A young Kevin Spacey (left) and his House of Cards co-star Robin Wright (right)
A man has alleged that he engaged in an ongoing consensual sexual relationship with Kevin Spacey
when he was 14 and the
House of Cards star was a 24-year-old teacher in Westchester County, outside of New York. The alleged relationship, according to the man, ended in attempted rape.
The man, now a 48-year-old artist, spoke to
Vulture. The outlet says it independently verified several details of the man's claims and reached representatives for Spacey, who said
the two-time Oscar-winner "absolutely denies the allegations."
Speaking anonymously, the man said he was 12 when he first met Spacey while taking acting classes in Westchester County where Spacey taught. The two ran into each other two years later.
Spacey allegedly gave the man his phone number and claimed Spacey said, "I want to see you, and I want you to come to my apartment."
"I felt like I'd won the lottery. A little drunk with it and very delighted with the attention," the man recalled thinking at the time. According to the man, his relationship with Spacey became sexual the next day: "I called him on the phone the next day, and he told me how he was in love with me and wanted to see me. We started a sexual relationship that first visit, which mostly involved me f*cking him."
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