Kevin Spacey's lawyer exams constructive for Covid-19 throughout trial

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Jennifer Keller, a lead lawyer representing Kevin Spacey within the sexual misconduct lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp, has examined constructive for Covid-19.

Keller examined constructive Thursday morning and is symptomatic, US District a decide Lewis Kaplan instructed the court docket.

“I'd ask that everyone on the protection desk masks now,” Kaplan stated.

Keller was not current in court docket Thursday morning. The decide relayed the information of the constructive take a look at.

The trial is in its fifth day.

A number of jurors and others who had been in shut contact with Keller requested take a look at kits from the court docket. Kaplan instructed these in shut contact with Keller to check on Sunday and Tuesday.

All jurors and folks sitting on the protection desk, together with Spacey, confirmed to Kaplan they're totally vaccinated.

Kaplan stated the trial will resume this morning.

“We’ll go so far as we are able to,” Kaplan stated.

Medical and forensic psychologist Lisa Rocchio is on direct examination by Rapp’s authorized group and is predicted to be their last witness.

After testifying over the course of a number of days, Rapp completed his time on the stand on Wednesday.

He claims that in 1986, Spacey, then 26, invited Rapp, then 14, to his Manhattan dwelling the place he picked Rapp up, laid him down on his mattress, grabbed his buttocks and pressed his groin into Rapp’s physique with out his consent. He's suing Spacey for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery.

Spacey’s attorneys have tried to poke holes in Rapp’s claims, amongst them, that Lupita Nyong’o’s New York Instances op-ed is what impressed him to come back ahead along with his allegations to Buzzfeed in 2017. Whereas Spacey’s authorized group confirmed that Rapp reached out to the Buzzfeed reporter eight days earlier than Nyongo’s piece printed, Rapp maintained that he was “deeply impressed” to talk publicly about his claims, and reiterated that his preliminary name with the Buzzfeed reporter was off the report.

“It was after studying her article and what she stated about breaking her silence that confirmed for me that I used to be going to go forward and provides the interview,” Rapp stated.

Spacey’s authorized group has additionally pointed to discrepancies between Rapp’s claims, together with dates he bumped into Spacey at trade occasions.

“Generally the reality and reminiscence are completely different,” Keller stated.

“In some circumstances, sure,” Rapp stated.

Earlier than ending his time on the stand, Rapp’s lawyer Peter Saghir requested the actor if he had been mendacity about his allegations in opposition to Spacey.

“I've not. It was one thing that occurred to me that was not okay,” Rapp replied.