Kevin Spacey trial witness claims sexual abuse by actor

Actor Kevin Spacey leaves court in New York (Yuki Iwamura/AP/PA)

The first witness at a civil trial in which Kevin Spacey is accused of making a sexual advance on a 14-year-old boy in the mid-1980s has testified that Spacey made a similar move on him years earlier.

Andrew Holtzman was called to testify by lawyers for actor Anthony Rapp, who is seeking 40 million dollars (£36 million) in damages for the psychological injuries he says he sustained as a result of an encounter with Spacey after a party in 1986.