Kevin Spacey comes out as gay after Anthony Rapp assault claim

Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp says he was 14 when Spacey made unwanted advance

Kevin Spacey in House of Cards
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood
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Kevin Spacey has apologised after fellow actor Anthony Rapp said the House of Cards star attempted to molest him as a teenager at a party in 1986.

Stage and screen actor Rapp, who was in the original Broadway cast of Rent and is currently starring in Star Trek: Discovery, said the incident took place when he was a 14-year-old child actor starring in a Broadway play.

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