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bluepen

(620 posts)
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 09:53 PM Oct 2017

Actor: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14

The Star Trek: Discovery actor says women speaking out about sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry has compelled him to come forward about the Oscar winner.

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Rapp is publicly alleging for the first time that in 1986, Spacey befriended Rapp while they both performed on Broadway shows, invited Rapp over to his apartment for a party, and, at the end of the night, picked Rapp up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, making a sexual advance. According to public records, Spacey was 26. Rapp was 14.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/anthony-rapp-kevin-spacey-made-sexual-advance-when-i-was-14?utm_term=.pfJejq5ZrY#.jgmOLRmJPv

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AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
2. I doubt there is a boy in Hollywood who Spacey did not make the moves on.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:07 PM
Oct 2017

Kinda notorious. Yet he was protected.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
16. Hollywood is filled with pedophiles.
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 06:48 AM
Oct 2017

Any industry that involves young people attracts them. Thus all the teachers, priests and whatnot.

Demsrule86

(68,539 posts)
17. Wow, when my kids were small a very dear friend's cousin was caught molesting a visitor to her
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 08:17 AM
Oct 2017

home. The child was two...Father caught him and tried to kill the man molesting his child. We had all hung out together for about five years. At first, she refused to believe it, but her son came forward and said it had gone on for years with him and also the sister although this man preferred boys of a certain age. He was a boy scout leader and they estimate he molested 40 kids. During his confession he said he attempted to molest my kids, but didn't ever have the time (I was a protective Mom and didn't leave my kids much and the dogs hated him) He had planned to fly down to GA to visit us in his private plane...and I think that is when he would have made his move on my five year old son...we had moved from PA to GA the previous year. It was horrifying. We put both kids in therapy just to make sure they were OK, but neither had a memory so we kept an eye on them for some time. Eventually, it become evident that it would not be a part of their memory, and I thank God for that. I went nowhere for years, quit church...it affected me. I looked at it after the fact and asked how could I not have known? I was lucky and so were my kids. I would add that this was 20 years ago with my oldest child, and the molester got four years in Pennsylvania. How is that possible?

dsc

(52,155 posts)
3. It will be hard to watch Spacey ever again after reading that article.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:07 PM
Oct 2017

I have thought that Spacey was an amazing actor over the years but I frankly believe that story and it sickens me.

Kaleva

(36,290 posts)
4. My guess is that there are dozens of men In the media field sweating this out.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:09 PM
Oct 2017

Waiting for their turn to be exposed.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
9. Like during Anita Hill's testimony
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:43 PM
Oct 2017

I got the very strong vibe that everyone on the committee and everyone in Congress was examining their past interactions with women. And wondering if the women had thought those interactions were as 'innocent' as the men had presumed.

highplainsdem

(48,956 posts)
11. Esquire writer Pete Forester just tweeted that he personally knows "multiple guys who were taken
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:58 PM
Oct 2017

advantage of" by Spacey, and he added, "His downfall is long overdue."



TexasBushwhacker

(20,159 posts)
14. Drip drip drip
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 11:51 PM
Oct 2017

Maybe Corey Feldman will go ahead and name names. I read that he's now trying to raise $10 Million on Indiegogo to make a documentary (which he will direct) that will be "the story of his life". He says he can guarantee a theatrical release. Yeah, right.

Frankly, I think now is the time to go public, not in a year or two.

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