Judge Judy Sheindlin has a new show coming!
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NEW YORK -- Actor Kevin Spacey asked a judge Friday to throw out a sex abuse lawsuit that his lawyers say was unjustly brought by an actor who alleges he was abused when he was 14 by Spacey at a 1980s party.The lawyers wrote in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that the allegations made by Anthony Rapp are false and never occurred.
Rapp has appeared in “Rent” on Broadway and in “Star Trek: Discovery” on television.The actor claimed Spacey, referenced in court documents as Kevin Spacey Fowler, surprised him at a party 34 years ago by picking him up, putting him on a bed and putting some body weight against him before the actor “wriggled out” with no resistance during an encounter that lasted less than 30 seconds, the lawyers said.The lawyers argued that the alleged encounter cannot qualify as sexual abuse under New York's laws because the only alleged contact with an “intimate” part of the body by Spacey was when his hand grazed Rapp's buttocks when the older actor picked him up.Rapp's deposition in the case confirmed there was no touching that would constitute criminal conduct, and there was no other evidence that would suggest any fleeting contact between Spacey's hand and Rapp's buttocks was for the purpose of sexual gratification or to degrade or abuse Rapp, the lawyers wrote.The lack of evidence means Rapp's claims for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress must fail, the lawyers said.They said Spacey “flatly denies” that any of what Rapp described took place and insists he had no sexual interest or desire in Rapp “at that time or any time.”Lawyers for Rapp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.When Rapp first spoke publicly of his claim in 2017, others went public too
.Judge Judy Sheindlin has a new show coming!
Joe Otterson TV ReporterJudge Judy Sheindlin is expanding her relationship with Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV, with a new courtroom show.Sheindlin will serve as creator and executive producer on “Tribunal,” which will feature a panel of three judges collectively adjudicating real cases. Scott Koondel will also serve as an executive producer.The three judges are: Judge Patricia DiMango, a former New York State Supreme Court Justice and Administrative Judge of the New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Kings County; Judge Tanya Acker, a Yale Law School graduate, experienced civil litigator, former Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County Superior Court; and Adam Levy, former Putnam County, New York District Attorney, and an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and New York Prosecutors Training Institute.
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Henry Golding is joining the cast!
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Actor Kevin Spacey asked a judge Friday to throw out actor Anthony Rapp's sex abuse lawsuit, saying through his lawyers that allegations that he abused the then-teenage Rapp at a 1980s party are false. The lawyers wrote in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that the alleged events Rapp described never occurred. Rapp has appeared in "Rent" on Broadway and in "Star Trek: Discovery" on television.