Anthony Rapp has taken the stand.
The Hire actor testified through the Oct. 11 throughout Kevin Spacey‘s sexual misconduct trial, the place he set the document straight on the rationale he determined to return ahead with allegations in opposition to the actor, per NBC Information.
Again in 2017, Rapp accused Spacey of performing in a sexually inappropriate method round him when Rapp was 14 years outdated. In the course of the 2022 trial, Rapp’s lawyer mentioned that the actor was moved to carry the allegation to a BuzzFeed Information reporter after Rapp was uncovered to an article the place Lupita Nyong’o made a sexual harassment allegation in opposition to Harvey Weinstein. Harvey has denied all allegations of misconduct.
Nonetheless, Spacey’s attorneys introduced forth a screenshot of a textual content message dialog between Rapp and a BuzzFeed Information reporter, which, as NBC Information experiences, seemingly revealed that Rapp had come ahead with this allegation on Oct. 11 2017, eight days earlier than the piece involving Nyong’o and Weinstein was revealed on Oct. 19, 2017.
Per NBC Information, Rapp wrote within the textual content message chain, “I’m wanting to talk out about another person very highly effective within the business.”
