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Old 10-30-2017, 11:16 AM
 
Location: North Texas
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A friend of a friend was propositioned by him decades ago at a party, so I think the fact that he's gay has been pretty well known for a while. The guy was of age, but much younger than Spacey.
I used to know a guy who was a dancer in the West End in a previous life and he said he was propositioned by Kevin Spacey in the 1990s.
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Old 10-30-2017, 11:19 AM
 
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Pedos hiding behind liberalism as shelter
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Old 10-30-2017, 11:46 AM
 
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We know rock stars used to have sex with underage girls all the time.

Lori Maddox owns up to being 14 when she slept with David Bowie and Jimmy Page.

"What happened is that I was kidnapped, literally," Maddox said once in a documentary. "He told me was going to be with me, and I said no, he wasn't, and he said, 'Yes, I am.' Then we all ended up at the Rainbow [Bar and Grill], and Richard Cole says to me, 'Get in the bloody car and if you move, I'll have your head.' Next thing you know I'm at the [Hyatt House] hotel, and I'm walking down the hall, and next thing you know, I'm pulled into this door . . . And I turned around and, look, there was Jimmy sitting in the corner of the room with a hat and a cane saying, 'I told you I'm gonna have you.'"

Apparently, Page's flair for dramatics didn't end on the guitar. He and Maddox would continue to see each other for the next few years, though he tightly controlled Maddox's movements when they were together.

"He always left me with his security locked in the room. I wasn't really allowed to go very many places with him," she claimed.


11 Rock Stars Who Slept With Underage Groupies | Phoenix New Times

Jimmy gets to meet the president and get honored with a huge production.

President Obama Pays Tribute to Led Zeppelin at Kennedy Center Honors

Explain away? They were rock stars, this is what they do, nudge, nudge, wink wink. Well, that was a different time. So is what is being discussed here.

My point is that this story is not bizarre. He at least owned up to it and apologized. Page will not even address it today.
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Old 10-30-2017, 11:50 AM
 
Location: los angeles county
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wonder if this will be the end of House of Cards.

President gets assassinated ?

Isn't it trendy these days to shun sexual predator celebs?


Where are all the people saying- He was 26, it was 32 years ago, he was just a boy, let it go?
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Old 10-30-2017, 11:55 AM
 
Location: Kansas
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This one is beyond weird...even for Hollywood.



Kevin Spacey apologises over Anthony Rapp 'sexual advance' claim - BBC News

So Spacey gets accused of sexual assault of an underage boy and uses the incident to announce that he's gay?

WTF???

Why in the world would anyone care if he's gay or not after possibly being so drunk he tried to have sexual contact with a minor?

Talk about tone deaf.

Was this normal behavior for Spacey back then? Get drunk and sexually assault minors?
I don't understand "alleged incident of sexual assault", exactly what was done? Anymore I see a lot of confusion on sexual assault, making a sexual inquiry as to one's interest is sexual harassment not sexual assault.

Who let's their 14 year old son go to a party alone when alcohol is being served?

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It's only an accusation so far, and no one knows the exact details or events.

In the light of other accusations that have proven to be false in the past and in the interest of Justice, it's best not to have trial by media or indeed by awful Rose McGowan.
Yes, they are all coming out of the woodwork to get their few minutes of fame, especially those whose careers are tanking.

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These parties are a little different than anything us normal folk are used to, the parents allow their underage children to go unsupervised in the hopes their kids will become huge successful movie stars, once they are in the 'lions den', they are groomed and primed as to what they should expect in return for fame.

This is a very deep and dark club of sorts, but its led by extremely powerful and influential people. Its more Bohemian Grove than Hollywood.
Yep, pimping the kids! Now, I have seen some wholesome families with kids in the business and they are chaperoning their kids to keep them safe, so maybe these are the kids with talent who don't need to be pimped to get work.

I don't think it is probably a secret what happens there among those in the know, those at the party.
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:00 PM
 
Location: In The Thin Air
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wonder if this will be the end of House of Cards.

President gets assassinated ?

Isn't it trendy these days to shun sexual predator celebs?


Where are all the people saying- He was 26, it was 32 years ago, he was just a boy, let it go?
I hope so. The show kind of jumped the shark this past season.
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:03 PM
 
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It's only an accusation so far, and no one knows the exact details or events.

In the light of other accusations that have proven to be false in the past and in the interest of Justice, it's best not to have trial by media or indeed by awful Rose McGowan.
Actually Kevin's Spacey's initial response was to apologize -- he says -- oops I forgot. Not no I didn't which suggest he probably did.

Way to defend Spacey though.
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:29 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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She not just awful she's stupid, I remember her saying after filming the dire 'Fifty Dead Men Walking', a film basically about how evil the IRA were and how Catholic Martin McGartland turned informer to hekp stop the violence in his own community.

