According to the jury, actor Anthony Rapp could not prove that Spacey had touched Rapp’s sexual or intimate part of the body.
In the United States, the New York court has released the actor to Kevin Spacey sexual crime charges.
In his lawsuit, the actor Anthony Rapp sought compensation for mental anguish. Rapp has said that Spacey sexually abused her in 1986, when Rapp was just 14 years old. Spacey himself would have been 26 years old at the time of the incident.
According to the jury, Rapp was unable to prove that Spacey had touched Rapp’s sexual or intimate part of the body. The jury decided that Spacey is not liable in the case.
Spacey was one of the first to face accusations of sexual harassment and abuse with the metoo movement. The two-time Oscar winner’s legal concerns have not been limited to Rapp’s lawsuit.
In 2019, Spacey was acquitted of sex crime charges in Massachusetts, USA. He has also denied allegations that he abused three men in Britain.
Spacey disappeared from the screens with the accusations
The 63-year-old Spacey is known for films such as American Beauty and Usual Suspects and from the television series House of Cards, from which his character was written out after sexual crime allegations came to light.
Spacey has hardly been seen in roles since Rapp’s accusations came out in 2017. At that time, Spacey said publicly for the first time that he was gay. According to the actor, he was accused of trying to divert attention away from the accusations.
Spacey took the witness stand in New York, where he described his family background as problematic. He painted a picture of his father as a supporter of white supremacy and a neo-Nazi who hated homosexuals and did not appreciate his son’s interest in theater.
Spacey said he issued a public apology for Rapp’s allegations at the urging of his advisers, but said he now regrets it.
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