And I’ve been on chemotherapy for quite some time, and daily antibiotics. I have metastasised breast cancer – terminal – to my right lung. It was among similar claims that largely shut down Spacey’s career with allegations of inappropriate touching or sexual advances.Īt the time, Spacey was starring in Netflix’s political thriller “House of Cards.” Spacey, 63, is also well known for his role in the 1999 film “American Beauty,” which won him an Academy Award.Īs a teenager, the 50-year-old Rapp acted in films including “Adventures in Babysitting.” He was later part of the original Broadway cast of “Rent” and is now a regular on “Star Trek: Discovery” on television.S acheen Littlefeather begins by announcing that this will be one of her last interviews: “I’m very, very ill.
The cross-examination came during the second week of a trial stemming from the accusation Rapp first made publicly in 2017 before suing Spacey. He also said that as an openly gay actor struggling to get bigger parts, he was frustrated that Spacey spent most of his more successful career in the closet. Rapp acknowledged on cross-examination that Spacey never tried to touch his genitals, take off his clothes or say anything about sex. He said he told the friend that he watching TV in a bedroom when Spacey “came in drunk, picked me up as a groom does a bride, and he climbed on top of me trying to get with me sexually and I managed to squirm away.” He has testified that after the other guests left, Spacey forced himself on him by pinning him to a bed - an allegation Spacey denies.Įarlier in the day, under questioning by his own lawyer that began last week, Rapp told the jury he had confided in a classmate after his encounter with Spacey. I just don’t remember it,” Rapp said.Īccording to Rapp, it was days later when he went to Spacey’s apartment for the first time for a party. However, the friend - who was in his late teens at the time - has said in a deposition that the pair actually went to Spacey’s apartment and described Spacey trying to lure the friend into a sexual encounter.Ĭonsidering the friend’s deposition, “You knew you had a problem with your story, correct?” Keller asked.
He testified they went home without incident immediately after the nightclub outing. Rapp said he was 14 when Spacey invited him and the friend to a nightclub after meeting them backstage at a Broadway play starring Spacey.
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