Rapp goes in greater detail about Spacey trying to “seduce” him (Rapp’s words), knowing full well that Rapp was only 14 years old. … I’m feeling really awake to the moment that we’re living in, and I’m hopeful that this can make a difference.”
“And not to simply air a grievance,” he said, “but to try to shine another light on the decades of behavior that have been allowed to continue because many people, including myself, being silent. Now, after the accusations leveled against Harvey Weinstein have sparked an unprecedented conversation about sexual abuse and harassment in the entertainment industry, Rapp said he feels compelled to come forward. “I still to this day can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. Seeing Spacey now, “My stomach churns,” Rapp said.
But as Spacey’s star began to rise through the 1990s and 2000s - including a Tony Award, two Oscars, a decadelong run as the creative director of the Old Vic theater in London, and six seasons and counting on the hit Netflix series House of Cards - Rapp’s frustration, anger, and incredulity with the sexual boundary he said Spacey crossed with him grew as well. Rapp was 14.įor years, Rapp, now 46, told no one about his experience, and he has never spoken with Spacey since. According to public records, Spacey was 26.
In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Anthony Rapp is publicly alleging for the first time that in 1986, Spacey befriended Rapp while they both performed on Broadway shows, invited Rapp over to his apartment for a party, and, at the end of the night, picked Rapp up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, making a sexual advance. You should read the entire Buzzfeed article here. Anthony Rapp, a 46 years old actor, tells Buzzfeed that Kevin Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was just 14 years old (and Spacey was 26). But now it seems like it’s Kevin Spacey’s moment. After all, most of the predators and sexist douchebags being outed this month were like Weinstein, in that they used their power and authority to harass, demean, abuse and threaten women. At first, I wondered if anything would come of it. However, given the industry I was in, I spent way too much time with our attorneys and while not in a criminal reference, the methods of questioning others in a deposition can be very similar.When the first Harvey Weinstein revelations came out earlier this month, there was some muttering on Twitter about the other big names – not particularly adjacent to Weinstein – who were going to be outed as predators. However Cam, unless you have poor choices in attorneys, I have no doubt you would spend at least a weekend going through whatever storage you have that contains the history of your life to help “jog” your memory in hopes of being able to say ” hey wait a minute, I may be a sexual deviant but I was still on the film set with others that a security camera (even back then) might have caught? While I may live near La, La Land, my career was in shopping center design/development, so I have absolutely no connection to Hollywood or it’s minions to be “influenced”. If I asked you a question in reference to something from over 30-years ago right now I don’t care how good or bad the event was, you wouldn’t remember any accurate details unless you had unaltered video of the particular event (at the first and very same time the question was asked). You might want to add in the possibility that Spacey didn’t really know or remember the answer when initially asked. Try asking yourself the same question Cam. and in no way am I defending Spacey or making accusations I have no personal firsthand in person knowledge of. If you can’t answer your own question with a commonsense reply, you might have a preview of how a jury could decide YOUR fate based upon questions like yours…. Hello Cam, you should hope that you never, ever end up in court charged with a crime (small or otherwise) that has a jury deciding your fate.