Attorneys for Kevin Spacey rested their case on Wednesday, while attempting to paint Anthony Rapp as a narcissist who is bringing a 40 million sexual misconduct lawsuit against the Oscar-winning actor in order to draw attention to himself. Rapp only wanted to attend a “highly publicized hearing with media attention,” Spacey’s attorney Chase Scolnick asserted at one point.
To push that line of attack, Scolnick grilled forensic psychiatrist Alexander Bardey about Rapp’s emotional state. He claimed the actor was attention-seeking and showed no signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, citing the fact that Rapp told friends about the encounter with Spacey over the years, but never revealed the incident to his therapist.
“That behavior, telling friends … speaks to his narcissistic tendencies,” Bardey said. “[He was] wanting to put the spotlight on himself.”
Rapp is suing Spacey, alleging that he was sexually propositioned by the actor when he was 14 years old. He claims...
To push that line of attack, Scolnick grilled forensic psychiatrist Alexander Bardey about Rapp’s emotional state. He claimed the actor was attention-seeking and showed no signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, citing the fact that Rapp told friends about the encounter with Spacey over the years, but never revealed the incident to his therapist.
“That behavior, telling friends … speaks to his narcissistic tendencies,” Bardey said. “[He was] wanting to put the spotlight on himself.”
Rapp is suing Spacey, alleging that he was sexually propositioned by the actor when he was 14 years old. He claims...
- 10/19/2022
- by Brent Lang and Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Update, 9:59 Am: Over a week after Kevin Spacey’s trial for sexual misconduct started in a New York courtroom, the Oscar winner took the stand this morning in his own defense.
Having succeeded in having the intentional infliction of emotional distress claim stripped from Anthony Rapp’s 40 million case earlier Monday, a confident sounding Spacey began his testimony denying that he groped or was in any way inappropriate with the Star Trek: Discovery actor back in 1986 when Rapp was 14-years-old and the former House of Cards star was in his mid-20s. Spacey also refuted similar allegations from the Reagan Era from former New York public film coordinator Andre Holzman.
In what is a clear tactic to rewrite the narrative, the much accused 63-year-old Spacey began his stint on the stand in Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s federal courtroom by going heavily autobiographical.
“My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi,...
Having succeeded in having the intentional infliction of emotional distress claim stripped from Anthony Rapp’s 40 million case earlier Monday, a confident sounding Spacey began his testimony denying that he groped or was in any way inappropriate with the Star Trek: Discovery actor back in 1986 when Rapp was 14-years-old and the former House of Cards star was in his mid-20s. Spacey also refuted similar allegations from the Reagan Era from former New York public film coordinator Andre Holzman.
In what is a clear tactic to rewrite the narrative, the much accused 63-year-old Spacey began his stint on the stand in Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s federal courtroom by going heavily autobiographical.
“My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Dominic Patten and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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