John Barrowman recalls encounter with Kevin Spacey when he was 19
queerty.comRelated: Kevin Spacey’s defense team aggressively quiz Anthony Rapp in sexual misconduct trialYesterday, lawyers quizzed Barrowman about his own encounters with Spacey, specifically one when he was 19.
Barrowman was called as a witness for the defense, reports Deadline.Barrowman gave a sworn testimony in May 2021. It was played to the court before he took the stand.He recalled the night he met Spacey.
He says Spacey invited him, then aged 19, and Rapp, then 14, to his apartment. Rapp went to the bathroom. When he was out of the room, Barrowman says, “Playfully, Mr.
Spacey pushed me back” on the bed. He draped his arm around Barrowman and lay talking to him. Barrowman said the situation was “probably not the best one to be in if Anthony came out of the bathroom.”Barrowman subsequently pushed Spacey’s arm away and when Rapp returned from the bathroom, said, “We should probably get going.”“I didn’t want him to be in a situation like that,” Barrowman said on the stand.Barrowman was asked if he felt threatened by Spacey.“I was a big boy … I was also, actually, to be honest, quite flattered that an older man was showing any interest in me.“I felt no threat whatsoever.”Barrowman says it was only years later that Rapp told him, over dinner in London, about a second encounter the younger man had at Spacey’s apartment when he says the older actor picked him up, put him on the bed, and laid on top of him.Spacey’s lawyer asked Barrowman if Rapp spoke with disdain about Spacey on this occasion.“No, not that I recall.
