Jeremy Piven Assault? He Denies It; New Allegations Made Against Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
A Jeremy Piven assault allegation has been "unequivocally" denied by the "Entourage" star while Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against  Kevin Spacey  on Tuesday.
The claims halted production on  Spacey 's Netflix series "House of Cards" and prompted CBS to check into an actress' claim she was groped by Piven  The Associated Press reported.
Mexican actor Robert Cavazos wrote on his Facebook page that he encountered  Spacey  at the bar of London's Old Vic Theatre  where  Spacey  was artistic director  and the actor tried to fondle him against his will.
How  Spacey 's cast mates are reacting to the allegations remains to be seen. Robin Wright  who stars opposite  Spacey  as his wife  hasn't commented publicly  but her Twitter feed includes a number of posts backing social issues including female rights and education.
Netflix and "House of Cards" producer Media Rights Capital had already decided to end the series at the end of next season  its sixth  but on Tuesday they chose to pause the production  which is filmed in Baltimore  "to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew."  Spacey  was not scheduled to work that day.
The move comes after actor Anthony Rapp came forward with  claims Spacey  made inappropriate sexual advances toward him in 1986  when he was 14.
 Spacey  responded by saying  he  doesn't remember the alleged encounter but if  he  acted the way Rapp alleges  "I owe  him  the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."  He  also spoke publicly for the first time about being gay  which draw backlash from some observers as an attempt at deflection.
The fallout for  Spacey  also included the loss of an award  he  was going to get later this month by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The group says "it will not honor  Kevin Spacey  with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award " which is to honor "an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch humanity."  Spacey  was to get it at a gala on Nov. 20 in New York City. Past recipients include Rhimes  Steven Spielberg  and J.J. Abrams.
A Jeremy Piven assault allegation has been "unequivocally" denied by the "Entourage" star while Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against   [TGT] on Tuesday.
The claims halted production on   [TGT]  's Netflix series "House of Cards" and prompted CBS to check into an actress' claim she was groped by Piven  The Associated Press reported.
Mexican actor Robert Cavazos wrote on his Facebook page that he encountered  Spacey  at the bar of London's Old Vic Theatre  where  Spacey  was artistic director  and the actor tried to fondle him against his will.
How   [TGT]  's cast mates are reacting to the allegations remains to be seen. Robin Wright  who stars opposite   [TGT] as  [TGT]  wife  hasn't commented publicly  but her Twitter feed includes a number of posts backing social issues including female rights and education.
Netflix and "House of Cards" producer Media Rights Capital had already decided to end the series at the end of next season  its sixth  but on Tuesday they chose to pause the production  which is filmed in Baltimore  "to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew."  Spacey  was not scheduled to work that day.
The move comes after actor Anthony Rapp came forward with  claims Spacey  made inappropriate sexual advances toward him in 1986  when he was 14.
 Spacey  responded by saying  he  doesn't remember the alleged encounter but if  he  acted the way Rapp alleges  "I owe  him  the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."  He  also spoke publicly for the first time about being gay  which draw backlash from some observers as an attempt at deflection.
The fallout for  Spacey  also included the loss of an award  he  was going to get later this month by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The group says "it will not honor  Kevin Spacey  with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award " which is to honor "an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch humanity."  Spacey  was to get it at a gala on Nov. 20 in New York City. Past recipients include Rhimes  Steven Spielberg  and J.J. Abrams.