Judge Rules Against Anthony Rapp "NO Evidence of Sexual Gratification"

I was sympathetic to Rapp when this whole thing began a few years ago, but he's definitely overplayed his hand.

What does Spacey’s father having been a neo-Nazi have to do with anything about this case?

Rapp felt uncomfortable at an adult party so he went into Spacey’s bedroom to watch tv. Why didn’t he call mommy and daddy to come take him home instead?

It’s strange this hinges on whether Kevin was gratified or not. If he didn’t get off the way he’d hoped would it be any different legally?

If you're not rich, it's just called 'Saturday night'.

I agree with r4. Rapp turned to Spacey as mentor, a father figure and protector, not a bad dad predator. Women are granted the premise that it’s not about the sex, it’s about the power. Why the double standard?

[QUOTE] Rapp felt uncomfortable at an adult party so he went into Spacey’s bedroom to watch tv. Why didn’t he call mommy and daddy to come take him home instead?

Teenagers make stupid decisions, R3. You’re just now figuring this out? If Spacey wasn’t a pervert, he would’ve found Rapp in his bedroom, asked him what was wrong, spoken to him, offered him guidance, and given him a ride home or put him in a taxi or let him stay there the night. That’s what adults are supposed to do for young people, especially as a gay man looking out for a young gay person. How many here wish we had someone who could’ve done that for us?

Instead he chose to get his freak on by taking advantage of a vulnerable youth. And he’s likely done it a countless number of times because he’s a predator rather than a man of respect who wants to make a positive impact on young gay men.

Justice at last!

Nubile twink in one’s bedroom? So easy to be misunderstood.

Anthony should have shit in Kevin’s bed. That’s his you play hardball.

Bad call Judge Kaplan. You find a twink in your bedroom, you pick him up, put him on the bed, lie on top of him and grind your hips into him. I think the desire for “sexual gratification” is clear.

[quote] grind your hips into him. I think the desire for “sexual gratification” is clear.

He didn't "grind" his hips, He just fell on top of him - so the "battery" charge has not been dismissed.

“Rapp said Spacey then climbed on top of him and pressed his pelvis on the teenager’s hip.”

How many times have we heard the “sorry, I just fell on top of you” excuse for surprise anal?

R13 and it is a he said - he said

Which should be enough to survive a motion to dismiss. The jury decides whom to believe.

Kevin Spacey isn't a rapist, he's just a creep. I think that's the distinction being made.

“Rapp said Spacey then climbed on top of him and pressed his pelvis on the teenager’s hip.”

Otherwise known as gravity 🙄

Meanwhile John Barrowman will be testifying about his TORRID affair he was having with Spacey during the time he fell on Rapp

I love you, r14!

😂

Rapp had no admissible evidence any of this happened other than his say-so. No one witnessed anything or remembered witnessing anything.

It was a stupid case to bring forward--there was no way he could win.

[quote] Meanwhile John Barrowman will be testifying about his TORRID affair he was having with Spacey during the time he fell on Rapp

The reason why Spacey lawyers have called Barrowman to testify is to show why would Spacey make a pass at Rapp, when he was having a TORRID affait with Barrowman?

^ Ah, the old Carole Lombard/Clark Gable defense...

Before they were married a woman brought a paternity suit against Gable. Lombard took the stand telling the jury that Gable couldn't possibly have fathered the woman's child because, "Clark Gable was in bed with me every night"

Of course a scandal ensued, but Gable won the suit and married Lombard

If Barrowman and Spacey were having a torrid affair

who was top and who was bottom?

^ Spacey is ALWAYS the top

BELIEVE TWINKS. I can’t believe I need to say this in 2022.

^ I can't believe you believe that in 2022

I’ve read a Washington appellate case where a woman sued some teenagers for intentional infliction of emotional distress because the teenagers set her cat on fire and killed him. The appellate court affirmed the trial judge’s dismissal of her intentional infliction of emotional distress claim because “there was no evidence the teenagers set the cat on fire with the intention of causing the woman distress.”

Slow clap

I think the judge is suggesting that sexual gratification with Anthony Rapp is an impossibility.

If only Anthony has saved his Kevin Spacey cum smeared Underoos as evidence.

Kevin Spacey says this story about him and Rapp is completely untrue

He says he has never been in a room alone with Rapp, never ever

I believe Spacey had sex or tried to have sex with Rapp.

I believe that Rapp was unable to say no in a manner that would register with Spacey, given the era when this probably took place. Unless you were holding the person down and threatening to kill them at knife point, people didn't view situations like that as coercion.

Multiple people have come out and accused Spacey of inappropriate behavior. I don't doubt that he has poor impulse control and would attempt to use his celebrity to get into some dude's pants. Spacey has a pattern of behavior consistent with Rapp's accusations. Rapp was never going to win a lawsuit over this. He was a fool to try.

By losing, Rapp is actually contributing to rehabilitating Spacey's image by calling his and all the other accusations into question. In effect, by losing this lawsuit, he's creating a path for Spacey's return. He should have been satisfied with the wreckage of Spacey's career. He could have simply reminded people any time there was even a glimmer of a return. Now that a judge has ruled in this manner, people will translate it in their heads as the allegations were false.