Actor Anthony Rapp sues Kevin Spacey

Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey was accused in a civil lawsuit on Wednesday of sexual assault and battery in the 1980s by actor Anthony Rapp and a second, unnamed person when both plaintiffs were about 14.

The suit, filed in New York state court in Manhattan, refers to the same alleged incident that Rapp first recounted in an October 2017 BuzzFeed interview that triggered Spacey's fall from grace in Hollywood. Spacey did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The actor, who won Oscars for the films “American Beauty” and “The Usual Suspects” and a Golden Globe for the TV political drama “House of Cards,” has largely retreated from public life in the past three years.

Reuters