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Kevin Spacey
Trial Rapp
Cites Me Too
and Weinstein
While Keller
Mocks Low CD
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 7 – Anthony
Rapp's lawsuit
against Kevin
Spacey began
trial on
October 6
before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
Inner City Press attended then
tweeted here.
On the
way in video I,
II; afterward
Space
and Vlog.
Here's
the live tweeted thread
by Inner City
Press of the openings,
here
On
October 7, Day
2, with
a stated
victim of the
Public Theater
of Joe Papp, a
Rapp friend
who was told,
and the
beginning
(direct) of Rapp
himself. Thread here.
On
October 11,
Day 3, Rapp
was on the
stand all day,
first on
direct, then
under cross
examination,
thread here:
OK
- in Kevin Spacey trial, Anthony Rapp is
still on the stand on direct examination.
Rapp's lawyer: I want to direct your
attention back to Precious Sons, and how Ed
Harris held you in that play. Was it similar
to how Kevin Spacey picked you up, like a
bride?
Rapp: With Ed Harris, it was loving, nothing
sexual about it.
Rapp's lawyer: When if ever did Ed Harris
grind his pelvis into you? Rapp: Never.
Rapp's lawyer: When if ever did you
feel Ed Harris was trying to get with you
sexually?
Spacey's lawyer: Objection! Relevance.
Judge: Sustained. Rapp's lawyer: Where
did you go next? Rapp: Interlochen, the
rigorous music camp.
Rapp's lawyer: When did it come back to you?
Rapp: I went to see "Working Girl" in my
local cinema, and saw him on the screen and
it was like someone poked me with a cattle
prod.
Rapp's lawyer: Have you watched others
of his films? Rapp: Usual Suspects, LA
Confidential, American Beauty...
Rapp's lawyer: Why did you go to them? Rapp:
I am an actor. I felt it was part of my job
to go see them. I steeled myself and tamped
it down
Rapp's lawyer: Have you seen Kevin
Spacey in a play? Rapp: Yes, Lost in
Yonkers. Rapp's lawyer: And television?
Rapp: Only on award shows. Rapp's lawyer:
Did you attend Oscar parties? Rapp: Yes, at
Elizabeth Law's on the Upper East Side.
Rapp's lawyer: What about you throwing
pencils at the screen, as was brought up
earlier in the trial?
Rapp: Elizabeth use to throw a rubber
chicken at the screen. I threw a pencil, my
version. I had watch the Oscars since I was
a kid.
Rapp: I was at an event, in a large
bathroom, and Kevin Spacey walked in. It was
startling to be in his gaze. I wanted to get
out. I went out.
Rapp's lawyer: Anthony, have you ever
written a tell-all book?
Rapp: Not a tell-all. A memoir of love,
focused only on the time I was in Rent, the
workshop production, the off-Broadway, my
mother - a three year period is the main
thrust
Rapp's lawyer: When did you mother
give up her career for yours?
Rapp: She only put it on pause until she
went back to Joliet... Once when I was 13,
she slapped me. I said, I will slap you
back. Then the next year in NY, she came in
and slapped me. I slapped back
Rapp's lawyer: Did you fight with a
boyfriend? Rapp: Yes, Josh Safron. We were
in an alleyway by the theater, a Sunday in
July. He said, Never talk to me again. I saw
red and I launched myself at him and knocked
him down.
Rapp's lawyer: What did you do after
that fight?
Spacey's lawyer: Objection to the
characterization as a fight.
Judge: Sustained. Rapp's lawyer: After
the altercation -- Spacey's lawyer:
Objection. Judge: Sustained.
Rapp's lawyer: When you get the
interviews about these events, what concerns
did you have? Rapp: I had already told my
producers and the PR people of Startrek
DIscovery I was contemplating doing this. I
was aware Kevin Spacey was in the middle of
House of Cards
Rapp's lawyer: Did you want a career like
Kevin Spacey's? Rapp: No, I was fine with
what I had. I could be picky about
projects... I read about Me Too & Harvey
Weinstein, I identified with it
Rapp's lawyer: How has the case been? Rapp:
I was in line to enter the building this
morning and Kevin Spacey was there. It was
hard to breathe.
Rapp's lawyer: When if ever have you
regretted bringing this lawsuit? Spacey's
lawyer: Objection Judge: Sustained
Rapp: I brought this lawsuit hoping I
could help protect others. Judge Kaplan:
Strike that last remark. [Rapp drinks
from bottle of water, closes his eyes]
Rapp's lawyer: No further questions.
Judge: We'll take a break.
Jury entering! Judge Kaplan:
Cross-examination. Ms. Keller. Spacey's
lawyer Keller: This is the article where you
went public, right? Rapp: Yes.
Keller: You decided in a quiet moment by the
window, yes? Rapp: What do you mean? Keller:
You said that.
Keller: Lupita Nyong'o is a legitimate star,
right? Rapp: Yes.
Keller: She had a meteoric rise, correct?
