Kevin Spacey was acquitted of harassment charges against Anthony Rapp

Kevin Spacey was acquitted of harassment charges against Anthony Rapp

A New York jury acquitted Kevin Spacey in the $ 40 million civil suit filed against him by Anthony Rapp, the Star Trek: Discovery actor who accused him of molesting him as a teenager. After a deliberation of about an hour and a half, the jurors reached the unanimous decision that Rapp's lawyers failed to provide sufficient evidence that Spacey had "touched the private parts" of Rapp. wave of all the scandals related to Weinstein and #MeToo, he had publicly accused the interpreter of House of Cards in October 2017 claiming to have been molested in 1986, when he was 14 and Spacey 26. On that occasion Spacey had came out, admitting to having sex with men and apologizing to the young actor "for what would have been completely inappropriate drunk behavior" (an apology which he later retracted by saying he was pushed to do so by his agent).

Today, however, the New York court has decided that the reconstruction of the prosecution had too many inconsistencies, on which Spacey's lawyers had particularly insisted. or a press release on his social networks in which he did not speak directly about the outcome of the trial but thanked for listening to his story: "Carrying out this cause has always been about throwing a light, as part of a more great for fighting all forms of sexual violence, ”wrote the actor:“ I am committed to continue activism to ensure that everyone can live and work in a world free from sexual violence of all kinds. I sincerely hope that the victims continue to tell their stories and fight so that everyone takes their responsibility. "

After this and other accusations that in the meantime had emerged, Kevin Spacey had lost several jobs such as the one in House of Cards or the part in the film (already filmed) All the money in the world, in which he was replaced by Christopher Plummer. For him, however, the troubles are not over: on the one hand he has to deal with another decision of a court according to which he will have to pay to MRC, the company producing House of Cards, a good 31 million dollars in image damage per street. of the scandals that involved him. In addition, he will have to face, but this time in the UK, the accusations of three men who accused him of harassment while he was living in London as the artistic director of the Old Vic theater.