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Kevin Spacey accepts the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role in "House of Cards" at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RTX24QXC
Netflix Inc's groundbreaking political drama "House of Cards" will end after its upcoming sixth season, the company said on Monday, one day after a sexual misconduct allegation emerged against star Kevin Spacey.
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also said in a statement that it was "deeply troubled" about an allegation made against Spacey by actor Anthony Rapp who said Spacey had made a sexual advance to him in 1986, when Rapp was 14 years old.
Spacey said in a Twitter post on Sunday that he was "beyond horrified" to hear Rapp's story of the encounter, which he said he did not remember. He wrote that he owed Rapp a "sincere apology" for what he said would have been "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
A representative for Spacey did not immediately respond to Reuters for comment.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Sandra Maler) ((piya.sinha-roy@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: @PiyaSRoy; +1 213-955-6721; Reuters Messaging: piya.sinha-roy.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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Spacey said in a Twitter post on Sunday that he was "beyond horrified" to hear Rapp's story of the encounter, which he said he did not remember. He wrote that he owed Rapp a "sincere apology" for what he said would have been "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
A representative for Spacey did not immediately respond to Reuters for comment.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Sandra Maler) ((piya.sinha-roy@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: @PiyaSRoy; +1 213-955-6721; Reuters Messaging: piya.sinha-roy.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))