Kevin Spacey takes to the witness box to deny sex abuse claims

“They are not true,” Spacey said of the allegations

Actor Kevin Spacey leaves court (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

Kevin Spacey took to the witness box in a New York court to say he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp – who says the Academy Award-winning actor tried to bed him when he was 14.

Identifying himself as Kevin Spacey Fowler, the actor was asked about claims he picked Mr Rapp up – like a groom does a bride – after a party in 1986 and put him on his bed before lying on top of him.