Kevin Spacey hit with more sexual harassment allegations after Anthony Rapp’s confession
Last night’s exposé on BuzzFeed in which actor Anthony Rapp detailed claims that Kevin Spacey made sexual advances toward him when the Star Trek: Discovery actor was 14 years old shocked Hollywood elites, still reeling from the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Spacey took to Twitter tonight to respond, claiming that he was “horrified” by the story and does not remember the encounter, blaming drunkenness.
“As those closest to me know, in my life I have had relationships with both men and women,” he said. “I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose to live as a gay man.”
Rapp tonight did not address the response but he praised the “the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out” about sexual harassment in recent weeks:
I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out 1/3
— Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) October 30, 2017
to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me. 2/3
— Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) October 30, 2017
Everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and I have no further comment about it at this time.
— Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) October 30, 2017
In the BuzzFeed reveal, Rapp said that the advances happened after a party at Spacey’s apartment. Spacey picked Rapp up and put him on the bed, climbing on top of him. Rapp said that this was an attempt for Spacey to “seduce” him. “I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually,” he adds.
“My stomach churns,” said Rapp. “I still to this day can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It’s just deeply confusing to me.”
Victoria Featherstone, artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre, was asked today during an interview on Radio 4, if she was aware of any egregious conduct by Spacey when he was working as artistic director of the Old Vic in London.
“I think that many people in the theatre and in the creative industries have been aware of many stories of many people over a lot of years, and Kevin Spacey would be one of the people that people have had concerns about, yes,” she said.
Nadine West also tweeted a male friend had been a victim of Spacey: “KS groped my young male friend when they were both working at the Old Vic. Was apparently always known as one to avoid. Sadly unsurprised.
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