Kevin Spacey ‘hasn’t heard’ from ‘House of Cards’ co-star Robin Wright since 2017
nypost.comnew interview with Piers Morgan that came out Tuesday, Spacey, 64, confirmed that his “House of Cards” TV wife stopped talking to him after the scandal broke seven years ago.“I haven’t heard from Robin … since September or October of 2017,” Spacey said.
However, the Oscar winner defended Wright, 58, for distancing herself from him and pushed back on the claims that she “stabbed him in the back.” “No, and I reject your suggestion,” he said to Morgan, 59. “She is a wonderful person, a wonderful actress.”Spacey and Wright were co-stars in “House of Cards” until Spacey was infamously dropped by Netflix in 2017.The “American Beauty” star was accused of committing sex offenses against four men between 2004 and 2013 while he was serving as artistic director at London’s historic Old Vic theater.
He was charged with nine separate counts — including sexual assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity.He faced life in prison if found guilty.
However, he was deemed not guilty in July 2023 and acquitted of all nine charges.Spacey also won a sex abuse case brought against him by actor Anthony Rapp in Manhattan in 2022.When Morgan asked: “What’s your idea of bad behavior when you look back at what you were doing?,” Spacey replied: “Pushing the boundaries.”“Being too handsy, touching someone sexually in a way that I didn’t know at the time they didn’t want,” he further explained. “I agree that the word ‘grope’ is a very odd word.
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