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A judge has dismissed one of two legal claims Kevin Spacey faces from actor Anthony Rapp, who says Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was 14 years old.

Spacey's testimony began two hours after a U.S judge granted him partial dismissal of claimsActor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court in New York City for his civil lawsuit trial on Oct. 12.

Rapp said he wriggled free and briefly went into a bathroom before fleeing the apartment, but not before Spacey followed him to the door and asked if he was sure he wanted to leave.Kevin Spacey in court to defend himself in Anthony Rapp lawsuit"I work in a very complicated family dynamic," he said, saying rants by his white supremacist and neo-Nazi father when he was a youngster led him to hate bigotry and intolerance.

Actor Anthony Rapp, left, arrives at court for the civil lawsuit trial against Spacey on Oct. 6, in New York. Spacey is in court to defend himself in a lawsuit filed by Rapp, the actor who was the first in a string of people to publicly accuse the House of Cards star of sexual misconduct. As Spacey became interested in theatre, he said, he endured the screams of his father who "used to yell at me at the idea that I might be gay."Spacey's testimony began two hours after Judge Lewis A. Kaplan threw out a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress after lawyers for Rapp finished their presentation of evidence. Kaplan said elements of the claim duplicate Rapp's claim that he was a victim of assault and battery.

Spacey's lawyer argued for dismissal of the case on the grounds that Rapp's attorneys had failed to prove his claims.when claims by Rapp and others in 2017 derailed his career.

 

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If all charges end up being dismissed does he get to sue every studio that dropped him?

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