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9th April 2022
03:53pm BST

"I categorically deny plaintiff Anthony Rapp's claim that I sexually assaulted him or otherwise made a 'sexual advance' on him," the 62-year-old said.
"I met Mr Rapp several decades ago. I never had a sexual encounter with Mr Rapp. Nor did I harbour any sexual interest or desire in Mr Rapp at that time or any time.
"Nor did I have physical contact with Mr Rapp or any other interaction with him that was for the purpose of sexual gratification of either me or him."
He added that he did not have "any other interaction with him that was for the purpose of degrading or abusing him" and any other suggestion by Rapp or anyone else is "absolutely false."
Spacey's lawyers have denied the incident, but documents that were seen by PA say they argued that the encounter did not qualify as sexual abuse as the only alleged contact with an "intimate" part of Rapp's body was when Spacey's hand grazed his buttocks as Spacey picked him up.
Rapp's deposition had confirmed that none of the touching involved would constitute criminal conduct, and no other evidence that the contact was for the purpose of sexual gratification or to degrade or abuse Rapp, they said.