(CNN) An arbitrator has ordered Kevin Spacey to pay almost $31 million to Media Rights Capital, the production company behind "House of Cards," the Netflix series in which the actor starred for five seasons until he was fired in 2017. The revelation came in a petition filed Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which MRC is asking the court "to confirm the award in its favor and enter judgment against Spacey and his loan-out and producing companies." Spacey and MRC have been battling in the years since the actor was dismissed from the production over allegations of misconduct on and off the set. MRC says the company suspended Spacey following CNN's report in 2017 , in which several current and former members of the "House of Cards" production staff came forward with allegations of sexual harassment. One person also accused Spacey, who was an executive producer on the series, of sexual assault.

Source: CNN November 23, 2021 15:52 UTC