Rapp says he decided to make public the incidence in order to highlight the decades of sexual abuse that has been going on in the industry
On Sunday, actor Anthony Rapp, who is now 46, alleged that an inappropriate sexual interaction was made towards him when he was only 14 years old.
The actor alleges that the incident occurred when Spacey, now 58, befriended him while they were both performing on Broadway and he had gone to a party at the then 26-year-old actor’s apartment.
“He was trying to seduce me,” Rapp told Buzzfeed. “I don’t know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually.”
Rapp, who was starring in Precious Sons opposite Ed Harris at the time of the alleged event, claims that he went into the actor’s bedroom to watch TV because he got bored. He says that he did not realise everyone had left and when Spacey came back into the bedroom. He claims that the actor picked him up, climbed on top of him and made a sexual advance.
He recalled that “[Spacey] sort of stood in the doorway, kind of swaying. My impression when he came in the room was that he was drunk.”
Rapp also claims that Spacey “picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like, squirm away initially, because I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me.”
Rapp said he felt compelled to come forward after many women have come forward with allegations of rape, sexual assault and harassment against the former CEO of The Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein, who has denied any claims of non-consensual sex.
“And not to simply air a grievance,” Rapp said, “but to try to shine another light on the decades of behaviour that have been allowed to continue because many people, including myself, being silent. … I’m feeling really awake to the moment that we’re living in, and I’m hopeful that this can make a difference.”
The former Rent star also says that to this day, seeing Spacey upsets him.
“My stomach churns,” Rapp said. “I still to this day can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It’s just deeply confusing to me.”
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