Anthony Rapp on Kevin Spacey Trial: ‘A Courtroom Is Not a Safe Space for Trauma’

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Anthony Rapp on Kevin Spacey Trial: ‘A Courtroom Is Not a Safe Space for Trauma’
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Last month, Spacey was found not guilty of assaulting Rapp, though Spacey still faces multiple similar charges in the UK.

at the Brooklyn Museum. “What is proof? How do you prove things? Part of the movement is so much about honoring a story, listening, being a mirror, being holding, healing. You speak about these things. Those things aren’t necessarily anything that a courtroom is at all interested in.”

Rapp sued Spacey for psychological damages incurred from an incident that he alleged occurred at a New York City house party in 1986. A 26-year-old Spacey, he claimed, groped him when he was just 14 years old. According to emotionalfrom Rapp, Spacey invited the teenager to a party at his house when they were both performing in respective Broadway shows. Upon arriving at the party, Rapp recalled becoming uncomfortable because he was very young and didn’t know anyone.

“It is not the only avenue,” Rapp said of pursuing legal action. “It is an avenue. I did want to avail myself of the opportunity to see what might be possible.”Super-soothing skincare. Balmonds’ Skin Salvation is a cult favorite among makeup artists, and dermatologist-approved too. It soothes and reduces risk of irritation by protecting your skin barrier.Rapp also told Tillet that he had heard about others’ having traumatic experiences with Spacey, and it was the testimony of actors and activists who led the Me Too movement writ large that propelled him to pursue legal action against Spacey.

“Other people had shared with me other incidents that they had experienced with Kevin Spacey over the years. I pushed my experience a little bit off to the side because many of the stories I heard were worse,” Rapp told Tillet. “So I didn’t think my experience necessarily rose to the level of those. ...Especially in Hollywood, more so than New York probably. It was rampant.”

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