Kevin Spacey testified in Manhattan federal court on Monday that he was not “frauduled” for not coming out as gay first in life, saying he grew up in a “complex family dynamic” — with a father who Was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi.
“I’ve never spoken about these things publicly,” Oscar winning actor speaking on the stand, “My father was a white supremacist and neo-Nazi. My father used to yell at me about the idea that I might be gay.
“He’d yell at me: ‘Don’t be a,’
63-year-old Spacey took the stand $40 million civil trialwhere he faces charges of sexual abuse 50 year old actor Anthony RappJoe claims that Spacey tried to seduce him when he was only 14.
“They’re not true,” Spacey told the jury of Rapp’s allegations.
The “American Beauty” star also denounced Rapp’s claim that he was a “fraud” for not coming out as gay early.
“To call someone a fraud is to presume, say they’re living a lie,” Spacey said under questioning by his attorney, Chase Skolnick. “I wasn’t living a lie. I was reluctant to talk about my personal life.
“I don’t know on what basis he was saying I was a hoax,” he continued, referring to the rap. “It’s clear he was angry I wasn’t out. We have to respect that it’s a very difficult process.”
Rapp claimed in the lawsuit that the “House of Cards” actor, then 26, touched her buttocks, raised her on a bed, and lay on her after a party in 1986.
Rapp said that he was so hurt by the experience that it was difficult after Watch some of Spacey’s quirky movies Roles as a disgruntled husband seducing a teenage cheerleader in 1999’s “American Beauty.”
In addition to the civil suit, Spacey is facing criminal charges in London, where she is accused of abusing several men while working as an artistic director at a local theater between 2005 and 2013.
He pleaded not guilty to those charges Scheduled for testing in July and next year.