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    Kevin Spacey comes out as gay after being outed due to sexual assault charge by minor

    Kevin Spacey apologizes for alleged sex assault with a minor

    (CNN)Actor Anthony Rapp has accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance at him when Rapp was 14, Buzzfeed reported Sunday.

    In an interview with Buzzfeed, Rapp said Spacey picked him up, put him on his bed and "was trying to get with me sexually" in 1986. Spacey was 26 at the time.
    In response to the allegations, Spacey tweeted that he was "beyond horrified to hear [Rapp's] story."

    Spacey tweeted: "I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago.

    "But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years."

    Kevin Spacey comes out as gay after being outed due to sexual assault charge by minor-screen-shot-2017-10-30-3-49-53-pm-jpg

    pacey, who has been famously private about his personal life, said that he now lives as a gay man -- which marked the first time the actor has made a public statement about his sexual orientation.

    "This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life," Spacey said in his tweet. He continued that he has had "relationships with both men and women," and added, "I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man."

    His response to Rapp's accusation which came with a statement about his sexuality, led to criticisms about why Spacey would address those two matters together.
    "Nope to Kevin Spacey's statement. Nope," tweeted Dan Savage, the "Savage Love" columnist. "There's no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child."

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    http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/entert...app/index.html

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    So...... sorry I tried to rape a 14 year old.... LOOK OVER HERE IM GAY! Just wow!

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    His apology seems sincere. I wonder if he would’ve “come out” if the allegations hadn’t been exposed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    His apology seems sincere. I wonder if he would’ve “come out” if the allegations hadn’t been exposed?
    Well he hadn't up to this point.

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    His apology seems sincere. I wonder if he would’ve “come out” if the allegations hadn’t been exposed?
    I'm not sure that "I don't remember molesting anyone, but if I did I'm really sorry, and btw, I'm gay" is much of an apology. In all fairness though, I don't even know how you apologize for something like that. I am beyond disappointed though. I really like Kevin Spacey and being in Baltimore, know some people who have been involved with House of Cards (including my brother-in-law who appeared in an episode this season) and they all thought a lot of him. He's very humble and kind to his fans. It's possible that he is not the same person he was when he was 26, but you don't just get a pass on that kind of behavior. He'll likely not work again.

    On another note, I knew he was gay, most of his fans did, but I respected that he had a private life and refused to discuss it. I wonder what he'll do now.

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    What Exactly Did Kevin Spacey Do on the Set of House of Cards?
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    ...Although Rapp is the first person to go on the record saying that Spacey committed sexual misconduct, other stories of misbehavior have followed Spacey for years.

    In March of 2015, Gawker reported on claims about Spacey’s sexual aggressiveness toward younger men, including those who staffed the set of House of Cards.

    After Gawker published that article, the site continued to hear from people who had heard about or witnessed the same behavior.

    On October 26, Jezebel wrote to Netflix to ask if the company had ever investigated the claims in the 2015 post, or if it had received any complaints of its own. A spokesperson wrote back that “This is the first I hear of it” and agreed to look into it....











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    It's possible that he is not the same person he was when he was 26...
    Hopefully, none of us are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan View Post
    I'm not sure that "I don't remember molesting anyone, but if I did I'm really sorry, and btw, I'm gay" is much of an apology. In all fairness though, I don't even know how you apologize for something like that. I am beyond disappointed though. I really like Kevin Spacey and being in Baltimore, know some people who have been involved with House of Cards (including my brother-in-law who appeared in an episode this season) and they all thought a lot of him. He's very humble and kind to his fans. It's possible that he is not the same person he was when he was 26, but you don't just get a pass on that kind of behavior. He'll likely not work again.

    On another note, I knew he was gay, most of his fans did, but I respected that he had a private life and refused to discuss it. I wonder what he'll do now.
    A lot of known gays such as Wanda Sykes is bashing him for trying to 'hide behind the rainbow' with this accusation. In other words trying to change the subject of pedophilia by coming out as gay and distracting from the story. He's not gonna survive this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    A lot of known gays such as Wanda Sykes is bashing him for trying to 'hide behind the rainbow' with this accusation. In other words trying to change the subject of pedophilia by coming out as gay and distracting from the story. He's not gonna survive this.
    Are you sure ? There seems to be a gray area where people aren't quite sure if it's pedophilia or homosexuality and they tend to be more lenient towards gays going after teenage boys than anything similar involving opposite genders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Are you sure ? There seems to be a gray area where people aren't quite sure if it's pedophilia or homosexuality and they tend to be more lenient towards gays going after teenage boys than anything similar involving opposite genders.
    I'm just going by the reaction I've seen so far. It's been pretty brutal.

    Speaking of your second point, I've seen a few articles where they're saying the way he came out is blurring the lines between pedophilia and being gay and they don't like that. Gays don't think that a man who is a pedophile with boys is necessarily gay and they don't like that association.

    Example:

    How Kevin Spacey's 'Coming Out' Grossly Conflates Pedophilia and Homosexuality

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-ke...-homosexuality

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