Actor and veteran Broadway star Anthony Rapp, who is currently starring in CBS’s “Star Trek: Discovery” accused Hollywood legend Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him when he was only 14 years old:
Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey made a sexual advance toward me when I was 14 https://t.co/7H39oCv7De
— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) October 30, 2017
At the time of the alleged incident, Spacey was 26:
Spacey made sexual advance toward 14 yo boy when he was 26. Victim Anthony Rapp speaks to @BuzzFeedNews exclusively https://t.co/y4B8QoJ6m5
— Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) October 30, 2017
From BuzzFeed:
At some point, Rapp said he turned to see Spacey standing at the bedroom door. And that’s when he first realized that everyone else had left the party. They were alone.
“My memory was that I thought, Oh, everybody’s gone. Well, yeah, I should probably go home,” Rapp said. Spacey, he recalled, “sort of stood in the doorway, kind of swaying. My impression when he came in the room was that he was drunk.” Rapp doesn’t remember Spacey saying anything to him. Instead, Rapp said, “He 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.”
“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 recalled this all happening — Spacey appearing at the door, coming into the room, picking him up, and putting him on the bed — in one clumsy action, with Spacey landing at a slight angle on top of him. He said Spacey “was, like, pressing into me,” and that he remembers Spacey “tightening his arms.” But while he can’t recall exactly how long Spacey remained on top of him, Rapp said he was able to “squirm” away after a short period.
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The headline doesn’t do this story justice. The details of the event—and Anthony Rapp’s emotional pain—are brutal.
— Tyler Coates (@tylercoates) October 30, 2017
Apparently this is another one of those open secrets that nobody ever said anything about:
https://twitter.com/pete_forester/status/924820757770899457
Another Open Secret —> NEW: Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14 https://t.co/ULnX5tAQmr
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/mpolikoff/status/924827600815644672
And it was even joked about on “Family Guy.” Here’s Stewie shouting, “Help! I’ve escaped from Kevin Spacey’s basement”:
Really sad about Kevin Spacey allegations. One of my fav actors.
Another one Seth warned us about? https://t.co/fh4sPISj9F— Chris Page (@chrispage83) October 30, 2017
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