Spacey has filed a motion to dismiss a fellow actor’s lawsuit alleging sexual assault on him – to no avail. Now the two-time Oscar winner has to answer in court.
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Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey (62) is facing another lawsuit for alleged sexual assault. A New York judge on Monday denied Spacey’s motion to dismiss actor Anthony Rapp’s 2020 lawsuit, 50 the station “Law and Crime” reported. A jury should decide allegations of abuse in the 1980s, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled, according to court documents.
Rapp explains that Spacey had become abusive at a party at his New York home in 1986. At that time, Rapp, who later became known with the musical “Rent” and the TV series “Star Trek: Discovery”, was 14 years old. With his civil suit against Spacey he wants to win damages. The two-time Oscar winner (“The Usual Suspects”, “American Beauty”) has denied the allegations.
Spacey was reported in the UK at the end of May for sexually assaulting three men. The British public prosecutor’s office in London said there were three cases between 2005 and 2013. Allegations of sexual assault and harassment were raised against Spacey in the fall of 2017 in the course of the MeToo debate. Several plaintiffs went to court, but some lawsuits were dropped or dismissed because of the statute of limitations. Crew members of the Netflix series “House of Cards” also accused Spacey of sexual harassment. The streaming giant then canceled the collaboration with him.
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