Kevin Spacey confesses; Hollywood hardest hit

Published December 25, 2018 9:22pm ET



After decades of alleged predation protected by Hollywood and a year of public ignominy, the walls are finally closing in on Kevin Spacey. And after his latest stunt, his lawyers may have to rely on an insanity defense.

Nantucket authorities announced that Spacey faces a felony sexual assault charge and will be arraigned on indecent assault and battery on Jan. 7, 2019. Like any normal person accused of multiple instances of workplace sexual harassment and assault of child and teenage boys, Spacey broke his year of public silence, seemingly in response to the charges, with a video of him evidently adopting his fictional character Frank Underwood, the ex-president from “House of Cards” who exploits people for sex and then murders them.

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