Kevin Spacey Accuser Anthony Rapp Says Watching Actor In ‘American Beauty’ Was ‘Unpleasantly Familiar’

Anthony Rapp testified successful a Manhattan courtroom connected Oct. 11 and spoke astir the trauma he’s had since Kevin Spacey allegedly sexually assaulted him much than 30 years ago. The actor, who is champion known for his relation connected Broadway’s Rent, reportedly talked astir the alleged incidental successful which Kevin, present 63, picked him up retired of furniture portion helium was watching TV and pressed against him earlier helium managed to get away, portion being questioned by the chap actor’s defence lawyer, Jennifer Keller, during the intersexual misconduct proceedings for the case. He besides mentioned that erstwhile helium watched immoderate of Kevin’s movies, similar American Beauty, successful which Kevin’s grown quality has a narration with a teenage girl, helium felt uncomfortable, according to the Associated Press.

“It felt unpleasantly familiar,” Anthony, present 50, seemingly said during his testimony. “It was upsetting.” He besides reportedly mentioned helium was acrophobic he’d accidentally spot Kevin again aft the alleged intersexual battle happened, and erstwhile helium watched Working Girl successful 1988, helium wasn’t alert that helium was successful the film. Once helium saw him connected the screen, his assemblage abruptly filled with adrenaline and his palms grew sweaty. “It was arsenic if idiosyncratic poked maine with a cattle prodder,” helium said, the outlet further reported.

Anthony Rapp. left, testified successful the civilian proceedings against Kevin Spacey connected Tuesday. (Yuki Iwamura/AP/Shutterstock)

In summation to the reactions helium had successful seeing immoderate of Kevin’s movies, Anthony described the alleged intersexual battle incident, which Kevin denies, successful item erstwhile being transverse examined by Keller. He claimed that aft gathering backstage astatine 1 of Kevin’s Broadway shows, the Horrible Bosses prima invited him and an older person to a nightclub, and days later, helium invited him to a enactment astatine his apartment, wherever the alleged incidental took place.

Anthony claimed helium was watching TV successful 1 of the bedrooms erstwhile Kevin entered. “He picked maine up similar a groom picks up a bride,” helium reportedly testified, adding that helium felt Kevin property “his pelvis into my hip” earlier helium “managed to squirm away” and left. Kevin was astatine the tribunal astatine the clip of the grounds and Anthony admitted it was “extremely difficult” seeing him again but said helium was doing it truthful “maybe [he] could assistance others,” AP reported.

Kevin Spacey successful ‘American Beauty.’ (Dreamworks/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Anthony’s grounds comes astir 5 years aft helium archetypal accused Kevin of the intersexual assault, successful an interrogation with BuzzFeed. After the assertion made headlines, Kevin was fired from his relation successful House of Cards and replaced successful All the Money successful the World. Many different accusations against him besides came out, including a 2018 suit successful which helium allegedly raped a young antheral and and a complaint of sexually assaulting 3 men successful the U.K. He pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

Anthony is expected to proceed his grounds successful the courtroom connected Wednesday. He’s seeking $40 cardinal successful compensatory and punitive damages for artillery and intentional infliction of affectional distress, according to Reuters.