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Kevin Spacey comes out as gay after actor accuses him of sexual misconduct

Oct 30, 2017, 10:15 IST

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"House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey came out as gay late Sunday night after actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him when Rapp was 14.

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Spacey released a statement on Twitter following the accusation published by BuzzFeed News on Sunday. Rapp told the publication that when he was 14, Spacey had invited him to a party at his Manhattan apartment. Rapp, who was starring in a Broadway production at the time, attended the party, and said Spacey later found Rapp watching TV in a bedroom, placed him on the bed, and laid on top of him. "I still to this day can't wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It's just deeply confusing to me," Rapp told BuzzFeed News.

Rapp said he left Spacey's apartment unscathed and had not spoken to Spacey since. Neither Spacey nor his representatives responded to multiple requests for comment, BuzzFeed News' Adam B. Vary wrote, but Spacey released a lengthy statement on Twitter Sunday night, saying he "beyond horrified" to hear Rapp's accusations, and characterizing them as "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."

Spacey went on to say that he has "loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life and I choose now to live as a gay man."

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