Kevin Spacey is currently seeking treatment, his representative said Wednesday night amid a growing number of sexual harassment allegations against the “House of Cards” star.
“Kevin Spacey is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment. No other information is available at this time,” Staci Wolfe said in a statement.
The news comes after five men came forward in recent days to accuse Mr. Spacey of sexual misconduct. Some of the accusations match the timeline of when he was artistic director from 2004 to 2015 at the Old Vic theater in London, which said it was “deeply dismayed” to hear of the allegations.
The statement came after actor Anthony Rapp, 46, accused Mr. Spacey of making an unwelcome sexual advance toward him when he was just 14 years old. Mr. Spacey, now 58, said he couldn’t remember the encounter with Mr. Rapp, but issued a statement on Sunday saying, “if I did behave as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.” Mr. Spacey also came out as gay in the apology.
Since then, four more men have come out against Mr. Spacey.
Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos revealed he had a “couple of unpleasant encounters” with Mr. Spacey at the Old Vic theater, saying that all it took was “a male under 30 to make Mr. Spacey feel free to touch us.”
U.S. filmmaker Tony Montana said he suffered from PTSD for six months after Mr. Spacey allegedly “forcefully” grabbed his crotch at a Los Angeles pub in 2003.
A British bartender named Daniel Beal said he was 19 years old when Mr. Spacey exposed himself and then gave him a £5,000 watch to keep quiet back in 2010.
And an anonymous man, who only went by the name John, alleged in a U.K. interview that Mr. Spacey propositioned him in the actor’s New York apartment when he was 17 years old.
Production on the sixth and final season of Netflix’s “House of Cards” has been suspended in light of the allegations.
In a statement to Variety, Netflix and Media Rights Capital said, “We view Kevin seeking treatment as a positive step. We continue to take this hiatus time to evaluate our path forward as it relates to the production and have nothing further to share at this time.”
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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