New York court dismisses Kevin Spacey sexual assault lawsuit

A New York tribunal has dismissed a intersexual battle suit against the histrion Kevin Spacey.

The lawsuit was brought by Anthony Rapp, who says the histrion inappropriately touched him astatine a enactment successful 1986 erstwhile helium was aged 14.

Mr Rapp, present 50 and besides an actor, filed the ineligible enactment successful September 2020 and had been seeking astir $40m (£36m) successful damages.

Mr Spacey has denied the accusations against him.

He is separately facing 5 charges successful the UK of intersexual assault, to which helium has pleaded not guilty.

On Thursday, pursuing a three-week proceedings successful a Manhattan national court, a assemblage recovered that Mr Rapp had not proved his assertion that Mr Spacey made an unwanted intersexual advance.

Deliberations lasted for much than an hr and, aft the verdict was work retired by the judge, Mr Spacey reportedly hugged his lawyers earlier leaving the courtroom.

Mr Rapp says that Mr Spacey was astir 26 oregon 27 years aged erstwhile helium met him astatine a enactment astatine his Manhattan apartment.

In a Buzzfeed nonfiction from October 2017, Mr Rapp said that Mr Spacey had picked him up, placed him connected a furniture and laic down partially connected apical of him. "I was alert that helium was trying to get with maine sexually," helium wrote.

Taking the basal successful his ain defence successful the 3rd week of his trial, Mr Spacey said helium was shocked erstwhile Mr Rapp went nationalist with his allegations 5 years ago.

"I didn't cognize however this could perchance beryllium true," the 63-year-old said, adding helium would not person been sexually funny successful Mr Rapp arsenic helium was underage.