Kevin Spacey will also be tried for sexual harassment in New York .
The appeal of the two-time Oscar winner for not proceeding in the lawsuit that brought him Anthony Rapp , another actor who accuses him of molesting him in 1986, when he was just 14 years old , was rejected.
According to Rapp's account, during a party at Spacey's Manhattan apartment, the future star of "House of Cards" lifted him onto a bed and lay on top of him before the boy was able to "wriggle" and escape.
According to Judge Lewis Kaplan, Rapp can now challenge Spacey with intentional acts that inflicted emotional trauma on him. However, he cannot sue for assault because too many years have passed since the fact would have happened.
Rapp was the first man to accuse Spacey of sexual harassment in October 2017. Under threat of extradition, the actor will voluntarily travel to London to answer three men lawsuits for unwanted sexual acts between 2005 and 2005. 2013, when he was artistic director of the Old Vic.
After winning two Oscars in 2000 for "American Beauty" and in 1996 for "The Usual Suspects" and a Tony for Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" on stage, Spacey had revolutionized the way of making TV by becoming the cynical Frank Underwood in House of Cards: a role from which he was fired in the trunk complete with a multimillion dollar outlay after a legal battle with the producers for violating the rules of conduct on set.
He was then ousted from "All the Money in the World" where Christopher Plummer was called to replace him in the part of the oilman JP Getty. In 2018, his latest film, “ Billionaire Boys Club ,” shot before allegations of abuse came to light, had grossed $ 126 in the ten theaters in which it was scheduled on its US debut.
(Unioneonline / D)