Kevin Spacey accuser testifies at intercourse abuse trial about ‘alarming’ encounter By Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anthony Rapp, who has accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of creating an undesirable sexual advance in 1986 when Rapp was 14, testified on Friday at a civil trial that he felt like a “deer within the headlights” when Spacey climbed on prime of him at a celebration.

Rapp, who sued Spacey in November 2020 and is in search of $40 million in damages for battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery, mentioned on the witness stand in Manhattan federal courtroom that he was capable of “swerve my means out” from underneath an intoxicated Spacey, who was then 26 and performing on Broadway.

However the expertise at Spacey’s Manhattan residence “disrupted my sense of belonging” within the theater group, Rapp mentioned.

“I used to be this 14-year-old little one and I had no need to have any sort of expertise like this in my life,” mentioned Rapp, now 50. “It was extremely horrifying and really alarming and completely antithetical to anything that I had ever skilled.”

Spacey, 63, has denied Rapp’s accusations and different sexual misconduct fees. In her opening assertion on Thursday, Spacey’s lawyer mentioned Rapp invented the incident to attempt to increase his personal profile as a result of he was jealous of Spacey’s extra profitable performing profession.

Spacey’s protection is predicted to cross-examine Rapp, who starred within the Broadway musical “Hire,” when trial resumes on Tuesday.

Spacey received Oscars for finest actor in “American Magnificence” and finest supporting actor in “The Traditional Suspects,” however his profession largely ended after greater than 20 males accused him of sexual misconduct.

Netflix (NASDAQ:) dropped him from its political drama sequence “Home of Playing cards,” and Christopher Plummer changed him within the function of J. Paul Getty in “All of the Cash within the World” weeks earlier than the film’s scheduled launch.

Spacey faces a prison trial in London subsequent 12 months after pleading not responsible to 5 intercourse offense fees over alleged assaults between 2005 and 2013.