Spacey apologises for sexual advances on teen in 1986

OSCAR winner Kevin Spacey has revealed he is “living as a gay man” as he issued a statement following allegations he made sexual advances on a 14year-old boy in 1986.

Spacey, 58, who won Oscars for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, made the declaration in a post on Twitter.

He apologised to fellow actor Anthony Rapp in the same post for an incident Rapp alleges happened in 1986.

Rapp, who went on to star in the Broadway musical Rent, was 14 at the time and starting his career.

Spacey said he was “horrified” to hear his story of the encounter, which he said, “I honestly do not remember”, because it happened more than 30 years ago. He also said he owed Rapp a “sincere apology” for what he said would have been “deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour”.

Rapp’s story “has encouraged me to address other things in my life”, he wrote. “I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I now choose to live life as a gay man.

“I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with me examining my own behaviour.”

In an interview published by website BuzzFeed, Rapp described attending a party hosted by Spacey, then 26, in which the Hollywood star picked him up, brought him to a bed and lay down on top of him after other guests left.

Rapp, who said he had the impression Spacey was drunk, said he pushed him away and left. “I still can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It’s just deeply confusing to me,” he told BuzzFeed.

He said he spoke out after allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual harassment, assault or rape in recent weeks.