Kevin Spacey was accused of making a sexual advance on Anthony Rapp, who was 14 at the time.
Deliberations began in mid-afternoon after a lawyer for Rapp, Richard Steigman, urged jurors to make Spacey pay for trying to make a sexual advance on Rapp in Spacey's Manhattan apartment in 1986 after a party. He accused Spacey of lying on the witness stand.
In his closing, Steigman said jurors should conclude that Spacey lied to them when he insisted that the encounter could not have happened, in part because Rapp claimed it happened in a one-bedroom apartment and Spacey lived in a studio. Keller called Steigman's statement"another clear, premeditated attempt to let the jury know" about other claims against Spacey.Kaplan responded by saying Steigman's statement"shouldn't happen" and that if the jury ruled in Rapp's favor, attorneys may need to make written arguments over the issue. He also said that Rapp during his testimony should not have mentioned that there were other claims made against Spacey.
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