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Topic: Courts. Actor Kevin Spacey is facing trial in New York following allegations in about an incident in AP: Yuki Iwamura. An emotional Kevin Spacey says he regrets apologising to actor Anthony Rapp over claims that he made an unwanted sexual advance when Mr Rapp was Mr Spacey is facing trial after Mr Rapp made the first in a string of sexual misconduct allegations against him in Mr Rapp, now 50, sued Spacey for millions of dollars in damage in for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and testified earlier this month that an intoxicated Mr Spacey — then 26 and acting on Broadway — climbed on top of him at a party at his Manhattan apartment.

Mr Spacey took the stand in his own defence in Manhattan federal court and said the allegation was "not true", and that he had never been alone with Mr Rapp. He testified that he was "shocked" when Mr Rapp went public with his claim in a article in Buzzfeed. Actor Anthony Rapp, left, arrives for a civil trial against Kevin Spacey.

AP Photo: Yuki Iwamura.

Kevin Spacey denies abuse claim by actor Anthony Rapp, 'regrets' apology as he breaks down in court

Following the article, Mr Spacey released a statement in which he came out as gay and apologised to Mr Rapp for any inappropriate behaviour. Mr Spacey, 63, dabbed tears from his eyes with a tissue and sniffled as he described spacey intense pressure from publicists and lawyers to respond with compassion and empathy and an apology to Mr Rapp's claims.

That I knew. At the time, with the MeToo movement gaining momentum which Mr Spacey said contributed to fear in the entertainment world. There was a lot of fear in the air about who was going to be next," he gay. Mr Spacey added that he wanted to do something positive by coming out but was viewed as trying to change the subject from Mr Rapp's abuse claim.

Mr Rapp claimed that a thenyear-old Mr Spacey picked him up like a groom does a bride after a party and bar him on his bed before lying on top of him. After the article, the two-time Oscar winner said on Twitter that he didn't recall the encounter with Mr Rapp, adding: "But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken kevin.

Mr Spacey is scheduled to be cross-examined when the trial resumes on Tuesday. Last week, Mr Spacey's lawyer challenged Gay Rapp's kevin of the incident during cross-examination, questioning him on why he described the encounter as having occurred in a bedroom when Mr Spacey lived in a studio at the time.

Mr Spacey's career largely ended after more than 20 men accused him of sexual misconduct. The trial comes three months after Mr Spacey pleaded not guilty in London to charges that he sexually assaulted three men between and when he was the artistic director at the Old Vic theatre. In prosecutors in Massachusetts dropped indecent spacey and battery charges filed after a man said Mr Spacey groped him at a Nantucket bar.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where bar live, learn, and work. Kevin Spacey denies abuse claim by actor Anthony Rapp, 'regrets' apology as he breaks down in court. Key points: It is alleged Kevin Spacey tried to seduce Anthony Rapp in a bedroom at a party in The House of Cards actor said he received pressure from publicists and lawyers to apologise to Mr Rapp and come out as gay Mr Spacey told jurors he regrets his entire statement.

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