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  1. Oct 20, 2022 · A jury 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, while both were relatively unknown Broadway actors.

  2. Oct 11, 2022 · Anthony Rapp, the "Star Trek: Discovery" actor who has accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of climbing on top of him at a party in 1986, conceded under

  3. Oct 12, 2022 · Anthony Rapp says that the moment Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey climbed on top of him at a New York City party was 'the most traumatic single event' of his life.

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    Deliberations lasted just over an hour Oct. 20. When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head. But he then hugged lawyers and others before leaving the courtroom. Jennifer Keller, a lawyer for Spacey, told jurors that Rapp made up the encounter and said they should reject Rapp’s claims. In his closing, Rapp's lawyer Richard Steigman said juror...

    Spacey finished his testimonyOct. 18. During his two days on the stand, Spacey maintained Rapp's allegations were "not true" and tearfully said that his managers and lawyers coerced him into an apology when Rapp first made the claims in 2017. "I’ve learned a lesson, which is never apologize for something you didn’t do," Spacey said. The actor also ...

    Rapp testified that he squirmed out from underneath Spacey in the fully clothed encounter before fleeing the apartment, only to have Spacey follow him to the door and ask if he was sure he wanted to leave. During an aggressive cross-examination on Oct. 11, defense attorney Jennifer Keller zeroed in on inconsistencies between accounts by Rapp and an...

    The first witness testified Oct. 7 that Spacey made a similar move on him years before he allegedly made a sexual advance on Rapp. Andrew Holtzman, 68, was called to testify by lawyers for Rapp. He said that he was working in his office at the New York Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 1981 when Spacey entered and sat at a spare desk used by ac...

    Spacey’s lawyer told a jury Oct. 6, the first day of the trial, that a sexual misconduct allegation that derailed his theatrical career was the product of a young actor’s inability to tell the difference between real life and a scene he played on Broadway eight times a week. In her opening statement to the jury, Spacey’s lawyer, Keller, noted that ...

    The civil trial focuses on an alleged encounter between Spacey and Rapp in New York City in 1986, when Rapp was a blossoming child actor and Spacey, then 26, was having a breakout moment on Broadway. Rapp, who was 14 at the time, said the older actor invited him to a party at his Manhattan apartment then tried to seduce him in a bedroom after the o...

    Rapp, who as a teenager acted in films including “Adventures in Babysitting,” is now a regular on the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery." The Illinois native has an extensive theater background, having originated the role of Mark Cohen in the hit Broadway musical "Rent." He returned to the part for the 2005 movie adaptation and subsequent 2009 tour. ...

    When Rapp told his story to Buzzfeed in 2017 as the #MeToo movement began to grip Hollywood, Spacey said he had no recollection of the incident, "but if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior." Since then, though, Spacey’s legal team has said the accusation i...

    Rapp isn't the only one to accuse the actor of abuse. More than a dozen men and teen boys in 2017 accused Spacey of sexual harassment and assault. One case goes to trial in London next year. In July, Spacey pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted three menbetween 2004 and 2015 when he was the artistic director at the Old Vic theate...

    Spacey was fired in 2017 from his starring role in the final season of Netflix dramaseries "House of Cards." In August, a judge in Los Angeles approved an arbitrator’s decision to order Spacey to pay $30.9 million to the makers of the Netflix political dramafor violating his contract by sexually harassing crew members. Tiffany Haddish, Aries Spears...

  5. Oct 11, 2022 · Anthony Rapp testified Tuesday in a civil trial against Kevin Spacey about the emotional distress he says the actor has caused him. ... “I wanted to tell someone what had happened,” Rapp ...

  6. Oct 20, 2022 · Anthony Rapp, whose accusation of sexual misconduct against the Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey centered on an encounter Mr. Rapp said happened in 1986, was able to bring his claim under the ...

  7. Oct 20, 2022 · In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Anthony Rapp, best known for his role in the musical “Rent,” alleged that in 1986, when he was 14, Mr. Spacey picked him up, placed him on a bed and lay ...