House of cards is falling fast

Kevin Spacey’s house of cards is falling fast as stories tumble out of Hollywood along with suggestions there is more to come. After Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp claimed the Oscar winner made sexual advances on him when he was 14 and Spacey was 26, it appears many industry insiders had heard rumours about the star. Two weeks ago, Boston journalist Heather Unruh tweeted: “The #weinstein scandal has emboldened me — #truth time. I was a Kevin Spacey fan until he assaulted a loved one. Time the dominoes fell.” It took several days for her claims to be picked up by news outlets. She was challenged on Twitter by some users, who said her accusations were “hearsay” and unfair. But the ex-news anchor replied: “This is 100% true . . . this person is considering all options about speaking out — not [easy].” It wasn’t just Unruh claiming the 58-year-old actor was a sexual predator. In a protected tweet, a woman named Nadine West wrote: “KS groped my young male friend when they were both working at [London theatre] the Old Vic. Was apparently always known as one to avoid. Sadly unsurprised.” London theatre director Victoria Featherstone told BBC Radio 4’s Today there had been “concerns” over Spacey for years. When asked if she was aware of stories about him at the Old Vic, she replied: “I think that many people in the . . . creative industries have been aware of many stories of many people over a lot of years, and [Spacey] would be one of the people that people have had concerns about.”