Kevin Spacey Must Pay $31 Million for Sex Misconduct, Judge Says

Actor Kevin Spacey was ordered to pay $31 million to the “House of Cards” production company for alleged sexual misconduct that got him booted from the popular Netflix series and upended his once high-flying career.

Spacey, 63, had starred in five seasons of the White House drama in 2017 when allegations surfaced that he had a history of sexually harassing and in some cases assaulting young men.

Kevin Spacey, center, leaves the Central Criminal Court in London, earlier in July.

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Producer MRC II Distribution Co. fired him and wrote him out of the final season, which was trimmed from 13 to 8 episodes. It also did its own investigation, which added five ...