(WHDH) — Former WCVB news anchor Heather Unruh said Wednesday that actor Kevin Spacey sexually abused her then 18-year-old son at a restaurant on Nantucket in July 2016.
The alleged assault happened at the Club Car Restaurant after Unruh claims Spacey bought her son “drink after drink” until his was intoxicated.
Unruh said her son told Spacey that he was of the legal drinking age. She said her son was unaware that the Hollywood star was a “sexual predator.”
“He stuck his hand inside my son’s pants and grabbed his genitals,” Unruh told reporters at a news conference.
Unruh explained that her son was left “star struck.” Spacey also allegedly insisted that her son come to an after-hours party so the two could drink more together.
Unruh said her son was able to escape when Spacey got up for a moment to use the restroom. She said a concerned woman noticed that her son was emotionally disturbed and urged him to “run.”
“She saw that my son was shaken,” Unruh said of the woman. “She had the presence of mind to see if my son was okay.”
Unruh said she knows of at least one other young man who was “targeted” by Spacey on the Massachusetts island.
“To Kevin Spacey, I want to say this: Shame on you for what you did to my son,” Unruh said as she fought back tears.
Because her son was afraid of shame and embarrassment, Unruh explained he decided to come forward now in wake of the stories that have been made public by other alleged victims.
Harry Dreyfuss, the son of actor Richard Dreyfuss, also has said that Spacey groped him in 2008 when he was 18 while his father was rehearsing a play at Spacey’s London apartment. Actor Anthony Rapp said Spacey made sexual advances on him during a party in 1986
Unruh said she “wants to see” Spacey go to jail and have the “hand of justice come down on him.”
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who sat next to Unruh, said he is conducting his own investigation and did not say whether they intend to file civil action against Spacey.
Netflix has since cut ties with Spacey amid the mounting sexual abuse allegations.
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