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Will Trump testify in the E Jean Carroll civil rape trial? He faces ‘huge’ legal risk either way, experts say

Donald Trump faces court for the first time accused of sexual assault in Manhattan on Tuesday. He staring down huge legal hurdles whether he decides to show up or not, experts tell Bevan Hurley

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Will Trump testify in the E Jean Carroll civil rape trial? He faces ‘huge’ legal risk either way, experts say

Donald Trump faces court for the first time accused of sexual assault in Manhattan on Tuesday. He staring down huge legal hurdles whether he decides to show up or not, experts tell Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Will Trump testify in the E Jean Carroll civil rape trial? He faces ‘huge’ legal risk either way, experts say

Donald Trump faces court for the first time accused of sexual assault in Manhattan on Tuesday. He staring down huge legal hurdles whether he decides to show up or not, experts tell Bevan Hurley

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Kevin Spacey ‘deeply thankful’ after winning US civil lawsuit

Lawyers on behalf of the Hollywood actor praised the ‘swift and decisive verdict’, which was returned on Thursday in his favour.

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Kevin Spacey 'deeply grateful' after jury concludes he did not not molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986

Mr Spacey is seeking £35.6 million in damages

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US jury concludes Kevin Spacey did not molest actor Anthony Rapp in civil case

A jury concluded Tuesday that Kevin Spacey did not molest actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in the 1980s.

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Kevin Spacey wins in civil sexual-abuse case brought by actor Rapp

Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14.

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A jury finds that Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986

A jury sided with Kevin Spacey in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown Broadway actors.

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NYC jury clears Kevin Spacey of Anthony Rapp’s allegations in civil sex abuse trial

NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury on Thursday determined Kevin Spacey should not be held liable for Anthony Rapp’s decades-old sexual misconduct allegations.

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Jury begins deliberations in Kevin Spacey sex abuse trial

A jury has begun deliberating the validity of civil claims that Kevin Spacey sexually abused a 14-year-old actor in the 1980s

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NYC jury gets Anthony Rapp’s civil sex abuse case against Kevin Spacey

NEW YORK — Actor Anthony Rapp’s lawyer asked a Manhattan jury Thursday not to believe Kevin Spacey’s Oscar-worthy performance on the witness stand — but to find him liable for preying on Rapp a teenage boy 36 years ago.

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Kevin Spacey’s lawyer infected with COVID midway through trial

NEW YORK — Kevin Spacey’s trial lawyer came down with COVID-19 on Thursday as a Manhattan judge ruled the case would continue without her.

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Kevin Spacey accuser ‘was not bothered’ by separate alleged sexual incident

Lawyers for Kevin Spacey examined multiple ‘traumatic’ experiences during Mr Rapp’s life that they said may have resulted in his diagnosis of PTSD.

The Independent UK

Spacey trial proceeds after his lawyer contracts COVID-19

The lawyer for actor Kevin Spacey has tested positive for the coronavirus, but the week-old civil sex abuse trial has resumed with testimony from a psychologist

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Kevin Spacey suffers setback as key legal team member tests positive for Covid

Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered members of the court to put on masks, but allowed proceedings to continue on Thursday, following the news.

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Kevin Spacey accuser Anthony Rapp describes decades-ago encounter as ‘traumatic,’ says he was not actor’s only victim

NEW YORK — During his third day on the witness stand, an emotional Anthony Rapp on Wednesday said he chose to publicly reveal a decades-old traumatic encounter between him and Kevin Spacey because he did not believe he was alone.

The Independent UK

Emotional Anthony Rapp: I knew I wasn't Spacey's only victim

Actor Anthony Rapp says he decided to reveal a 30-year-old encounter with Kevin Spacey because he knew he wasn't the only person Spacey had made inappropriate sexual advances on

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Kevin Spacey accuser denies he ‘steered away from specificity’ with claims

Anthony Rapp said the alleged incident in 1986 has been ‘the most traumatic single event’ of his life.

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Anthony Rapp tells jury he was sickened by Kevin Spacey’s predatory character in ‘American Beauty’

NEW YORK — Kevin Spacey’s alleged teen sex abuse victim was so sickened by the actor’s Oscar-winning performance in “American Beauty” that he never watched his movies again, a Manhattan jury heard Tuesday.

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Kevin Spacey flirted with Scottish actor John Barrowman in front of accuser, US court hears

KEVIN Spacey flirted with a 19-year-old John Barrowman in 1986 and lay on a bed with him but “nothing inappropriate” occurred, a US court has…

The Independent UK

Kevin Spacey flirted with John Barrowman in front of accuser, NY court hears

Anthony Rapp, a teenage friend of the Torchwood star, has brought a civil lawsuit against Mr Spacey.

The Independent UK

Kevin Spacey's lawyer grills accuser at sex misconduct trial

A lawyer for Kevin Spacey has sought to poke holes in the story of another actor who claims Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was a teenager in 1986

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Kevin Spacey in Court over 1980s Misconduct Claim

Five years after misconduct allegations ended his Hollywood career, Kevin Spacey appeared in a New York court Thursday to face fellow actor Anthony Rapp's accusation that the disgraced Oscar winner sexually assaulted Rapp in 1986 when he was a minor. One of the first stars to be caught up in…

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NYC civil sex abuse trial against actor Kevin Spacey is underway as lawyers shine spotlight on his sexuality

NEW YORK — A New York City jury was asked Thursday not to underestimate decades-old sexual assault allegations against actor Kevin Spacey because he and his accuser are gay.

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