Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $31M to ‘House of Cards’ makers over firing for alleged sexual misconduct

[backstreetboy]

Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $31M to ‘House of Cards’ makers over firing for alleged sexual misconduct

The 63-year-old Oscar winner’s career came to an abrupt halt late in 2017 as the #MeToo movement gained momentum and allegations against him emerged from several places.

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LOS ANGELES — A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members.

The ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana gives the force of law to the $30.9 award in favor of MRC and other companies that produced the Netflix series by a private arbitrator who heard the case against Spacey.

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.”

 

[Nerfherder]

huh ?

He must pay for getting fired?

Was it one crew member or multiple crew members ?

 

[dualmeister]

charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago

Naughty naughty.

 

[FiestaST]

 

[epah]

That is crazy, Sexual harassment isn't that deep. Slap on the wrist and lest call it a day.

 

[wireddreams]

There goes half his net worth - but another court may reach a different decision. I'd appeal, sounds implausible

 

[pinball wizard]

That is crazy, Sexual harassment isn't that deep. Slap on the wrist and lest call it a day.

Yeah, but losses to the brand. Money talks.

 

[epah]

Yeah, but losses to the brand. Money talks.

Ahh come on, it was just unwanted touching here and there. Nothing nefarious.

 

[pinball wizard]

Ahh come on, it was just unwanted touching here and there. Nothing nefarious.

Yeah, but House of Cards was brilliant.

 

[epah]

Yeah, but House of Cards was brilliant.

It sure was. I stopped watching after he left. It felt like fapping without porn, Not fun.

 

[ponder]

Jury finds Kevin Spacey not liable for battery | CNN

In a victory for Kevin Spacey, a New York jury on Thursday afternoon found him not liable for battery on allegations he picked up actor Anthony Rapp and briefly laid on top of him in a bed after a party in 1986.

edition.cnn.com

 

[daveza]

Does he get his R31 Mil back ?

 

[R13...]

Does he get his R31 Mil back ?

It a bit more than R31m a very bit more.

 

[Flanders]

Anthony Rapp the guy from Dazed & Confused?

 

[gregmcc]

As a result, MRC had to fire Spacey, halt production of the show’s sixth season, rewrite it to remove Spacey’s central character, and shorten it from 13 to eight episodes to meet deadlines, resulting in tens of millions in losses

Then they sholdn't have fired him