| In Trial Kevin
Spacey Says His Father Was
Neo Nazi So He Kept Life
Private, Disputes Rapp
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 17 – Anthony Rapp's
lawsuit against Kevin Spacey
was removed to Federal court
in November 2020, and an
anonymous co-plaintiff C.D.
was added.
Spacey wanted to
make C.D.'s name public, to
order to conduct discovery, he
says. C.D.'s lawyers
opposed it, letter on Patreon
here.
On May 26, 2022
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan held a
hearing, with Spacey
testifying, on Rapp's motion
to remand the case. Judge
Kaplan at the end said it is
his present intention to deny
the motion to remand, and that
the trial will start in
October. Inner City Press
attended then tweeted here.
[Then video
here]
On October
6, 2022, the
trail began. On the
way in video I,
II; afterward
Space
and Vlog.
Here's
the live tweeted thread
by Inner City
Press of the openings,
here
On October
17, Kevin
Spacey took
the witness
stand and said
his father
was a neo-Nazi
and white supremacist
- Inner City
Press was
there, thread
here:
Defense:
We call Kevin
Spacey.
Scolnick:
Are Mr. Rapp's
allegations
true?
Spacey:
They aren't.
Scolnick:
Mr Rapp has
criticized you
for being
private about
your sexual
orientation.
Have you been
private about
other things?
Spacey: Yes.
My family.
Spacey:
"My father was
a white
supremacist
and a
neo-Nazi."
Then my hatred
of bigotry
began. I was
embarrassed to
bring anyone
home. My best
friend in high
school was
Jewish. I
couldn't bring
him home.
Spacey:
My mother
loved movies
and music. I
liked to make
her laugh.
Then my father
sent me to
military
school. I got
kicked out for
having too
many fights.
The school
liked fights.
Judge
Kaplan: Hold
on
Spacey:
My father
would ask if I
was gay, since
I liked
theater. He
would use a
hurtful word
that begins
with F.
I had
relationships
with women as
well. But so
has Mr. Rapp.
It's my
choice. We
have to
respect that
it is a
difficult
process.
Q:
Did you do
what Mr.
Holtzman said
you did?
Spacey: No. Q:
Mr. Holtzman
says he
recognized you
from a program
at the Public
Theater. Were
you on it?
Spacey: No I
was not.
Spacey:
I was really
determined I
did not want
to wait on
tables.
Rapp's lawyer:
Objection!
Judge
Kaplan: He's
asking how he
got a job at
the Public
Theater.
Overruled.
Spacey: I got
past Dolores
and Mr. Rapp
said, Come on
in. I told him
my sob story.
I was hired
Spacey:
I had to get
the car
washed.
I had to
deliver the
dry cleaning
to his
apartment on
10th
Street.
Q: Did you
type letters
for him?
Spacey:
I did.
Q: Let me show
you a letter--
Rapp's lawyer:
Objection!
Judge: Come to
the sidebar.
[Whispering]
Q: Tell
me about the
Save the
Theaters
campaign.
Spacey: Mr.
Papp worked to
save two
theaters - the
Morosco and
the Helen
Hayes -
from
demolition for
a hotel. The
Honorable
Thurgood
Marshall
issued a stay
Q: Were
you
photographed?
Spacey: Yes.
Spacey:
Later I became
the pinch
hitter for
most parts in
Hurly Burly. I
was getting
sued for not
paying rent,
all over
Manhattan.
Then I got the
role in Long
Day's Journey
into Night.
Then I got the
apartment -
the best thing
about it was
the view
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