Kevin Spacey: Last News

(CNN) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with seven more sexual offenses, United Kingdom police have said.The 63-year-old actor was charged on Tuesday with multiple sexual offenses against the same man between 2001 and 2004, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.The United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorized the additional charges “for multiple sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004.”“The CPS has also authorized one charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent,” Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said in the statement.Spacey is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on December 16.CNN has contacted the actor’s representatives for comment.In July, Spacey pleaded not guilty in a London court to four charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. A trial was set for next year.Last month, a New York jury found him not liable for battery on allegations he picked up actor Anthony Rapp and laid on top of him after a party in 1986.Spacey has won two Academy Awards for his roles in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, and was artistic director of London's Old Vic theater from 2003 to 2015.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 4:12 p.m. ET]In a victory for Kevin Spacey, a New York jury has found him not liable for battery on allegations he picked up actor Anthony Rapp and briefly laid on top of him in a bed after a party in 1986.[Original story, published at 2:50 p.m. ET]Closing arguments are underway in the civil sexual misconduct trial against Kevin Spacey, stemming from allegations made by actor Anthony Rapp.Best known for his role in "Star Trek: Discovery," Rapp claims that in 1986, Spacey, then 26, invited Rapp, then 14, to his Manhattan home where he picked Rapp up, laid him down on his bed, grabbed his buttocks and pressed his groin into Rapp's body without his consent.He is suing Spacey for battery.Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed Rapp's claim of assault before the trial started and dismissed his claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress after Rapp's attorneys rested his case, leaving the jury to decide only the battery claim.

 

Related: 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.

(CNN) — Kevin Spacey has taken the stand as the first witness in his own defense in the sexual misconduct trial against him, brought by actor Anthony Rapp.In a response to the first question from his attorney, Chase Scolnick, Spacey said Rapp's allegations are not true.Earlier, attorneys for actor Anthony Rapp finished presenting their case against Spacey.Rapp, best known for his role in Star Trek: Discovery, claims that in 1986, Spacey, then 26, invited Rapp, then 14, to his Manhattan home where he picked Rapp up, laid him down on his bed, grabbed his buttocks and pressed his groin into Rapp's body without his consent. He is suing Spacey for battery.In a major victory for Spacey on Monday, Judge Lewis Kaplan granted a defense request to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

ABOVE: Self-effacing.

Kevin Spacey said that he struggled to come out publicly as gay because of his father’s racist, homophobic and antisemitic views. “My father was a white supremacist and a neo-Nazi,” Spacey said of his father, Thomas Fowler. “I have never talked about these things publicly ever.” He added, “I grew up in a very complicated family dynamic.” The admission came on the witness stand in New York City on Monday where Spacey is facing off against Anthony Rapp in a $40 million civil lawsuit. Rapp claims Spacey made unwanted sexual advances against him in 1986 when Rapp was 14 years old. In his own testimony, Rapp has accused Spacey of being a fraud for not being openly gay.

Related: Kevin Spacey is back!… with four new sexual assault chargesYesterday, Peter Saghir, Rapp’s lawyer, asked the Star Trek: Discovery actor if he decided to tell his story to Buzzfeed in 2017 to raise his public profile (as suggested by Spacey’s lawyer).“I came forward because I knew I was not the only one Kevin Spacey had made advances to,” Rapp replied.This prompted “uproar” in the courtroom, reports Deadline. Jennifer Keller, Spacey’s lawyer, immediately objected to Rapp’s statement.Judge Lewis A.

(CNN) -- Kevin Spacey will have to pay almost $31 million to Media Rights Capital, the production company behind "House of Cards," a judge has ruled. The actor starred in the Netflix series for five seasons before he was fired in 2017.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana made the ruling earlier this week, confirming an award that had been decided by an arbitrator last year.

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay $31 million (over €30 million) to Media Rights Capital (MRC), the independent production company behind the hit Netflix series House of Cards. The award made against Spacey is intended to recoup the losses made by the company after they fired him from the show in 2017 […]

Out actor Kevin Spacey appeared in a London courtroom Thursday and entered not guilty pleas to five charges brought against him in sexual assault cases from over a decade ago. The Oscar-winning actor appearing in London’s Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey, pled not guilty to each charge during the preliminary hearing.

Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges in London on Thursday.Taking place in London’s Old Bailey, a courthouse known for high-profiled cases, Spacey, 62, replied “not guilty” to the charges, which include four counts of sexual assault and one count of, “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” according to the Associated Press.The charges stem from alleged assaults that took place in London and Gloucestershire over a decade ago, between 2005 and 2013, and were alleged by three men, currently in their 30s and 40s. The alleged assaults happened when Spacey was the artistic director at London’s Old Vic theater.A judge set the trial start date for June 6, 2023.

ABOVE: Been too long without some Locky.

“I very much appreciate the Crown Prosecution Service’s statement in which they carefully reminded the media and the public that I am entitled to a fair trial, and innocent until proven otherwise.While I am disappointed with their decision to move forward, I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges, which I am confident will prove my innocence.”— Actor Kevin Spacey in a statement to Good Morning America, announcing his plans to travel to the U.K.

Authorities are preparing to extradite actor Kevin Spacey, 62, over charges of sexual assault if he does not return to the UK on his own.

Kevin Spacey be extradited from the U.S. to face four counts of sexual assault if he doesn't return to the U.K. on his own, The Guardian reports.The U.K.

Police in London have charged disgraced actor Kevin Spacey with sexually assaulting three men in the UK. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced the news on Thursday, May 26, following an investigation by authorities in the English capital. This is the first time that Kevin Spacey has been charged in the UK, with four of […]

ABOVE: I guess the backdoor lobby is underfunded.

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey might want to cancel that ticket to the Queen’s Jubilee — British authorities are bringing criminal charges against him on four counts of sexual assault against three men, the country’s Crown Prosecution Service announced on Thursday. However, Spacey cannot be formally charged unless he enters England or Wales and no plans for extradition have been publicly disclosed.Spacey, 62, had “also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” according to Rosemary Ainslie, head of the service’s special crime division.According to the news release, the charges stem from three alleged incidents dated March 2005, August 2008 and April 2013.

... or two! (Image by Jeffrey Thurner for Esquire; cover used by fair use)

Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men and one count of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”

Kevin Spacey.“The CPS has authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men,” Rosemary Ainslie, head of the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division, Variety reports.“He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. The charges follow a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,” she said.

Associated Press.Rapp is known for his roles in Broadway's Rent and in the TV series Star Trek: Discovery.He filed a lawsuit against Spacey in 2020 claiming that the actor, who was 26, “engaged in a sexual advance” by grabbing Rapp’s buttocks and then laying himself over Rapp after pulling him onto a bed. Rapp, who was 14, says that he “was forced to extricate himself” before exiting the party.Spacey’s lawyers wrote in the court documents that there is no evidence that the contact was anything sexual and that Spacey only picked up the 14-year-old before Rapp “wiggled out.”Lawyers for Rapp did not respond to the AP’s request for comment.Rapp went public with his allegations in 2017, and he wasn’t the only one to accuse Spacey of sexual abuse.

Kevin Spacey can’t seem to catch a break. A New York judge just ruled that sealed depositions in an arbitration suit related to the actor’s behavior on the House of Cards set are fair game in an ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against him.The two-time Oscar-winner saw his career crumble in 2017 when a series of former co-stars, students, and associates accused him of sexual misconduct.

ABOVE: I think I've captured the spirit of the day.

Kevin Spacey appears to have gotten his memory back, or so he’d like a judge to believe.The embattled actor is attempting to have the sexual assault lawsuit against him filed by Anthony Rapp dismissed. His latest strategy? Calling his accuser a liar.Rapp is suing Spacey over an alleged incident that took place in 1986, when he was only 14 years old.Rapp said he attended a party at Spacey’s New York City apartment when the actors were both appearing on Broadway.

ABOVE: Henry's just hot like that. More here.

Related: Royal Family “deeply shocked” at what Prince Andrew just demandedMaxwell was herself found guilty last month in her own sex trafficking trial. She will be sentenced on June 28.Several photos exist of Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell together.

Whatever your entertainment needs, we got your back (and hopefully your mind) with Queerty’s weekly “Culture Club” column with some of the highlights of new releases, streaming shows, classics worth revisiting, and what to drink while you watch.Much like Leaving Neverland before it, this new documentary series has set Sundance abuzz with its raw depiction of Bill Cosby as an American Icon…and a serial rapist. Director W.

Netflix series House of Cards.The deal became public this week after Media Rights Capital, the production company behind House of Cards, filed a petition in Los Angeles County Court asking the court “to confirm the award in its favor and enter judgment against Spacey and his loan-out and producing companies.”MRC launched an investigation into Spacey’s behavior beginning in 2017.

