Los Angeles, Nov 5 (PTI) Harry Dreyfuss, son of actorRichard Dreyfuss, has claimed that he was molested by KevinSpacey when he was 18.
The allegation marks the latest sexual harassment chargesagainst Spacey, who has now been accused of improper actionsby more than 10 men.
Harry told Buzzfeed that his father was working on theplay "Complicit" at the Old Vic with Spacey, and the two hadgone to Spacey's apartment to run lines. Dreyfuss had met theactor once previous to the encounter, and described beingnervous but excited when he met him for the first time.
"The first time I met him, he put all my worries to rest.
He saw me and his eyes lit up. He gave me such a warm smile,and instead of shaking my hand, he gave me a hug. Instantly,my young-man-perpetually-seeking-father-figures heart melted.
All I remember thinking was youÂ’re so nice," Harry said.
After some time Harry ended up sitting next to Spacey ona couch while reading lines with Richard.
"After a few minutes, he put his hand on my thigh... Ittook that long because it just never occurred to me that Kevinwould be interested in me in the first place. He was an adultman, a hero of mine, my dad's boss, none of which werecategories on my radar for sexual interactions.
"Besides, I thought, surely he can't be coming on to melike this right in front of my dad. But his hand stayedthere," Harry added.
He said he rose and moved to the other side of the couch,but, "without missing a beat," Spacey followed.
According to Harry his father did not notice theinteraction because he was too engrossed with his script.
Harry again moved to a different side of the couch and,"Once again Kevin followed me, sat down, and with considerableeffort, slid his hand between my right hand and my right leg.
Over the course of about 20 seconds, centimeter by centimeter,Kevin crawled his hand from my thigh over toward my crotch.
"My mind went blank. Suddenly, he had completed hisjourney and now he had all of me in his hand. I stoppedreading the script and my eyes went wide. I lifted up my headand faced him. Looking into his eyes, I gave the most meagershake of my head that I could manage."Harry said he did not take any drastic action at thattime as he was protecting his father's career, and preventinghis father from hurting Spacey. He also thought he wasprotecting any future prospects of working with Spacey.
Harry said it took him so long to come forward becausefor a long time, he saw his experience with sexual abuse as"relatively minor.""A world in which powerful men are no longer allowed tofeel safe to do this, or far worse. In retrospect, whatdisgusts me about Kevin was how safe he did feel. He knew hecould fondle me in a room with my father and that I wouldn'tsay a word. He knew I wouldn't have had the guts. And Ididn't." PTI SHDSHD.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.