The judge noted that a November 2017 article on CNN.com contained allegations that Spacey, now 63, engaged in a pattern of sexually predatory behavior directed at young crew members on the set of “House of Cards” and that once MRC became aware of the accusations, it suspended the actor, investigated, wrote Spacey out of the show's final season and ended his acting and executive producing contracts.
The arbitrator concluded that Spacey breached the agreements through his interactions with five specific crew members, who only came forward as part of MRC's solicitation of allegations against Spacey, including the internal investigation MRC initiated only after Netflix made the decision to exclude Spacey from season six, Phillips and Spacey's other attorneys further alleged in their new court papers.