LOS ANGELES - (AFP) - Actor Kevin Spacey was obliged to pay about $31 million to the producers of the series "House of Cards", from which he was excluded after accusations of sexual assault. former.

Spacey, who won two Oscars for "American Beauty" and "Young Subjects," is on trial in Britain for four sexual assaults against three men.

The charges were brought against Spacey in the wake of the launch of the “Me Too” movement, after the scandals of American film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was targeted by several accusations of sexual harassment and assault, were revealed in the fall of 2017. The wave of accusations against Spacey had dire consequences for the actor’s career.

MRC, the producer of the "House of Cards" series, which depicts behind-the-scenes politics in the White House, was claiming compensation for damages due to losses incurred as a result of excluding Spacey from work, as his dismissal made drastic changes to the sixth season of the series.

The 2020 arbitration concluded that Spicey should pay damages equivalent to the losses and costs incurred by the company as a result of these changes.

However, the representative's defense attorneys confirmed that the person who conducted the arbitration exceeded his powers by taking into account some evidence.

However, Judge Mel Red Ricana confirmed in his decision Thursday that the Hollywood star must pay about $ 31 million, including compensation for damages and lawsuit expenses.

The judge confirmed the arbitration's finding that Spacey breached the terms of his contract with the company because of the conduct he was accused of.
The actor has consistently denied that he sexually harassed anyone.

And Spacey embodied in "House of Cards" the role of an American politician named Frank Underwood who uses all crooked ways to reach the White House and remove his opponents.

In mid-July, Spacey pleaded not guilty in London to sexual assaults committed between March 2005 and April 2013.

In the United States, Spacey was charged with indecent assault and sexual assault in Massachusetts, on the American east coast. In July 2016, he was accused of sexually harassing an 18-year-old man working in a bar, after making him drink alcohol.