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Kevin Spacey Denies Sex Abuse Claims successful Civil Trial
Kevin Spacey's sexual misconduct civilian trial has reached a decision connected Oct. 20.
On Oct. 20, a New York, a assemblage recovered the House of Cards histrion not liable for artillery successful a civilian suit brought by Rent histrion Anthony Rapp.
Back successful 2017, Rapp publically accused Spacey of making an inappropriate intersexual beforehand toward him successful 1986, erstwhile helium was 14 years old. Rapp went connected to file a suit against Spacey successful 2020, seeking compensatory and punitive damages up to $40 million. No transgression charges person been filed against Spacey, 63.
Following the verdict, Rapp's lawyer Richard Steigman told E! News in a statement: "Anthony told his information successful court. While we respect the jury's verdict, thing changes that."
Meanwhile, Spacey's attorney Jennifer L. Keller praised the assemblage for their "swift and decisive" verdict. "Mr. Spacey is grateful to unrecorded successful a state wherever the citizens person a close to proceedings by impartial jurors who marque their determination based connected grounds and not rumor oregon societal media," Keller said successful an Oct. 20 connection to NBC News. "And helium is profoundly thankful to this peculiar jury."
She added, "Justice was done today."
Rapp released a connection on societal media expressing gratitude for the accidental to person his lawsuit heard earlier a jury. "Bringing this suit was ever astir shining a light, arsenic portion of the larger question to basal up against each forms of intersexual violence," Rapp wrote. "I pledge to support connected advocating for efforts to guarantee that we tin unrecorded and enactment successful a satellite that is escaped from intersexual unit of immoderate kind."
He continued, "I sincerely anticipation that survivors proceed to archer their stories and combat for accountability."
During the three-week trial, Rapp, present 50, claimed that Spacey had enactment his assemblage connected apical of his in a intersexual mode during a enactment astatine Usuals Suspect star's location 36 years ago. According to The New York Times, Rapp said successful his Oct. 11 grounds that it was hard watching Spacey's fame emergence passim the years, adding, "As his sanction and notoriety increased, it was harder and harder to escape."
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Spacey denied the allegations erstwhile helium took the basal connected Oct. 17 for his testimony, per NBC News.
When Rapp archetypal came retired with the allegations successful 2017, Spacey initially apologized to the Dazed and Confused actor, sharing successful a connection that helium did not retrieve the encounter, but "if I did behave past arsenic helium describes, I beryllium him the sincerest apology for what would person been profoundly inappropriate drunken behavior."
The American Beauty histrion said during the trial that helium regrets putting retired the statement, and that helium lone did truthful astatine the behest of his publicity team. "I was being encouraged to apologize," helium testified, "and I've learned a acquisition which is ne'er apologize for thing you didn't do."
The verdict comes 4 months after Spacey pleaded not blameworthy to four charges of intersexual battle against 3 men successful the United Kingdom, per NPR. During a June 16 quality astatine London's Westminster Magistrates' Court, Spacey was granted unconditional bail.
E! News has reached retired to Spacey's lawyer for remark successful respect to the Oct. 20 verdict.
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