Kevin Spacey Comes Out as Gay After Sexual Harassment Accusation

After Anthony Rapp, a star of Star Trek: Discovery accused House of Cards star Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct years ago when Rapp was 14 years old, Spacey apologized and acknowledged that he is gay. Spacey's statement is drawing criticism because it seems to connect his alleged sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old boy to his homosexuality, a connection that is unwarranted and dangerous, some say.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp has accused Kevin Spacey of making a pass toward him when he was only 14. In response, Spacey tweeted his "sincerest apology" late Sunday night and came out as a gay man.

Rapp told BuzzFeed News in a story that posted online Sunday that the two met in 1986 when both were appearing in Broadway shows (Rapp in Precious Sons and Spacey in Long Day's Journey Into Night). One night, Spacey invited Rapp to his apartment for a party; later, Rapp says, he found himself bored and watching TV in Spacey's bedroom when he realized that he was the only one left in the apartment with the actor, who was 26 at the time.

Spacey then appeared and “sort of stood in the doorway, kind of swaying. My impression when he came in the room was that he was drunk.”

Rapp, now 46, claimed that Spacey then “picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don't, like, squirm away initially, because I'm like, 'What's going on?' And then he lays down on top of me.”

Rapp alleged that Spacey was holding him down while tightening his grip on Rapp, who was able to get away after some time.

“He was trying to seduce me,” Rapp said. “I don't know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually.”

Rapp then went into the bathroom and closed the door.

"I was like, 'What is happening?'” he told BuzzFeed News. “I saw on the counter next to the sink a picture of him having his arm around a man. So I think on some level I was like, 'Oh. He's gay. I guess.' Then I opened the door, and I was like, 'OK, I'm going to go home now.' He followed me to the front door of the apartment, and as I opened the door to leave, he was leaning on the front door[frame]. And he was like, 'Are you sure you wanna go?' I said, 'Yes, good night,' and then I did leave."

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