor Kevin Spacey's favour in a sexual assault lawsuit. The jury found accuser – Anthony Rapp – did not prove his allegation ...

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.

A jury found Mr. Spacey not liable in a civil trial. Mr. Rapp, an original cast member in “Rent,” had filed a lawsuit accusing Mr. Spacey of making a sexual ...

Mr. Holtzman was 27 and Mr. Spacey’s initial response to Mr. Spacey’s career or frustrated that Mr. Rapp called the alleged encounter with Mr. Rapp joining us,” Mr. Rapp testified, Mr. Back at Mr. Feeling that Mr. Following the verdict, Mr. A jury found Mr. The civil trial to consider Mr.

Jury deliberated for a little more than an hour before deciding Rapp hadn't proven his allegations.

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. Rapp and his lawyers also left the courthouse without speaking to reporters. That there was no truth to any of the allegations,” she added, a reference to other sexual misconduct claims against the actor, including criminal charges in England. When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head, then hugged his lawyers.

After roughly 80 minutes of deliberations, jurors reached a unanimous decision that Rapp's lawyers had failed to prove that Spacey “touched a sexual or intimate ...

Confidential,” as well as the Netflix series “House of Cards.” They noted, for instance, that Rapp described Spacey as having a separate bedroom, when a floor plan that they produced showed that the actor lived in a studio apartment with once central room. “[Kevin Spacey] cannot control his sexual urges when they come up,” Richard Steigman, one of the lawyers on Rapp’s team, said. Rapp first made his claims in a 2017 BuzzFeed article, in which he said that Spacey lifted him up, placed him on his bed, and pinned Rapp down in a sexually aggressive manner. In a statement on social media, Rapp made no direct mention of the verdict, but thanked the jury for hearing the case. After roughly 80 minutes of deliberations, jurors reached a unanimous decision that Rapp’s lawyers had failed to prove that Spacey “touched a sexual or intimate part” of Rapp.