AXED SPACEY TO PAY SHOW €30M Sex claims sack appeal lost
KEVIN Spacey has lost his appeal to have a €30m arbitration award to the producers of House Of Cards overturned.
In November, the Hollywood actor was ordered to pay the sum to MCR following “explosive” allegations of sexual misconduct involving young crew members working on the production.
Spacey had filed to have the order overturned, but his request was denied by a US judge in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to documents obtained by reporters.
Fail
Judge Mel Red Recana wrote that Spacey and his attorneys “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case” and “do not demonstrate that the damages award was so utterly irrational that it amounts to an arbitrary remaking of the parties’ contracts”.
“We are pleased with the court’s ruling,” MRC attorney Michael Kump said, following the ruling.
The original filings from MCR detailed how Spacey was cut from the hit Netflix show following allegations that he was “systematically preying upon, sexually harassing, and groping young men that he had worked with throughout his
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The arbitrator concluded that Spacey had repeatedly breached contractual obligations to provide services “in a professional manner” which were “consistent with (MRC’s) reasonable directions, practices and policies” - including its anti-harassment policies.
The actor starred in House Of Cards for five seasons, playing the calculating Frank Underwood, before being cut from the show after the allegations surfaced. In the original ruling the arbitrator also found that Spacey was not entitled to be paid for the remainder of his contract, as his dismissal had caused the show’s sixth season to be shortened and rewritten and cost MRC millions in lost revenue.
Assault
It comes shortly after Spacey appeared in a UK court last month to “strenuously” deny further allegations of sexual assault charges dating back 17 years when he was artistic director of The Old Vic theatre.
He denied five allegations relating to three men, now in their 30s and 40s.
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