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Oct 11, 2022 · The defense argued on the first day of the trial that Rapp “created a story” about Spacey “for sympathy, for attention and to raise his profile.”
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...
Oct 12, 2022 · Spacey denies Rapp's allegation, and his lawyers have argued that Rapp made up a story about a party to get attention and raise his professional profile. Rapp was 14 at the time, and...
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Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, taking the witness stand in his sexual misconduct trial Monday, flatly denied Anthony Rapp's allegation, repeatedly broke down in sobs and grew visibly anguished as he recalled his "humiliating and terrifying" upbringing as the son of a man he described as a "white supremacist and neo-Nazi."
Spacey, face red and voice shaking, told jurors in New York federal court that he was "forced to listen to hours and hours and hours" of vitriolic "lectures" from his father, Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, instilling in him a "hatred" of bigotry.
"I have never talked about these things publicly," Spacey said on the witness stand, appearing to fight back tears. "Ever."
Rapp, a star of the Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Discovery," alleges that Spacey lifted him up, put him on a bed and climbed on top of him during a party in New York City in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26.
Spacey's lawyers have argued that Rapp "created a story" because he was jealous of their client's success in the entertainment industry.
Rapp filed a lawsuit against Spacey in 2020, and his lawyers are seeking $40 million in damages.
In his testimony Monday, Spacey for the first time presented his version of events in great detail.
He testified that at that period in 1986 he was living in a studio apartment that did not have a bedroom. He said he threw one party that year — a housewarming gathering in January.
Spacey said he recalls meeting Rapp that April at a luncheon for performers who were appearing in that season's Broadway shows. He explained the teen did not make much of an impression on him, saying, "He was a kid who was in a play."
He went on to recall that he saw Rapp again in Lemmon's dressing room behind the scenes of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — only this time, Rapp was accompanied by fellow actor John Barrowman.
Spacey testified that he was "captivated" by Barrowman, who was 19 at the time of their meeting. (Rapp has testified he was under the impression Barrowman was underage.) He said he invited Barrowman and Rapp to dinner near the theater and then took them to a nightclub.
Spacey said he was "more focused" on Barrowman throughout that night, "flirting" with him at the nightclub.
Oct 20, 2022 · By Julia Jacobs and Nate Schweber. Oct. 20, 2022. The actors Anthony Rapp and Kevin Spacey both testified in a civil trial this month over accusations of an encounter in 1986, when Mr. Rapp...
Oct 12, 2022 · NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Anthony Rapp testified Wednesday that he decided to publicly reveal a 30-year-old encounter with Kevin Spacey because he knew he wasn’t the only person Spacey had made inappropriate sexual advances on.
Oct 20, 2022 · Oct. 20, 2022. A federal jury in Manhattan found Kevin Spacey not liable for battery on Thursday after the actor Anthony Rapp filed a lawsuit accusing Mr. Spacey of climbing on top of him and...
