Kevin Spacey accuser testifies at sex abuse trial about 'alarming' encounter

Actor and defendant Kevin Spacey and Judge Lewis Kaplan listen to plaintiff Anthony Rapp, who has accused Spacey of a sexual assault, testify during Rapp's civil sex abuse case against Spacey in this courtroom sketch from the trial in New York, Oct 7, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Anthony Rapp, who has accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of making an unwanted sexual advance in 1986 when Rapp was 14, testified on Friday at a civil trial that he felt like a "deer in the headlights" when Spacey climbed on top of him at a party.

Rapp, who sued Spacey in November 2020 and is seeking US$40mil in damages for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, said on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court that he was able to "swerve my way out" from under an intoxicated Spacey, who was then 26 and acting on Broadway.