A lawyer for Kevin Spacey sought to poke holes in story of another actor who claims Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was a teen.
During an aggressive cross-examination at a civil trial in Manhattan, defence attorney Jennifer Keller zeroed in on inconsistencies between Anthony Rapp’s account of how he first met Spacey in 1986 and that of an older friend who was there.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Considering the friend’s deposition, “You knew you had a problem with your story, correct?” Keller asked.Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.According to Rapp, it was days later before he went to Spacey’s apartment for the first time for a party. He has testified that after the other guests left, Spacey forced himself on him by pinning him down on a bed – an allegation Spacey denies.
At the time, Spacey was starring in Netflix’s political thriller “House of Cards.” He’s also known for his role in the 1999 film “American Beauty,” which won him an Academy Award.Article content Under questioning by his own lawyer earlier Tuesday, Rapp recounted how he confided in a classmate after his encounter with Spacey. He said he told the friend that he watching TV in a bedroom when Spacey “came in drunk, picked me up as a groom does a bride, and he climbed on top of me trying to get with me sexually and I managed to squirm away.”
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