Kevin Spacey was fired in 2017 for his second starring role in a television series due to harassment charges.
Actor Kevin Spaceya required to pay compensation for the television series House of Cardsin for a production company of more than USD 30 million (approximately EUR 28 million).
Among other things news agency AP and British Broadcasting Corporation BBC report that a petition by the arbitral tribunal requires Spacey to pay compensation for losses incurred by Spacey as a result of sexual offense charges.
After several suspicions of harassment came to light, Spacey was fired from the successful Netflix series, produced by Media Rights Capital (MRC).
The MRC filed a petition with the Los Angeles court on Monday, where it is still seeking confirmation. According to the petition, Spacey violated the contract with the production company and the company’s sexual harassment practices.
Oscar-winning Spacey has been ravaged by several allegations of harassment, and most recently in early 2020, he avoided charges of sexual harassment.
The first case of harassment came to light in October 2017, when the actor Anthony Rapp accused Spaceya of the 1986 sexual harassment. Since then, several other individuals have accused the public, accusing Spacey of harassment. Allegations of harassment also came to light House of Cardsin among the factors.
Claim for compensation is based on calculations that the MRC manufacturing company incurred tens of millions of dollars in losses due to Spacey.
Filming for the sixth season of the series had to be suspended in 2017 when allegations of harassment came to light and Spacey was fired. The script for the series was rewritten as Spacey played the second lead role in the series. The sixth production period was also shortened to eight periods, from 13 initially.
“The safety of our employees and our work environment is extremely important to MRC and that is why we demand accountability,” the production company said in a statement Monday, according to AP.
A representative of Spacey did not respond to AP’s request for comment. According to his attorneys, the charges related to Spacey were not a material factor in the losses suffered by the production company.
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