MRC did not elaborate about the complaint it cited in the statement. They added that they will continue to investigate all claims brought to their attention.
Other people with whom CNN spoke describe behavior similar to that recounted by the crew member.
A former camera assistant, who said he witnessed Spacey’s behavior but was never harassed by Spacey, said the touching largely occurred in an open space and that “everybody saw.”
“All the crew members commented on his behavior,” the former camera assistant said. “What gets me is we have to sign sexual harassment paperwork before the start of the show and apparently [Kevin Spacey] doesn’t have to do anything and he gets away scott-free with this behavior.” CNN confirmed that Spacey was given guidelines regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.
Colleagues never complained because they were afraid of losing their jobs, the former camera assistant said.
“Who is going to believe crew members?” he said. “You’re going to get fired.”
A former female production assistant who worked on several seasons of “House of Cards” said she witnessed Spacey’s sexual misconduct with crew members on set.
“It was very known that Kevin was inappropriate, and males I worked with complained to me about how they felt uncomfortable,” she said. “Kevin does this thing which was play fights with them in order to touch them.” She said she saw Spacey approach “multiple people” to “say hello, greet them, shake their hand and pull their hand down to his crotch and touch their crotch. I have friends say he reached up their shorts on set.”
Spacey also made sexually-charged comments on set, according to a former crew member.
“There was one instance [when] a grip bent over to pick something up and his ass crack was showing, and Kevin Spacey made a sexual comment about it,” he recalled, adding that the comment Spacey made was “nice ass.”
The allegations about Spacey also come as the entertainment world is reckoning with fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal. Dozens of women have accused him of sexual harassment and police are investigating assault claims. Weinstein has apologized for his behavior, but he denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex.
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