Jury: Kevin Spacey didn’t molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986
October 20, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A jury sided with Kevin Spacey on Thursday in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star’s career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in 1986.
Kevin Spacey finishes testimony at NY civil sex abuse trial
October 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Spacey remained composed Tuesday during cross examination at a civil trial, repeatedly rejecting suggestions that he wasn't telling the truth when he denied an actor’s claims that he made a sexual advance on him when he was 14 in the 1980s.
Teary Kevin Spacey testifies of sex abuse claims: ‘Not true’
October 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — An emotional Kevin Spacey testified in a New York courtroom Monday that he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp, who has sued for millions of dollars in damages, claiming the Academy Award-winning actor tried to take him to bed when he was 14.
Spacey trial proceeds after his lawyer contracts COVID-19
October 13, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The sex abuse trial of actor Kevin Spacey hit a snag Thursday when the judge announced one of Spacey's top lawyers had come down with COVID-19.
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told the jury that attorney Jennifer Keller was missing because she had tested positive for the virus Thursday morning after feeling symptoms Wednesday night.
Emotional Anthony Rapp: I knew I wasn’t Spacey’s only victim
October 12, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Anthony Rapp testified Wednesday that he decided to publicly reveal a 30-year-old encounter with Kevin Spacey because he knew he wasn’t the only person Spacey had made inappropriate sexual advances on.
Spacey’s lawyer grills Anthony Rapp at sex misconduct trial
October 11, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Kevin Spacey sought Tuesday to poke holes in the story of fellow actor Anthony Rapp, who says Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was a teenager.
EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial
October 10, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The second week of Kevin Spacey’s #MeToo-era trial starts Tuesday in New York — but no criminal charges are involved.
Actor tells jury Kevin Spacey abused him when he was 14
October 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — An actor who’s accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance on him as a 14-year-old recounted the episode for a New York City jury on Friday, testifying he felt helpless when Spacey climbed on top of him in bed.
Kevin Spacey faces New York jury in sexual assault lawsuit
October 6, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Spacey's lawyer told a jury Thursday that a sexual misconduct allegation that derailed his theatrical career was the product of a young actor's inability to tell the difference between real life and a scene he played on Broadway eight times a week.
Judge lets sex assault suit go on against actor Kevin Spacey
June 6, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A sex-assault civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey can proceed in federal court in New York City, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a written ruling that the allegations that actor Anthony Rapp brought against Spacey established an issue of material fact as to whether Rapp sufficiently alleges that Spacey acted to gratify sexual desire during an encounter at a Manhattan party in 1986 when Rapp was 14.
Kevin Spacey asks judge to axe Anthony Rapp’s sex abuse suit
April 8, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Kevin Spacey asked a judge Friday to throw out actor Anthony Rapp's sex abuse lawsuit, saying through his lawyers that allegations that he abused the then-teenage Rapp at a 1980s party are false.
Anthony Rapp sues Kevin Spacey on sex assault allegation
September 9, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Anthony Rapp and another man filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against actor Kevin Spacey, accusing him of sexual assaults in the 1980s when they were teens.
Rapp, who starred in “Rent” on Broadway and in “Star Trek: Discovery” on TV, had first spoken out against the Oscar-winning Spacey in 2017, a decision that led to others speaking up and Spacey's up-to-then celebrated career coming to an abrupt end.
UK police probing 6 assault claims against Kevin Spacey
July 4, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — British police are investigating six claims of sexual assault or assault by Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey, three more than previously disclosed...
‘Roseanne’ minus Roseanne? How other shows have soldiered on
June 9, 2018 GMTThe show must go on? That appears to be the sentiment in the days since ABC suddenly canceled “Roseanne” after star and co-creator Roseanne Barr made a racist statement on Twitter. It was a stunning reversal of fortunes for a revival that became one of the biggest broadcast hits of the 2017-18 season and a devastating blow to the nearly 400 people employed by the show.
The swift unraveling of Kevin Spacey _ in less than a week
November 5, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a week for two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey to go from admired stage, TV and film star to a pariah, under investigation by the police and fired from his Emmy-winning role in "House of Cards...