Netflix is ending its popular political drama “House of Cards”. The announcement that the forthcoming sixth season will be its last comes less than 24-hours after the series star Kevin Spacey became embroiled in sexual misconduct allegations.<br /><br />Actor Anthony Rapp has claimed in a published interview that when he was a 14-year-old, Spacey made unwanted sexual advances, in 1986.<br /><br />Spacey has used social media to apologies saying he did not recall the alleged seduction attempt but that it would have been “deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour.”<br /><br />Media Rights Capital and Netflix, who produce House of Cards, released a statement on Monday in response to the claims against Spacey, saying they were “deeply troubled” by the news.<br /><br />However a Netflix spokesperson has also said that the decision to end the show was made months earlier, and not in response to the allegations about Spacey.<br /><br />People are mad that Kevin Spacey responded to a sexual misconduct allegation by coming out https://t.co/Vt18moGi04— TIME (@TIME) October 30, 2017<br />