The film like much of Rose McGowans work was god awful and condemned by McGartland himself as made up rubbish, however I remember clueless McGowan stating "I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in the IRA. My heart just broke for the cause".

She didn't seem to even realise te film itself was about how evil the IRA were and McGartland survived numerous attacks on his life, nor did she understand that in terms of Belfast sometimes only a wall divides where your loyalities would be, and that both sides had equally nasty paramilitaries, indeed the IRA killed more Catholics than anyone else including women like McGowan. I wonder if she had stated that her heart just broke for the Islamic Terrorist cause whether it would have been seen as acceptable.

BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Fury over actress's IRA comments

Fury as actress tells film festival 'I would have joined the IRA' | The Independent

Director apologises for Rose McGowan's IRA comments - Belfast Telegraph

Then you had all the homophobic rubbish spouted by McGowan, McGowan caused controversy for some of her remarks, which have been characterized as homophobic or transphobic, and it should be noted her father ran a chapter of the Children of God, in which both he and his wife held membership until 1978.

Her controversial statements include branding gay men as more misogynistic than straight men, claiming gay people "fought for right to wear speedos" and take MDMA, and her criticism of Caitlyn Jenner for stating that "the hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear," after Jenner was named "Woman of the year" by Glamour.

McGowan also held a defiant party in support of the Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel, despite a boycott over Brunei's anti-gay laws, which prescribes death by stoning for same-sex activities. She later apologized for generalizing gay men as misogynistic, but defended the rest of her comments.

McGowan has since become a campaigner for LGBT Rights.

Rose McGowan attacks LGBT community for failing to campaign for feminism: 'Gay men are more misogynistic than straight men' | The Independent

Rose McGowan apologizes to gay community - CNN.com

In a 2011 interview, McGowan talked about her experience working with director Victor Salva, who is a convicted child molester and child pornography maker, on Rosewood Lane. She said, "I still don’t really understand the whole story or history there, and I’d rather not, because it’s not really my business. But he’s an incredibly sweet and gentle man."

The Problem With Rose McGowan

McGowan who is know even uglier with a shaven head, seems to be relishing the latest controversy, tweeting F-Off to people and shouting down any celebrity accused of anything before they have even been found guilty of anything and she seems to revelling in all of this.

In reality she's a crap outspoken actress who like courting controversy and will just adopt any cause in order to get media coverage, as for her films they are as crap as her views, indeed the best thing she can do is just shut her mouth and stop making crap'B' movies.

....none of which has ANYTHING to do with Pervy Weinstein's settlement of her suit.

But it's great to see where you're coming from.
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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I don't understand "alleged incident of sexual assault", exactly what was done? Anymore I see a lot of confusion on sexual assault, making a sexual inquiry as to one's interest is sexual harassment not sexual assault.

Who let's their 14 year old son go to a party alone when alcohol is being served?



Yes, they are all coming out of the woodwork to get their few minutes of fame, especially those whose careers are tanking.



Yep, pimping the kids! Now, I have seen some wholesome families with kids in the business and they are chaperoning their kids to keep them safe, so maybe these are the kids with talent who don't need to be pimped to get work.

I don't think it is probably a secret what happens there among those in the know, those at the party.
Here's Rapp's account...

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"He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don't, like, squirm away initially, because I'm like, 'What's going on?' And then he lays down on top of me."

"He was trying to seduce me," Rapp told the website. "I don't know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually." He said he felt Spacey "pressing into me" and "tightening his arms."
Kevin Spacey apologizes for alleged sex assault with a minor - CNN

Weird as hell.

Spacey invites a 14-year-old to a party at his house. The kid gets bored cuz it's all adults so he goes into the bedroom and flips on the tv. Sounds like a typical kid. After midnight Spacey, apparently drunk, allegedly does the above.

You invite a 14-year-old to a party at your apartment in which you get hammered and the kid is watching tv in your bedroom?

Where were the parents? Agreed. Also, wtf is up with Spacey?
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Old 10-30-2017, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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I thought Spacey has been out for a very long time?
Nope.
The rumors have circulated forever, but this is the first time he came out as gay.

He headed a lawsuit off at the pass, too, with his apology. An apology isn't an admission of guilt; it's only an admission of possible guilt. And in a case like this, it would be all someone's word against the other's word if it went to trial.

By apologizing, the resistance to admit wrongdoing, which is always the object of the prosecution, is wiped away.

Spacey is a smart guy.

If Bill O'Reilly had been as smart, he might have been able to salvage his career when the first charges surfaced years ago.
His stubborn refusal to admit any wrongdoing cost him Millions in addition to blowing up his career.
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