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Actor Kevin Spacey says tough financial times that followed accusations of sexual assault against him have left him without a permanent home.
“I’m living in hotels; I’m living in Airbnbs; I’m going where the work is. I literally have no home, that’s what I’m attempting to explain,” Spacey told The Telegraph in a recent interview.
Spacey — who formerly starred in Netflix’s House of Cards and films including American Beauty and The Unusual Suspects — described his financial situation as “not great” due to the lack of work he’s endured.
“The costs over these last seven years have been astronomical. I’ve had very little coming in and everything going out,” Spacey continued.
In 2017, actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of making advances on him at a party in the 1980s when Rapp was underage. Several other accusations followed, though none were proven in court.
Jurors in a civil trial in 2022 found that Spacey did not assault Rapp. Spacey was also found not guilty for a range of accused sex offences against four men in a London court in 2023.
Netflix quickly dropped Spacey from House of Cards following the accusations, however, which came at the height of the #MeToo era. He was later ordered to pay over $30 million US to the production company behind the show for losses they endured because of his firing.
Spacey has spoken out about his financial situation in the past. In a 2024 interview with Piers Morgan, Spacey first revealed that his Baltimore home had been foreclosed on because of his financial issues. The actor added through tears that he was millions of dollars in debt.
Actor Kevin Spacey gave an emotional speech outside of court in London following his acquittal on sex offence charges. Four different men accused Spacey of unwanted sexual acts between the early 2000s and mid-2010s.
Still, Spacey remains optimistic that if a big-name director — someone like Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino — were to give him a role, he’d be welcomed back into Hollywood.
“I will be incredibly honoured and delighted when that level of talent picks up the phone,” Spacey said. “And I believe it’s going to happen.”
Spacey’s more recent gigs include a one-man stage show in Cyprus and Tel Aviv that mixes songs and stories, and a few acting roles, including a part in the Italian film The Man Who Drew God and as the star of 2024 film Peter Five Eight.
