Spacey was accused by anonymous “House of Cards” staffers in 2017 of making “predatory” comments and non-consensually touching employees on set
Actor Kevin Spacey attends his arraignment for sexual assault charges at Nantucket District Court onAn arbitrator ruled that Spacey and two of his production companies must pay $29.5 million of damages, $1.2 million of attorneys’ fees and $235,000 of costs to MRC, the production house behind the political drama, after Spacey was found to be in breach of contract over the show’s sexual harassment policy.
,Spacey was immediately suspended from the series, and his character Frank Underwood was ultimately written off and a final season of the show was scrapped. MRC filed a claim against the actor in 2019 to cover the costs of having to re-do work on the sixth season after the allegations. Over 20 people were deposed and the arbitrator ultimately “found the allegations against Spacey to be true,” according to a petition filed Monday by MRC.Spacey, whose acting achievements include two Oscars and a Tony Award, was also a producer on. The Netflix series, which ran from 2013 to 2018, was one of the first major original series from a streaming service to be successful and critically acclaimed.
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