Bizarre video

Spacey apologized to Rapp, claiming not to remember the incident, but remained silent as accusations against him mushroomed.

As a result, Netflix dropped Spacey from its political thriller series "House of Cards," and he was dumped from his scenes in Ridley Scott's film "All the Money in the World."

Spacey is one of the most high-profile figures in the torrent of allegations that have brought down male power players from the worlds of politics, finance, entertainment and journalism, in the wake of accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein 14 months ago.

As the arraignment was announced, a bizarre video was shared by Spacey's Twitter account of the actor apparently addressing his sacking by Netflix – while in character as President Frank Underwood from "House of Cards."

"Oh sure, they may have tried to separate us, but what we have is too strong, too powerful. After all, we shared everything, you and I," Spacey says in Underwood's signature southern drawl, in the video entitled titled, "Let Me Be Frank."

"I told you my deepest, darkest secrets. I showed you exactly what people are capable of. I shocked you with my honestly, but mostly I challenged you and made you think. And you trusted me, even though you knew you shouldn't. So we're not done, no matter what anyone says. And besides, I know what you want. You want me back."

The three-minute vignette marks Spacey's first public performance since the allegations against him came to light.

"Of course, some believed everything and have been just waiting with baited breath to hear me confess it all. They're just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved," he goes on.

"Only you and I both know it's never that simple, not in politics and not in life," he says – apparently an allusion to the allegations against both the actor and his Machiavellian character on the show.

Netflix declined to comment, and Spacey's representative did not immediately respond.

AFP