Kevin Spacey's sexual abuse trial started in New York on Thursday and his lawyer's opening statement left many horrified.
’s sexual abuse trial started in New York on Thursday and his lawyer’s opening statement left many horrified. Spacey’s attorney, Jennifer Keller, alleged that Spacey is a victim of the MeToo movement and that his accuser, Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp, is ‘simmering with resentment’ over Spacey's success.in October 2017, saying the actor made advances towards him at a party in 1986 when he was 14.
After Rapp spoke out, numerous other accusations about Spacey followed. One from a teenager he allegedly groped in Massachusetts in 2016 , and another from a masseuse in Malibu the same year who died before action reached court.movement wasn’t a bandwagon to jump on. It was an empowering opportunity for victims who’d been silenced by the power of Hollywood’s patriarchal structure to speak up about instances of historic abuse—and Anthony Rapp was one of the brave people among them.
But sexual assault claims do not raise the profile of survivors. If anything, when victims come forwards, they risk losing the career they’ve worked hard to build altogether. So for Spacey’s lawyers to use this defence is both ludicrous and damaging.
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