Who accused Kevin Spacey of assault? Inside the allegations as actor clarifies homeless comment 

The allegations that surrounded Kevin Spacey dated back to 2017, when the first of roughly 15 people accused him of sexual assault or harassment. A handful of those claims ended up before judges and juries, though none produced a conviction. As USA Today reported, Anthony Rapp was the first to speak publicly.

Anthony Rapp, the actor and singer, told BuzzFeed in October 2017 that Spacey made sexual advances toward him in 1986. He was just 14 at the time and had been invited to Spacey’s apartment in New York. Kevin Spacey responded with a written statement saying he was “beyond horrified” by the account.

Although he said he could not recall the encounter, he apologized to Rapp. In the same statement, he came out as gay, drawing backlash from LGBTQ advocates who argued he had tried to use his sexuality as a distraction and had inadvertently linked it with predatory behavior. Following Rapp’s account, more than a dozen men went public with their own stories. Five said they had been teenagers during their alleged interactions with the actor. Roberto Cavazos, Daniel Beal, Justin Dawes, Mark Ebenhoch, Harry Dreyfuss, and Kris Nixon were among those who came ahead with their stories and experiences relating to Spacey.

Kevin Spacey recently returned to the headlines after saying he was homeless. The comment spread quickly online, prompting him to clarify what he meant and explain the context behind the remark.

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Kevin Spacey set the record straight on claims that he was homeless:

Kevin Spacey’s recent comments about “living in hotels” and “living in Airbnbs,” along with his remark that “I have no home,” sparked headlines suggesting the actor had become homeless. The House of Cards star moved to clarify that narrative after his interview with The Telegraph on Nov. 19 was widely interpreted as a confession of financial ruin. In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, Nov. 23, the 66-year-old said,

“I don’t usually make it my business to correct the media; if I did, I wouldn’t have time for much else. But in light of the recent articles claiming I am homeless, I feel the need to respond.”

During his conversation with the newspaper, Kevin Spacey had alluded to financial strain, saying,

“I’ve had very little coming in and everything going out … I’m going where the work is.”

On Sunday, he said he recorded the video not to set the record straight for reporters, but to address

“the thousands of people who have reached out over the past few days offering me a place to stay, or have just asked if I’m OK.”

“And to all of you, let me first say that I am truly touched by your generosity, full stop,”

he said, adding that it would be misleading to let people believe he was “homeless in the colloquial sense.” Kevin Spacey went on to praise journalist Mick Brown, who conducted the Telegraph interview, but said it was a “shame” the outlet opted for a “knowingly misleading” headline “for the sake of clicks.”

“I’ve been working nearly non-stop this entire year, and for that, I have so much to be grateful for,” he shared.

He added that many people genuinely faced life on the streets, in cars, or in severe financial distress, and “my heart goes out to them.” He closed by saying it was

“clear from the article itself that I am not one of them, nor was I trying to say that I was.”

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Behind the growing list: How Anthony Rapp’s claim set off a wider recounting of experiences with Kevin Spacey

Anthony Rapp’s allegation opened the door for a series of others who said they also had troubling encounters with Kevin Spacey. As USA Today reported, Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos posted on Facebook that Kevin Spacey fondled or attempted to fondle him during their time at the Old Vic theater in London, where Spacey worked as artistic director.

“Those of us who were around him at the Old Vic know that a lot more people will come forward with their stories in the coming days and weeks,” Cavazos wrote.

The following day, another account surfaced. Daniel Beal, a hotel bartender in West Sussex in 2010, told The Sun, and later The Daily Mail, that Kevin Spacey exposed himself to him during a cigarette break outside the hotel. Beal said he was 19 at the time and claimed the actor later handed him an expensive watch as a way to keep him from speaking out.

On Nov. 3, Justin Dawes told BuzzFeed that he had been 16 and working as a theater usher in New Haven, Conn., in 1988 when Kevin Spacey invited him and a friend to his apartment to watch a film. Instead, Dawes said, the actor offered them cocktails and played pornography on the TV. Dawes described the encounter as “awkward” rather than frightening, and he said they ultimately left without incident.

“He knew that I was in high school,” he said. “It was pretty clear. It's not like I was pretending to be an older, cooler person.”

Kevin Spacey later addressed the broader fallout in an interview with The Telegraph, saying he believed the scandal was now “in my rear-view mirror.” He reflected on relationships that shifted during the controversy.

“There may be individuals that made decisions that I don’t think were fair, based on what they thought they knew at the time, the fact that a whole bunch of people in Hollywood that I had relations with were an inch thick, OK. But my friends, my colleagues, my family – I have not felt isolated at all,” he shared.