(CNN)An arbitrator has ordered Kevin Spacey to wage astir $31 cardinal to Media Rights Capital, the accumulation institution down "House of Cards," the Netflix bid successful which the histrion starred for 5 seasons until helium was fired successful 2017.
The revelation came successful a petition filed Monday successful the Los Angeles County Superior Court, successful which MRC is asking the tribunal "to corroborate the grant successful its favour and participate judgement against Spacey and his loan-out and producing companies."
Spacey and MRC person been battling successful the years since the histrion was dismissed from the accumulation implicit allegations of misconduct connected and disconnected the set.
In its filing, MRC states that successful October of 2020, an arbitrator recovered Spacey "repeatedly breached his contractual obligations" portion starring arsenic Frank Underwood connected the Emmy-winning amusement and that his behaviour "rendered him (and his affiliated entities) liable" for the millions of dollars mislaid by MRC.
MRC says the institution suspended Spacey pursuing CNN's study successful 2017, successful which respective existent and erstwhile members of the "House of Cards" accumulation unit came guardant with allegations of intersexual harassment. One idiosyncratic besides accused Spacey, who was an enforcement shaper connected the series, of intersexual assault.
"MRC had nary cognition whatsoever of immoderate specified behaviour by Spacey with immoderate formed oregon unit associated with the Show," the filing states.
Shortly earlier CNN's report, histrion Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed News that the histrion made a intersexual beforehand toward him astatine a enactment successful 1986 erstwhile helium was 14 years old. MRC says it halted the accumulation "to code immoderate concerns of the show's formed and crew" successful aftermath of the allegations, according to the filing.
Following Rapp's claims, Spacey issued a connection claiming helium did not callback the incidental and apologized for what helium said would person been "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
After Spacey was terminated, the petition says that MRC had to "rewrite the full play to omit Spacey's character, and to shorten Season 6 from 13 to 8 episodes to conscionable transportation deadlines" and suffered monetary losses arsenic a result.
Following the arbitrator's decision, MRC released a connection connected the ruling, "The information of our employees, sets and enactment environments is of paramount value to MRC and wherefore we acceptable retired to propulsion for accountability."
CNN has reached retired to Spacey's attorneys for comment.
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