More Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Surface Against Kevin Spacey

[robertpaulsen]

Source: Variety

New allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced against actor Kevin Spacey, as questions mount over the fate of projects tied to the two-time Oscar winner.

Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos and American documentary filmmaker Tony Montana have come forward with accounts of how Spacey allegedly made unwanted advances and even groped one of them. The new accusations follow the explosive allegation by actor Anthony Rapp that Spacey sexually assaulted him in the 1980s when he was just 14 and Spacey was 26.

Production on the sixth and last season of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” in which Spacey plays the lead role of Frank Underwood, has since been suspended. The streaming giant, which said it was “deeply troubled” by Rapp’s allegation, is also behind Gore,” an upcoming biopic starring Spacey as the late American writer Gore Vidal. Shooting on the project wrapped last month in Italy.

Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World,” in which Spacey portrays oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, is still scheduled to premiere Nov. 16 at the AFI Fest and hit theaters in December. But Sony’s TriStar Pictures, which is handling the release, has not commented further on Spacey’s involvement, and it’s unclear whether he will do any press for the film.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. So the character he played in "Swimming with Sharks" was more like the real

Kevin than we knew.

Buddy Ackerman was the character's name.

[robertpaulsen]

2. That was a scary character.

Not just in how abusive he was toward Frank Whaley, but how self-righteous he was when he had his abusive behavior thrown back in his face.

[bdamomma]

3. They need to get tRump

on charges why should he get off scot free.

[maxsolomon]

4. HS friend of mine aired his experience w/ Spacey on FB this week

Happened in probably 1980, 81. He was 17 so not as pederastic as 14, but it jibes with Rapp's allegations.

[Demoiselle]

5. This makes me terribly sad...

I think Kevin Spacey is a wonderfully gifted actor. I've always looked forward to his performances. Please don't think that I condone abusive behavior…but…oh, damn! Such a shame!

[robertpaulsen]

7. I know what you mean.

I've been a fan of his performances as well as Dustin Hoffman. But there is no excuse for what they did. My hope is that all these revelations will change the sexually abusive culture in Hollywood for good. We'll see.

[mr_lebowski]

6. It gets more obvious by the day ...

that the only proper response all along has been for Spacey to continue to stay closeted, no matter how many men he might anticipate would come out of the woodwork to say he came onto them (or worse, as is allegedly the case with Cavazos) at some near-future point.

After all 'The Coming Out Rules' in The Manual clearly state that it's just not to be done ... in such situations.

Not to mention 'flat-out lying about the obvious' is definitely the path to respect in this life.

In all seriousness, though, I don't 'condone the behavior' at all, but the 'outrage' about his coming out at this time is still overblown like hell.

NO OPTION was 'good for the man' in this situation.

If you haven't figure out yet why that is true, then you haven't really thought it through.

[yardwork]

9. This has nothing to do with being gay. Sexual assault and harassment is wrong, period.

I'm gay, and I'm sickened by Spacey's attempt to excuse his predatory behavior by playing the gay card. In doing this, he reinforced the worst libel against gay people: that we prey on children.

I can't express my anger and disgust with Spacey. His behavior is contemptible. He's pathetic.

[Spiranthes]

10. Exactly right.

Good post. These revelations are so disgusting and for him to try to excuse his behavior is an insult to victims everywhere. What a jerk.

[Honeycombe8]

8. CNN has a story....eight more allegations

'House of Cards' employees allege sexual harassment, assault by Kevin Spacey

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/02/media/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-harassment/index.html

Kevin Spacey made the set of Netflix's "House of Cards" into a "toxic" work environment through a pattern of sexual harassment, eight people who currently work on the show or worked on it in the past tell CNN. One former employee told CNN that Spacey sexually assaulted him.

Well, that's the end of my favorite Netflix original program, House of Cards, I guess. And it costs a lot of people their jobs, and costs Netflix money.