Kevin Spacey was ordered to pay approximately $31 million to MRC, the studio behind House of Cards, for breach of contract for violating their sexual harassment policy. Information about the settlement was discovered Monday following MRC’s filing of a petition in the Los Angeles Superior court confirming the award, according to People.In the settlement, Spacey and his production companies M.

Despite the ruling being issued over a year ago, it was only made public on 22 November due to the MRC production company petitioning a court in California for confirmation on the award.

In an interview with The Sunday Times last week, notorious gossip blogger Perez Hilton said he doesn’t expect to ever be forgiven for his past behavior.“I am irredeemable in the eyes of most,” the 43-year-old said.

LAWRENCE FERBER  |  Contributing WriterCourtesy of National LGBT Media Association The ghost of Kevin Spacey haunts this

The Man Who Drew God.TMZ has now posted photographs of Spacey in the US, shooting a movie called Peter Five Eight last week in Dunsmuir, California. The movie’s director is Michael Zaiko Hall.According to IMDB.com, Hall has numerous visual effects credits to his name, including Cars 3 and Incredibles 2.

Related: LGBT History Month profile: ‘Hip-Hop’s First Lady,’ Queen LatifahQueen Latifah’s sexual orientation has been a nonstop source of gossip for years as the hit singer and actress has steadfastly refused to confirm or deny that she is a lesbian.She has been quiet about her personal life and her reluctance to talk about her sexual orientation has frequently been compared to actors Jodie Foster and Kevin Spacey’s years-long non-denial denials. She would neither confirm nor deny that she is a lesbian.In 2010, she was photographed embracing her then-rumored girlfriend on a yacht.Foster came out on stage at the Golden Globes in 2013.

Vanessa Redgrave has announced that–contrary to reports earlier this month–she will not appear in an upcoming film opposite embattled actor Kevin Spacey.The Hollywood Reporter obtained a statement from Redgrave’s representatives. “Vanessa Redgrave’s name is being included in recent stories relating to the casting of the upcoming film The Man Who Drew God,” it read.

ABOVE: Andrew, one of NYC's most beautiful.

Kevin Spacey has landed his first acting job since enduring charges of sexual misconduct, Mark Ebenhoch, one of the men who accused Spacey of harassment, has gone public with his ire.Spacey, 61, will take on the role of a police inspector in the Italian film L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio (translation: The Man Who Drew God) for director Franco Nero. Spacey will appear in the film opposite Nero’s wife, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave.

ABOVE: Martial awe.

A judge has ruled that the man who is suing actor Kevin Spacey for $40 million in federal court must give up his anonymity if he wishes to pursue the case.Because the man has disclosed the alleged sexual abuse with other people in the years since it took place, U.S. District Judge Lewis A.

Kathy Griffin, so his New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper isn’t as fun, and [he] seems to make his career by exploiting women for laughs via his Real Housewives shows. He just kind of sits there and instigates drama among these women while acting all innocent.

Kroger over the store’s insistence that store employees wear symbols supporting LGBTQ rights.Brenda Lawson and Trudy Rickerd, both of whom worked at a Kroger in Conway, Arkansas, filed the suit September 14. The store fired both employees for violating company dress code when they refused to wear a rainbow heart on their aprons.

Star Trek: Discovery and is known for the stage and film productions of Rent, came forward in 2017 to accuse Spacey of sexual assault. He said the assault occurred in 1986, when he was 14 and Spacey 26.

Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp and an anonymous plaintiff have filed a joint civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey over alleged sexual assault and misconduct that took place in the 1980s. Both Rapp and the other plaintiff say they were aged 14 at the times of the alleged incidents.Rapp’s allegations against Spacey are well known, and after they first surfaced in a Buzzfeed interview in October 2017, led to Spacey’s career downfall.Rapp says that when he was 14 and appearing in a play in New York City, he attended a party at Spacey’s apartment.

Anthony Rapp and another unidentified male have filed a lawsuit against Kevin Spacey alleging that he sexually assaulted them on two separate occasions. Allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against Kevin Spacey initially emerged in 2017. At the time, actor Anthony Rapp claimed that Spacey sexually advanced on him when he was just 14 years-old. […]

Queer actor Anthony Rapp and another man are suing Kevin Spacey for assaulting them in the 1980s when they were both minors.