The Kevin Spacey Trial: Unfiltered

Kevin Spacey always said he wanted to clear his name in court, but how would this intensely private man perform under pressure? He had waited five years for the opportunity to tell his side of the story. Now, as he takes the stand, he has to open up like never before.

Spacey reveals how an abusive upbringing by a neo-Nazi father started a lifetime of keeping his personal life private, and unequivocally denies Anthony Rapps allegati...

The trial continues with Anthony Rapp’s cross-examination. More and more holes appear in his story. The jury is being asked to try and square his faulty memory with often contradictory immutable facts. Anthony Rapp says “his truth”... ”his memory” is what the jury should focus on, regardless of the facts.

 And what about the experts? Anthony Rapps’s psychiatrist says her testing proves all his problems stem from the alleged assault...

After the opening statement of Rapp v. Spacey, the trial started with a new bombshell. There were no new celebrity witnesses, but there were new allegations, allegations that could sway the jury in favor of Rapp. Kevin Spacey is accused by another man of assaulting him in the early 80s. However, Kevin Spacey’s packrat tendency might just provide hard evidence of another false or mistaken claim. 

Then Anthony Rapp himself is called ...

The #MeToo movement made it so that victims would automatically have overwhelming public support. But even with public sympathy on their side, Anthony Rapp’s own lawyers had to deal with the fact that many of his memories about Kevin Spacey could not have physically happened.

Anthony Rapps’s memory was wrong about so many things his lawyers did the only thing they could: appeal to the jury’s sympathy. But as the trial went on Space...

As Anthony Rapp’s court case against Kevin Spacey kicks off, Spacey’s lawyers probe the Buzzfeed News article that broke the story. They knew there were major issues with the details. It seemed that Buzzfeed News reporter Adam Vary seemed to just report what Rapp told him – without fact-checking or even basic Google searches that would have told a different tale. But what else went on behind the scenes before the bombshell story wa...

Following Anthony Rapp’s allegation against Kevin Spacey, other complainants emerged.  The strongest case was an allegation by a mother that Spacey had sexually assaulted her son at a bar in Nantucket. She said there was a video of the assault and real-time text messages. But as was to become a familiar pattern the evidence was not as strong as first appeared. What was with the strange way the case became public and where was the v...

Kevin Spacey's life changed forever when he received an email from a journalist in October 2017. The email alleged he sexually abused a 14-year-old fellow actor back in 1986.

The allegations were strangely vague and confusing and immediately caused panic among Spacey's advisors. This was the height of the #MeToo era - they warned him.  It was no longer OK to deny allegations. You had to respect the victim. Spacey issued a s...

The #MeToo movement created shockwaves across the planet. In the middle of the outcry, Kevin Spacey was accused of sexually assaulting Anthony Rapp, a fellow actor, when Rapp was just 14. 

Spacey’s downfall was rapid and all-encompassing. Once one of the most popular actors in the world, he became a social pariah overnight when Buzzfeed News ran a story outlining Rapp’s allegations.

Rapp said the assault had caused him psychologica...

You know his name and you think you know his story.  Now prepare yourself for the truth behind Kevin Spacey’s downfall. 

The Kevin Spacey Trial: Unfiltered is the story of one of the most respected actors on the planet and reveals how his life and career came crashing down when fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused him of making a sexual advance when Rapp was just 14. The nine episode podcast, from  Investigative Journalist Ann McE...