Category: Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Wins in Civil Sexual-Abuse Case

Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser, Anthony Rapp, didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14. The verdict followed a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court and came roughly…


Kevin Spacey Wins Civil Sexual-Abuse Case

Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser, Anthony Rapp, didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14. The verdict followed a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court and came roughly…


Judge: Kevin Spacey Must Pay $30 Million to ‘House of Cards’ Makers

LOS ANGELES—A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members. The ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana gives the force of…


Kevin Spacey ‘Strenuously Denies’ UK Sex Charges in First Court Appearance

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexually assaulting three men, a court in London heard on Thursday. Spacey, 62, did not enter a formal plea to the charges but his lawyer Patrick Gibbs, QC, told Westminster Magistrates Court: “Mr. Spacey strenuously denies any and all criminality in this case. He needs to answer these…


Kevin Spacey Must Face Sexual Abuse Accuser’s Lawsuit in New York

NEW YORK—A federal judge on Monday rejected Kevin Spacey’s bid to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused the Oscar winner of making an unwanted sexual advance during a party at Spacey’s Manhattan home in 1986, when Rapp was 14. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said there was a…


Actor Kevin Spacey Charged In London With Sexual Assault Against Three Men

American actor Kevin Spacey, star of House of Cards and numerous films, has been charged by police in London with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The Metropolitan Police said on Thursday it had been authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge 62-year-old Kevin Spacey Fowler. Spacey has also been charged with causing…


Kevin Spacey Ordered to Pay Studio Behind ‘House of Cards’ $30 Million After Violating Sexual Harassment Policy

Actor Kevin Spacey was ordered to pay more than $30 million to TV studio Media Rights Capital (MRC), the studio behind Netflix’s “House of Cards” after breaching his contract by violating the company’s sexual harassment policy, according to a court filing revealed Monday. The arbitration award came to light when MRC filed a petition in Los Angeles…