Five years after “Rent” star Anthony Rapp publicly accused the Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexual assault when Rapp was a youngster, a jury will hear the case in federal court in Latest York.The civil trial is scheduled to begin Thursday in downtown Manhattan on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Latest York. Here’s what you want to know concerning the lawsuit.What are Rapp’s allegations?Rapp filed a lawsuit against Spacey (whose real name is Kevin Spacey Fowler) in September 2020. Rapp alleged that Spacey acted to gratify his sexual desire during an encounter at a Manhattan party in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey would have been 26 or 27.Rapp is looking for compensatory and punitive...
Continue reading
0 Comments