Kevin Spacey ordered to pay nearly $31 million to House Of Cards makers over firing
The decision follows a 2020 discovery by a private arbiter that Spacey violated the sexual harassment policy upheld by MRC, the company behind. MRC successfully argued that Spacey’s alleged misconduct cost them a pretty penny after they were forced to remove him from the series and cut the sixth season down by five episodes., Spacey, who has continuously denied allegations against him both in the U.S. and internationally, challenged the sum in open court.
His legal team argued that Spacey’s actions were not actually a significant factor in theHowever, Judge Mel Red Recana was unconvinced. In her ruling, she writes Spacey and his legal team “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case” and “do not demonstrate that the damages award was so utterly irrational that it amounts to an arbitrary remaking of the parties’ contracts,” per court documents. Now, Spacey will be mandated to shell out the $30.9 million he was initially asked to pay.
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