Netflix drops Kevin Spacey’s new film amid claims over sexual misconduct

Netflix has announced that it is cutting all of its ties to Kevin Spacey amid more claims about his inappropriate behavior.

According to the Daily Mail, the company announced Friday night that it wouldn't make House of Cards as long as Spacey was involved, and that it was dropping a biopic of writer Gore Vidal that he had been set to star in.

That same night, BuzzFeed News spoke to three more men who accused Spacey of inappropriate conduct - including one who said the actor invited him to watch gay porn and gave him cocktails when he was 16.

“Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey,” the company said in a statement.

“We will continue to work with [Media Rights Capital, the production house behind the show] during this hiatus time to evaluate our path forward as it relates to the show.”

“We have also decided we will not be moving forward with the release of the film Gore, which was in post-production, starring and produced by Kevin Spacey.”

The statement is vague about the fate of House of Cards, but Page Six reported that production would continue without Spacey's involvement. It is unclear whether that is speculation; the claim isn't attributed to any source.

The show began with production house Media Rights Capital (MRC), but Spacey has an executive producer credit on the show, and his own company - Trigger Street Productions - has been involved in the show over the first five seasons.

It's not clear whether the first five seasons of the show will remain on Netflix. 

Spacey's woes came after Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp claimed that Spacey had come onto him when he was just 14 years old, after a party at Spacey's, when they were the only ones in the apartment.

He said the actor had drunkenly picked him up “like a bride,” and then lay down on top of him. Spacey said the story “horrified” him and said he didn't recall the encounter, but said he apologized “if I did behave then as he describes.”