U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan dismissed one of the legal claims against Kevin Spacey in the $40 million trial against the actor today, the Associated Press reports. Judge Kaplan threw out the claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, stating that elements duplicated accuser Anthony Rapp‘s other claim of sexual assault and battery. The trial will move forward with the assault and battery claim that stems from an alleged incident that took place in 1986 while Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26.
A US District Judge has dismissed Rapp’s claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress against Spacey. Read More