| re: Twitter blasts Spacey's combo 'apology'/coming-out statement | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:50 pm EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Twitter blasts Spacey's combo 'apology'/coming-out statement - winters 01:35 pm EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| Rapp has addressed that question, partly to defend his late mother from attacks on her parenting, by saying that it was a different time and he, at 14, was riding the subway and going to his work at the theatre on his own. When he was invited to a party at Spacey's home after meeting him at some theatre event, he says there was no reason to think anything untoward was afoot and he went by himself to the party as he did other theatre events. In support of Rapp, I see high school age kids almost every day getting themselves to and from their schools via public transit. It's not uncommon to see 14 year olds on their own. The real question here is WHY Spacey might've invited this one kid to a party otherwise full of adults. Given Spacey's reputation, it's not hard to imagine that he identified a proto-gay kid at an industry event and invited him to a party with the idea of what happened happening. From Rapp's description of the party, it certainly seems that neither Spacey nor any of the guests made any attempt to engage him in socializing and no one even missed him when he spent the entire party alone in Spacey's bedroom watching TV. I applaud Rapp for coming forward and naming names. That's what needs to happen to shame this behavior into oblivion. Who knows how many other 14 year olds got attacked by Spacey in this way over the years and how many of those didn't have Rapp's presence of mind or sheer luck to escape. Now that someone of Rapp's stature has come forward, it wouldn't surprise me if more started coming out of the wood work. |
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