LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Kevin Spacey must pay "House of Cards" producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix show, a judge ruled Thursday, saying it was not a "close case." Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed an award handed down previously by an arbitrator in October 2020 in MRC's favor consisting of some $29.5 million in damages and the remainder in costs and fees. Even in a close case, the arbitrator's award must stand, Recana wrote in his 14-page ruling. "Here, (Spacey) fails to demonstrate that this is even a close case," the judge said. But Recana wrote that he was "not compelled to infer that the arbitrator's award was not based on the breach of the parties' agreements or that it was based on an (external) source."

Source: CNN August 04, 2022 18:40 UTC