Kevin Spacey has said that he felt “much more welcome” in Hollywood following the legal proceedings related to the sexual misconduct allegations against him. The Usual Suspects actor faced dozens of sexual misconduct and harassment allegations over the years. He now believes that his Hollywood career may be back on track.
Kevin Spacey described the allegations against him
Kevin Spacey, who faced multiple legal battles and dozens of sexual misconduct and harassment allegations over the past several years, has revealed that he has been feeling more welcome in Hollywood since the conclusion of his legal proceedings.
“I feel much more welcomed, and I think that things are moving in the direction that we hoped they were moving in,” the House of Cards star said on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast on Monday. He noted that he had won “in every court we’ve gone into with a jury.”
“There are certain cases where part of something is true, but it’s been rethought, it’s been redesigned, or it’s been entirely made up,” the actor claimed. “Certainly in the case of Anthony Rapp, which is a case that we won in federal court in New York,” he further added. Thus, referring to Rapp’s allegation that Spacey made an unwanted sexual advance toward him when he was 14.
When Maher remarked that in Spacey’s case, there was “too much smoke to be no fire,” Spacey responded, “I never said there was no fire. It just wasn’t a raging forest fire. It was a small kitchen fire that could have been put out with an extinguisher.” He added, “I hit on a lot of guys.”
Maher suggested that Spacey “should have gotten some punishment” but also said that he had paid a heavy price.
“I feel less in jail than I did,” Spacey said. “When people actually start to hear the facts, understand what we won in courts, I think people now look at this and think, maybe nine years has been enough. If I had been a sports figure, I would have been benched for seven games. If you’re hitting home runs, they want you on the field.”
