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Kevin Spacey trial: Rapp loses $40 million sexual battery lawsuit
Updated On: 22 October, 2022 07:29 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
Even though Spacey scored a victory against Rapp, he still faces legal challenges
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Kevin Spacey and Anthony Rapp
A New York jury has sided with actor Kevin Spacey in a $40 million civil lawsuit, finding that the Oscar winner did not molest Anthony Rapp when he was a teenager and is not liable for battery. After roughly 80 minutes of deliberation, jurors reached a unanimous decision that Rapp’s lawyers had failed to prove that Spacey “touched a sexual or intimate part” of Rapp.
Rapp looked impassive as Judge Lewis Kaplan formally dismissed the case, and Spacey dropped his head briefly. In a statement on social media, Rapp thanked the jury for hearing the case. “Bringing this lawsuit was always about shining a light, as part of the larger movement to stand up against all forms of sexual violence. I pledge to keep on advocating for efforts to ensure that we can live and work in a world that is free from sexual violence of any kind. I hope that survivors continue to tell their stories and fight for accountability,” he wrote.
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