Kevin Spacey

Actor Anthony Rapp says he was a victim of assault and battery. Rapp says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.

Kaplan said elements of the claim duplicate Rapp's claim that he was a victim of assault and battery. "My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi," Spacey said. There was a lot of fear in the air about who was going to be next," he said. Spacey dabbed his eyes as he described being pressured into making a statement saying he didn't remember anything happening with Rapp, but would be sorry "if" it was somehow true. I was frightened and I was confused. He said Spacey waited for the other guests at the party to leave before making a move on him.

“They are not true,” Spacey said of the allegations. Spacey said he had met Mr Rapp and another aspiring actor, John Barrowman, backstage following Spacey's ...

I was frightened and I was confused… I have never talked about these things publicly ever,” he said. He added: “I was shocked. We never, ever, talked about it. His managers said “it was the best way to contain a crisis that was going to get worse” and to avoid being accused of “victim shaming”, he said. Mr Rapp said in evidence he and Mr Barrowman went home immediately after the nightclub outing and it was days before Spacey invited him to the apartment for the first time.

Civil trial brought by actor Anthony Rapp comes after judge dismisses emotional distress claim against Spacey.

When Mr Spacey first took the stand Monday, he addressed his decision to keep his relationships with men private for much of his career. Mr Spacey’s lawyers have suggested in court that Mr Rapp fabricated his accusation because he was frustrated at Spacey for not speaking publicly about his sexuality. The case now solely rests on Mr Rapp’s claim that Mr Spacey committed battery against him after a party at Mr Spacey’s New York City apartment, during a Broadway season in which both were performing in shows. A forensic psychologist who evaluated Mr Rapp on the plaintiff’s behalf testified that he had delayed onset post-traumatic stress disorder. After Mr Rapp’s team rested Monday, the defence made a request that is common at that stage, asking the judge to dismiss the claims before the trial continues. Mr Spacey, who has denied the account, testified on Monday about his childhood and his sexuality.

Kevin Spacey took to the witness box in a New York court yesterday to say he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp – who says the Academy ...

Spacey won Oscars for best actor in American Beauty and best supporting actor in The Usual Suspects, but his career largely ended after more than 20 men accused him of sexual misconduct. Mr Kaplan said the trial can proceed with assault and battery claims asserted by Mr Rapp, a 50-year-old regular on Star Trek: Discovery on television. “My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi,” Spacey said. I have never talked about these things publicly ever,” he said. Mr Kaplan said elements of the claim duplicate Mr Rapp’s claim that he was a victim of assault and battery. Spacey called it “humiliating and terrifying when friends came over to the house” because he was never sure what his father might say to them or him.

Oscar-winning actor testifies in New York trial over allegations that he tried to take Anthony Rapp to bed when he was 14.

Kaplan said elements of the claim duplicate Rapp’s claim that he was a victim of assault and battery. His managers said it was the best way to contain “a crisis that was going to get worse” and to avoid being accused of “victim shaming”, he said. “My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi,” Spacey said. Spacey dabbed his eyes as he described being pressured into making a statement saying he didn’t remember anything happening with Rapp but would be sorry “if” it was somehow true. I was frightened and I was confused. He said Spacey waited for the other guests at the party to leave before making a move on him.

The actor is on trial in New York over an allegation he touched a 14-year-old boy at a party in 1986.

According to court documents, he claims that during the party Mr Spacey lifted him up and his hand "grazed" his buttocks. That trial is due to begin in June 2023. "I have not," he told the court.

Kevin Spacey took to the witness box in a New York court to say he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp – who says the Academy Award-winning ...

Mr Kaplan said elements of the claim duplicate Mr Rapp’s claim that he was a victim of assault and battery. I have never talked about these things publicly ever,” he said. We never, ever, talked about it.