'They are not true,' Kevin Spacey said of actor Anthony Rapp's allegations.
who has sued, claiming the Academy Award-winning actor tried to take him to bed when he was 14.
"I work in a very complicated family dynamic," he said, saying rants by his white supremacist and neo-Nazi father when he was a youngster led him to hate bigotry and intolerance. "Everything about what was happening in that house was something I had to keep to myself. We never, ever, talked about it. I have never talked about these things publicly ever," he said.
Spacey's lawyer argued for dismissal of the case on the grounds that Rapp's attorneys had failed to prove his claims.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kevin Spacey Began His Defense At His Sexual Assault Trial By Saying His Dad Was A Neo-NaziSpacey faces a civil lawsuit brought by actor Anthony Rapp, who has accused Spacey of sexually assaulting him when he was 14 and Spacey was 26.
Read more »
Kevin Spacey will testify in sex abuse trialNEW YORK (Reuters) -Kevin Spacey is expected to testify in his own defense later on Monday in a civil lawsuit accusing the Oscar-winning actor of making an unwanted sexual advance on a 14-year-old boy in 1986. A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed one of the claims brought against Spacey by Anthony Rapp, who was 14 when he says Spacey climbed on top of him at a party at his Manhattan apartment. After Rapp finished presenting his case in the civil trial over the lawsuit he filed against Spacey in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed Rapp's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, stating the claim repeated his allegations of battery against Spacey, 63.
Read more »
Kevin Spacey wins partial dismissal of Anthony Rapp’s claims | amNewYorkA judge dismissed Monday one of the legal claims Kevin Spacey faces from actor Anthony Rapp, who says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in his apartment in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.
Read more »
Kevin Spacey wins partial dismissal of Anthony Rapp’s claimsSpacey’s lawyer argued for dismissal of the case on the grounds that Rapp’s attorneys had failed to prove his claims.
Read more »
Kevin Spacey Says He Waited Until 58 To Come Out As Gay Because His Dad ‘Was A Neo-Nazi’In his first day on the stand, Spacey denied making an unwanted sexual advance toward actor Anthony Rapp in 1986.
Read more »
Kevin Spacey Says He Waited Until 58 To Come Out As Gay Because His Dad ‘Was A Neo-Nazi’In his first day on the stand, Spacey denied making an unwanted sexual advance toward actor Anthony Rapp in 1986.
Read more »