Netflix Suspends Production of ‘House of Cards’<br />Mr. Spacey released a statement shortly after the article was published in which he said<br />that he did not recall the episode but attributed it to “deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.”<br />The decision to stop production raises questions about whether it will resume, and, if it does, whether Mr. Spacey will return to the series.<br />In a statement, Netflix and Media Rights Capital, the studio behind the show, said production was being halted<br />“to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew.”<br />On Monday, executives from both companies spoke to the cast<br />and crew of “House of Cards” in Baltimore, where production of its sixth season had recently gotten underway.<br />On Sunday, BuzzFeed reported an allegation by the actor Anthony Rapp<br />that Mr. Spacey had made an unwanted sexual advance toward him in the 1980s, when he was 14 and Mr. Spacey was in his mid-20s.<br />Production on the final season of “House of Cards” was suspended Tuesday, two days after its star, Kevin<br />Spacey, was accused of having made an unwanted sexual advance toward a 14-year-old boy in the 1980s.
