Those allegations began after Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey, while appearing intoxicated, made a sexual advance toward him at a party in 1986, when Rapp was 14 (so it was pedophilia after all) and Spacey was 27. Rapp had also shared this story in a 2001 interview with The Advocate, but Spacey’s name was redacted from publication to avoid legal disputes and public outing.
Spacey stated on Twitter that he did not remember the encounter, but that he owed Rapp “the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” if he had behaved as asserted.
On September 9, 2020, Rapp sued Spacey for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress under the Child Victims Act.
In the subsequent federal civil court proceeding, a jury found that Spacey did not molest Rapp and was found not liable on all counts, with Rapp subsequently ordered by the court to pay Spacey $39,089 for the costs of litigation.
Fifteen others then came forward alleging similar abuse, including Boston anchorwoman Heather Unruh, who alleged that Spacey sexually assaulted her son; filmmaker Tony Montana; actor Roberto Cavazos; Richard Dreyfuss’ son Harry; and eight people who worked on House of Cards. The Guardian was contacted by “a number of people” who alleged that Spacey “groped and behaved in an inappropriate way with young men” as artistic director of The Old Vic theatre.
Rapp had to pay Spacey thirty nine thousand dollars.
If you ever wonder why victims don’t come forward, think about the humiliation, the accusations, the assumptions, the trauma relived and repeated and revisited and repeated again and again. And in the end, the law says “we won’t protect you” and the court says “we don’t believe you” and your abuser says “you owe me money.”
Did you ignore the part where the court found that it likely did not happen?
Real fucking weird to pretend to care about “innocent until proven guilty” while simultaneously holding the opinion of “guilty even if proven not guilty”
The court found that it couldn’t be proven to have happened. Did you ignore the part where Spacey apologized to Rapp for the “incident” before the lawsuit?
Real fucking weird to go to bat to defend the reputation of a serial sexual predator, but do go on because we’re learning a bit about you today.
Spacey stated on Twitter that he did not remember the encounter, but that he owed Rapp “the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” if he had behaved as asserted.
Characterizing this as “he apologized for the incident” is disingenuous at best and the reason we have courts with lawyers, juries and judges.
They stated that her son was texting his girlfriend while Spacey was “doing the deed”. When asked to admit the phone as evidence, they said that they “lost the phone”.
It magically resurfaced a couple of months later, but… without the text messages. Unruh admitted that she deleted “some texts”.
The only thing that’s bleak about this story is how the public hung a guy who seems to be only guilty of giving off weird vibes.
Ive always said that everyone gives Leo a hard time about dating young models and other rich celebrities who try to fuck people who are lets be charitable and say “Age inappropriate” (not everyone walks around Hollywood parties with a sign around their neck that says 14yo) that if the rest of us had fame, millions of dollars, movie star charisma and young attractive people trying to fuck us can we absolutely 100% say we wouldnt act any better?
Those allegations began after Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey, while appearing intoxicated, made a sexual advance toward him at a party in 1986, when Rapp was 14 (so it was pedophilia after all) and Spacey was 27. Rapp had also shared this story in a 2001 interview with The Advocate, but Spacey’s name was redacted from publication to avoid legal disputes and public outing.
Spacey stated on Twitter that he did not remember the encounter, but that he owed Rapp “the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” if he had behaved as asserted.
On September 9, 2020, Rapp sued Spacey for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress under the Child Victims Act.
In the subsequent federal civil court proceeding, a jury found that Spacey did not molest Rapp and was found not liable on all counts, with Rapp subsequently ordered by the court to pay Spacey $39,089 for the costs of litigation.
Fifteen others then came forward alleging similar abuse, including Boston anchorwoman Heather Unruh, who alleged that Spacey sexually assaulted her son; filmmaker Tony Montana; actor Roberto Cavazos; Richard Dreyfuss’ son Harry; and eight people who worked on House of Cards. The Guardian was contacted by “a number of people” who alleged that Spacey “groped and behaved in an inappropriate way with young men” as artistic director of The Old Vic theatre.
Jesus fucking Christ this is bleak.
Rapp had to pay Spacey thirty nine thousand dollars.
If you ever wonder why victims don’t come forward, think about the humiliation, the accusations, the assumptions, the trauma relived and repeated and revisited and repeated again and again. And in the end, the law says “we won’t protect you” and the court says “we don’t believe you” and your abuser says “you owe me money.”
Did you ignore the part where the court found that it likely did not happen?
Real fucking weird to pretend to care about “innocent until proven guilty” while simultaneously holding the opinion of “guilty even if proven not guilty”
The court found that it couldn’t be proven to have happened. Did you ignore the part where Spacey apologized to Rapp for the “incident” before the lawsuit?
Real fucking weird to go to bat to defend the reputation of a serial sexual predator, but do go on because we’re learning a bit about you today.
Characterizing this as “he apologized for the incident” is disingenuous at best and the reason we have courts with lawyers, juries and judges.
Spacey was disingenuous at best, and was trying to clear his conscience and avoid self-incrimination at the same time.
Maybe, but you made it sound like he admitted to “the incident”, when what he did was the typical non-apology while admitting nothing.
Which he wouldn’t have done at all if there had been no “incident.”
Maybe, maybe not.
This one was actually hilarious.
They stated that her son was texting his girlfriend while Spacey was “doing the deed”. When asked to admit the phone as evidence, they said that they “lost the phone”.
It magically resurfaced a couple of months later, but… without the text messages. Unruh admitted that she deleted “some texts”.
The only thing that’s bleak about this story is how the public hung a guy who seems to be only guilty of giving off weird vibes.
Ive always said that everyone gives Leo a hard time about dating young models and other rich celebrities who try to fuck people who are lets be charitable and say “Age inappropriate” (not everyone walks around Hollywood parties with a sign around their neck that says 14yo) that if the rest of us had fame, millions of dollars, movie star charisma and young attractive people trying to fuck us can we absolutely 100% say we wouldnt act any better?