Kevin Spacey apologizes to actor who accused him of sexual misconduct

Kevin Spacey.
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After actor Anthony Rapp accused Kevin Spacey on Sunday night of having made a "sexual advance" toward him when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26, Spacey apologized for "what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."

In a statement released on Twitter, Spacey said he "honestly does not remember the encounter," which Rapp said took place in 1986 at a party Spacey hosted in his New York City apartment when both were appearing in Broadway plays. "If I did behave the way he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology ... and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.