Netflix Suspends House of Cards Production Indefinitely Amid Kevin Spacey Scandal 

Kevin Spacey faces an allegation of inappropriate sexual advances.

“MRC and Netflix have decided to suspend production on HOUSE OF CARDS season six, until further notice, to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew,” the companies said Tuesday in a joint statement.

Netflix had previously announced season 6 would be the Emmy-winning show’s last, though the streaming service is reportedly considering spin-offs.

actor Anthony Rapp alleged that then-26-year-old Spacey invited him to his Manhattan apartment for a party in 1986. (They were both starring in hit Broadway plays at the time.) Rapp, then 14, says he was the only teen at the party and spent most of the evening in a bedroom watching television when he realized everyone had left and he was alone with Spacey.

“My memory was that I thought, ‘Oh, everybody’s gone. Well, yeah, I should probably go home,’” Rapp told BuzzFeed. Spacey, he said, “sort of stood in the doorway, kind of swaying. My impression when he came in the room was that he was drunk … He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like, squirm away initially, because I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me.”

“He was trying to seduce me,” said Rapp, 46. “I don’t know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually.”

Late Sunday, Spacey, now 58, issued a statement saying he doesn’t remember the alleged incident, apologizing for “for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” and announcing, “I choose now to live as a gay man.”

“This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life,” Spacey said. “I know that there are stories out there about me and that some have been fueled by the fact that I have been so protective of my privacy. As those closes to me know, in my life, I have had relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic relationships with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.”

Almost immediately, high-profile LBGTQ actors like Wanda Sykes and Billy Eichner 

criticized the statement, with GLAAD cautioning that Spacey coming out should not “deflect” from Rapp’s allegation.

is based on a book trilogy by author Lord Michael Dobbs, whose work was first adapted as a BBC miniseries.

Of the allegation against Spacey, Dobbs told Deadline Hollywood, “I am devastated almost beyond words. I created a

 30 years ago and up to this point it has been an exhilarating and totally joyous journey. Media Rights Capital and Netflix have always set the highest standards in their work and I want to thank them unreservedly. It has been an honor to have worked with them and so many of the cast, writers and production crew. But right now I’m heartbroken.”

And show creator Beau Will has called Rapp’s allegation “deeply troubling” in a statement: “During the time I worked with Kevin Spacey on

, I neither witnessed nor was aware of any inappropriate behavior on set or off. That said, I take reports of such behavior seriously and this is no exception. I feel for Mr. Rapp and I support his courage.”

Spacey’s $90 online MasterClass was also pulled, the company told

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