Friday, March 29

Jury Finds Kevin Spacey Not Guilty in His Civil Trial for Sexual Assault of Actor Anthony Rapp

A New York jury on Thursday found actor Kevin Spacey not liable for injuries against fellow actor Anthony Rapp, who accused him of trying to seduce him and touching him with sexual intent in 1986, when he was a minor. According to CNN, the jury deliberated just over an hour after the closing arguments for the prosecution and defense, and concluded that Rapp did not offer sufficient evidence that Spacey had “touched a sexual or intimate part”, so the magistrate formally ordered the case closed.

Rapp, who is now 50 years old, was seeking millionaire compensation for damages in the civil trial against Spacey, 63, a process that began two weeks ago and in which Judge Lewis Kaplan decided to dismiss one charge of assault and another of intentional emotional damage. , so only one injury was settled.

Rapp alleged during the trial that when he was 14 years old and Spacey was 26, and both worked in the theater world, the latter invited him to a party at his Manhattan apartment to which he went alone, and Spacey, in a drunken state, picked him up, laid him on a bed and climbed on top of him.

Spacey, who took the stand to defend himself, denied the accusation and revealed details of his private life, describing his father as a “white supremacist and a neo-Nazi” who did not accept his sexual orientation, which influenced his reserved character and his rejection. to fanaticism and intolerance.

The whistleblower, known for his role in the series “Star Trek: Discovery”, publicly accused Spacey in 2017, at the height of the MeToo movement, and later sued him under a new New York law that allows victims of abuse child sexual abuse go to court years later.

Despite Spacey’s victory in this civil trial in New York, the double Oscar winner will face trial in the United Kingdom next year for allegedly sexually assaulting three men a decade ago, charges to which Spacey also pleaded not guilty. last July.



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