Kevin Spacey’s Accuser Loses $40 Million Sexual Battery Trial
Kevin Spacey may have lost countless career opportunities in the wake of sexual abuse allegations, but he came out on the winning side of the $40 million lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp.
According to Variety, a jury found that the plaintiff’s attorney failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove that Kevin “touched a sexual or intimate part” of Anthony. As such, they concluded the House of Cards alum cannot be held fiscally responsible for the alleged abuse.
The decision came after a 3-week trial in a Manhattan federal court. However, the jury only deliberated for 2 hours before giving their decision.
During the civil case, Kevin’s lawyers accused Anthony of completely fabricating the incident They provided several theories as to why he allegedly did this, from claiming he wanted attention to being jealous of Kevin’s success.
Kevin has maintained his innocent since Anthony first came forward in 2017 accusing him of making sexual advances towards him when he was only 14 years old.
Anthony went on to file a civil lawsuit against Kevin in 2020 for sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. During the trial, the emotional distress claim was dropped by the judge, though the sexual battery claim was allowed to proceed.
Following Anthony’s allegations, several other people came forward accusing Kevin of sexual assault.
He was swiftly dropped from the final season of House of Cards and replaced in the film All the Money in the World, even though his scenes had already been completed.
Though Kevin’s lawsuit with Anthony may be over, the actor continues to face a variety of other legal troubles in the wake of the shocking allegations. Next year, the actor is scheduled to stand trial in London for five sex offence charges that happened between 2005 to 2013. Kevin has already pleaded not guilty.
Moreover, in August, the actor and his production companies were ordered to pay Netflix nearly $31 million due to the losses his firing from House of Cards caused the streaming service.
The judge determined that Kevin violated his contract with Netflix’s requirement for professional behavior by "engaging certain conduct in connection with several crew members in each of the five seasons that he starred in and executive produced House of Cards.”
Not only was Kevin’s character killed off (despite being the main lead), but the sixth and final season was shortened from 13 to 8 episodes to meet deadlines. Netflix says it lost tens of millions of dollars as a result.
from TheRichest - Feed https://ift.tt/w2a4TzU
Post a Comment