Over two years after actor Anthony Rapp first filed a civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 1986, opening statements in the trial took place Thursday in a Manhattan courtroom. “What happened to Anthony is something that never should have happened,” Rapp’s lawyer Peter …
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Actor Anthony Rapp testified about the 1986 incident at the center of his lawsuit against Kevin Spacey on Friday in a Manhattan courtroom on the second day of the civil trial. Rapp, who was 14 at the time of the alleged encounter with a 26-year-old Spacey, first alleged in 2017 …
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Five years after first accusing Kevin Spacey of childhood sex abuse, actor Anthony Rapp has a new and seemingly firm date of October 6, 2022, to take his civil lawsuit to trial. A federal judge in Manhattan set the fast-approaching date Thursday, saying all parties must show up for jury …
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Kevin Spacey lost his attempt to overturn the $31 million arbitration award he was ordered to pay for breaching his House of Cards contract with the harassment of young crew members. At a hearing in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, a judge listened to arguments from Spacey’s lawyer and then …
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A California judge has granted Kevin Spacey’s request to permanently seal the names of his accusers and the “specifics” of their sexual harassment allegations related to his behind-the-scenes behavior on House of Cards that contributed to his 2017 termination from the hit Netflix show. The ruling, issued by Los Angeles …
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Kevin Spacey appeared today at London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court where the actor pleaded “not guilty” to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. He entered an additional plea of “not guilty” to a charge of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.” Spacey’s trial, …
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Kevin Spacey appeared in a London court Thursday for his first hearing related to five charges of sexual assault, with the disgraced actor receiving unconditional bail prior to his next court appearance next month. While Spacey did not enter a plea to the charges during the 45-minute hearing — that …
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British prosecutors charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault and one count of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” the Crown Prosecution Service announced Thursday. “The CPS has authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against …
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From a cramped hotel suite in a luxury Cannes hotel, a pair of film executives are trying to pull off an unlikely feat: Sell distribution rights to Kevin Spacey’s comeback film. On May 17, Vantage Media International, or VMI, a Hollywood-based company that sells movies primarily to foreign markets, screened …
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Anthony Rapp is pushing back against Kevin Spacey’s recent demand that Rapp’s sex abuse lawsuit be terminated on the grounds that his alleged 1986 assault wasn’t serious enough to qualify for revival under the Child Victim’s Act. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Rapp rejects Spacey’s March …
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