Rapp: Yes. Keller: Let's look at your
deposition. You said you were moved. True?
Rapp: I was.
Rapp's lawyer: Can she read the whole
question? Judge Kaplan: I'll read it... No,
move on. Keller: You got an award for
accusing Mr. Spacey, yes? Rapp's lawyer:
Objection, relevance. Keller: I can make an
offer of proof. Judge Kaplan: Not necessary.
Overruled.
Keller: You wrote to Vary of Buzzfeed
that you wanted to expose someone powerful
but do it in the best way, right?
Rapp: Can I see that? Keller: Yes. And this
was before the op-ed by Ms. Nyong'o -
five days before, Vary told you Buzzfeed
wanted you to have impact
Keller: So in the article, you claim
Mr. Spacey picked you and Mr. Barrowman out
and invited you to the Limelight clubs,
right? Rapp's lawyer: Objection - misstates
the evidence. Judge Kaplan: Overruled.
Keller: You didn't tell Mr. Vary one
word about Jack Lemmon that night, did you?
Rapp: I don't know that for certain. Keller:
Do you think night clubs in NYC are fully
going at 8 pm?
Rapp: I had no way to know at the time.
Keller: How old are you now? Rapp: 50.
Keller: And you don't know when things
start? Rapp: I haven't been to a club in a
while.
Keller: You told Vary that it was fun at the
Limelight, yes?
Rapp: I did. The conversation was good, but
at the club, I couldn't hear. Keller:
So it was fun, or it was unpleasant - which
one?
Keller: Mr. Spacey was flirting with Mr.
Barrowman, right? Rapp: I don't recall.
Keller: You claim only you were invited to
the party at Mr. Spacey's apartment, yes?
Rapp: That's my recollection.
Keller: You say your made your way safely
home - was danger lurking? Rapp: I wouldn't
say that. Keller: But you did, in your
deposition on page 37, lines 18 to 24.
Keller: Mr. Barrowman says Mr. Spacey
had a dog, a brown lab - and you've never
mentioned it, right? Rapp: I do not remember
a brown dog.
Judge Kaplan: Ms, Keller, how much
more do you have? Keller: Quite a bit.
Judge: Jurors may take a break. Thread will
continue.
OK - they're back. Keller: Let's talk more
about Mr. Barrowman. You went radio silence
with him?
Rapp: We weren't close friends. Judge:
Answer the question. You know what radio
silence is. Rapp: It sounds intentional.
Judge: I'm not going to quibble with you
Keller: In your book, you say you were
growing restless with your mother's
presence, right? Rapp: Only during
rehearsals.
Keller: Come on, wasn't it because your
brother was molested by her boyfriend? Rapp:
I wasn't aware of that then. Keller: You say
that at Mr. Spacey's, when you went into be
bedroom, David Letterman was on TV, right?
Rapp: Yes. Keller: And he had the Late Night
Show? Rapp: I don't know what it was called.
Keller: The first time you were really
questioned about your Kevin Spacey story was
in your deposition in this case, right?
Rapp: No. Vary questioned me. Keller: Your
good friend, who said he would leave things
vague so Mr. Spenser could not rebut - that
friend?
Keller: So when Mr. Spacey's body was
on you, he didn't touch your p*nis, did he?
Rapp: No. Keller: He didn't try to get you
to touch his, did he? Rapp: He did not.
Keller: How long was he on top? Rapp: It was
a frozen moment for me. Keller: That's not
my question
Keller: And when you tried to leave, you're
saying Mr. Spacey was at the door, right?
Rapp: Yes. Keller: But you don't know how he
got there... I know you're on Star Trek
Discovery, but you're not alleging he used a
transporter, are you? Break taken.
They're back. Keller: Buzzfeed
reported that you wanted to shout, This guy
is a fraud, right? Rapp: Is that in the
article? Keller: Yes. You thought he was
portraying himself as straight, correct?
Rapp: Yes.
Keller: You called yourself queer? Rapp:
Yes.
Keller: Did you end a relationship with a
boyfriend because he wouldn't come out as
gay?
Rapp: May I explain? It was because he
would not be photographed with me at an
event for the play "Rent" Keller: Because
that would out him, right? Rapp: Yes.
Keller: Kevin Spacey's star rose, and
you were having trouble getting media
attention, true? Rapp: When are you
referring to?
Keller: 1996 and onward. Rapp: That is not
accurate. Keller: Kevin Spacey was in L.A.
Confidential, and you went to see him in it?
Rapp: Yes
Keller: When you put out a CD and went to
sell it on a college campus, you sold only
26 CDs, right?
Rapp: Did I say "only"? Judge Kaplan: Are
you saying that selling 26 CDs after a
concert is a success? Rapp: At that concert,
yes.
Keller: You were in "You're a Good Man,
Charlie Brown." You couldn't claim that's in
the same league at The Iceman Cometh, right?
Rapp: They are different kinds of shows.
Judge Kaplan: We'll break here.
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