Anthony Rapp

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

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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 on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse claim against him after jurors in Manhattan civil trial found his accuser, actor Anthony Rapp, didn't prove ...

The civil trial began on Oct. Netflix dropped him from its political drama series House of Cards and Christopher Plummer replaced him in the role of J. 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.

Mr. Rapp sued the Oscar-winning actor, accusing him of making a sexual advance in 1986, when Mr. Rapp was a 14-year-old actor.

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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.

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury on Thursday began deliberating the validity of Anthony Rapp's civil claims that Kevin Spacey sexually abused him in his apartment when Rapp was 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in the 1980s.

Spacey also gave courtroom spectators a brief taste of his acting chops when he imitated his Broadway costar at the time, Jack Lemmon. During the trial, Rapp testified that Spacey had invited him to his apartment for a party, then approached him in a bedroom after the other guests left. Rapp is getting more attention from this trial than he has in his entire acting life,” Keller said. 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. She said Rapp is well known now because he's taken down one of Hollywood's biggest actors. 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. “Sometimes the simple truth is the best. Rapp and his lawyers also left the courthouse without speaking to reporters. The simple truth is that this happened.” That I knew,” he told jurors. When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head, then hugged his lawyers. “Mr.

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 ...

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'Star Trek: Discovery' actor Anthony Rapp accused Kevin Spacey of molesting him in the '80s, when he was a teenager. On Thursday, a jury concluded ...

“I sincerely hope that survivors continue to tell their stories and fight for accountability.” Before the verdict, Rapp received support from fellow actor Alex Winter. The lawsuit sought $40 million in damages. After a three-week civil trial, a federal court concluded Thursday that Spacey, 63, did not sexually abuse Rapp, 50. Deliberations lasted a little more than an hour. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have my case heard before a jury, and I thank the members of the jury for their service,” he said in a