Kevin Spacey victorious against an actor who accused him of touching

The deliberations lasted only 90 minutes.

A popular jury in a civil court in New York on Thursday dismissed actor Anthony Rapp, who accused fallen Hollywood star Kevin Spacey of sexually touching him at a party when he was not. was only 14, and Kevin Spacey was 26 in 1986.

Rapp claimed that Spacey had pushed him onto a bed, drunk, and had touched him.

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testified in late 2017 after the #MeToo movement exploded.

Kevin Spacey said he did not remember such an episode but apologized for this "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior".

During the trial, he said he regretted this sentence, assuring that the incident denounced had never happened.

Kevin Spacey charged in UK

The jury reached its decision after a short deliberation, pushing back against Anthony Rapp's claims for $40 million in damages, in a lawsuit made possible by a New York law temporarily lifting the civil statute of limitations for sex crimes against women. minors.

Kevin Spacey is to be tried, this time in criminal court, in London, after being charged last May with sexual assaults against three men.

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