Kevin Spacey testified Monday that he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp, who has sued, claiming the Academy Award-winning actor tried to take him to bed when he was 14.
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at Federal court for his civil lawsuit trial, Oct. 12, 2022, in New York.
“Anthony Rapp seemed like a kid and John Barrowman seemed like a man,” Spacey said in an account that was backed up by a deposition by Barrowman. At the time, with the #MeToo movement gaining momentum, “The industry was very nervous. There was a lot of fear in the air about who was going to be next,” he said.
An emotional Spacey dabbed his eyes as he described being pressured into making a statement saying he didn’t remember anything happening with Rapp, but would be sorry “if” it was somehow true. His managers said “it was the best way to contain “a crisis that was going to get worse” and to avoid being accused of “victim shaming,” he said.Spacey also was asked if he has been private about his personal life over his career.
Spacey called it “humiliating and terrifying when friends came over to the house” because he was never sure what his father might say to them or to him. Spacey’s lawyer argued for dismissal of the case on the grounds that Rapp’s attorneys had failed to prove his claims.
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