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## Video: Former TV Anchor Heather Unruh Accuses Kevin Spacey of Sexually Assaulting Her Son

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_Published 2017-11-08. A former TV news anchor said Wednesday that Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her teenage son at a Nantucket restaurant and that police are investigating._


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## Transcript

In July 2016, after Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted my son, [ BLANK_AUDIO ] It happened last night inside the Club Car Restaurant and Bar on Nantucket Island. The victim, my son, was a star struck, straight, 18 year old young man. Who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator. Or that he was about to become his net victim. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] My son was not of legal age to drink alcohol. He told Kevin Spacey that he was of legal age. But whether he was over 21 or not, Kevin Spacey had no right to sexually assault him. There was no consent. Kevin Spacey brought him drink after drink after drink.

And when my son was drunk, Spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him. And we want to make it clear, this was a criminal act. The room at the Club Car was very crowded, it was dimly lit. Spacey stuck his hand inside my son's pants and grabbed his genitals. This was completely unexpected. At my son's efforts to shift his body to remove Spacey's hand Were only momentarily successful. The violation [ UNKNOWN ] My son, [ UNKNOWN ] He was intoxicated, and Kevin Spacey was insisting that he come with him to a private, after hours party to drink even more. Fortunately, Kevin Spacey left briefly to use the bathroom.

And when he was out of sight, a concerned woman quickly came to my very shaken son's side and asked if he was okay. Obviously, she had seen something and she knew that he was not. She told him to run, and he did. Well he has tried his best to deal with it. As he says, it's always there. And it continues to bother him. All of us have had sleepless nights. And tremendous anger and anxiety. Right now my son is worried, but he's also confident that the time to act is now. He did not report the crime at the time and that was largely because of embarrassment and fear. He knew the kind of attention that would result from making an accusation about such a public person.

I can assure you that this is not the kind of attention anyone wants. Certainly not the kind my son and my family [ INAUDIBLE ] [ SOUND ] But the climate in this country has changed now, thanks to the brave women and all sexual abuse victims who have come forward with their accusations against Harvey Weinstein and other sexual abusers.

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