Under fire, Kevin Spacey won't get International Emmy Award

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Under fire, Kevin Spacey won't get International Emmy Award

Mark Kennedy The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:00PM EDT

Kevin Spacey poses in the press room with the award for outstanding male actor in a drama series for "House of Cards" at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2016. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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NEW YORK - The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has revoked an award it was going to give Kevin Spacey, a decision made after allegations that he made sexual advances on a teen boy.

The group says ""it will not honour Kevin Spacey with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award."

The award is to honour "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 Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes and J.J. Abrams.

The move comes after actor Anthony Rapp came forward with claims Spacey made inappropriate sexual advances toward him in 1986, when he was 14. Netflix announced Monday that it was pulling the plug on "House of Cards," which stars Spacey.