Kevin Spacey said in court on Monday that he regretted apologizing to actor Anthony Rapp over claims that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance in 1986 when Rapp was 14.
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U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan earlier on Monday dismissed Rapp's emotional distress claim, but allowed the battery claim to stand.Spacey took the stand in his own defense in Manhattan federal court and said the allegation was "not true," and that he had never been alone with Rapp. He testified that he was "shocked" when Rapp went public with his claim in a 2017 article in Buzzfeed.
Spacey broke down in tears, saying that he wanted to do something positive by coming out but was viewed as trying to change the subject from Rapp's abuse claimSpacey is scheduled to be cross-examined when the trial resumes on Tuesday.
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