Update, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2: A man has come forward to allege that when he was 14, he had a sexual relationship with Kevin Spacey that ended in an attempted rape.

The man, now 48 and working as an artist, wished to remain anonymous but told Vulture he wanted to come forward because he was angry about the way that Spacey responded to actor Anthony Rapp's earlier accusation of sexual misconduct.

"He is a pedophile," the man said. "When you look at his statement, you realize also he's profoundly narcissistic. He thinks this is about being caught that he's gay." ("I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man," Spacey had said in a statement, responding to Rapp's story that Spacey had directed sexual advances at him when he was 14.)

The man says he met Spacey in 1981, when he was 12 and the actor, 22, was teaching an acting class he attended. They met again when he was 14 and Spacey was 24, he says, then exchanged phone numbers and started a relationship. He says that the relationship ended when he was 15, when Spacey allegedly tried to rape him and he was able to escape.

Spacey's lawyer denied the allegations.

Before the latest allegation of sexual misconduct emerged, a representative for the actor said he was seeking help.

"Kevin Spacey is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment. No other information is available at this time," his publicist told The New York Times on Wednesday.

Stories alleging that Spacey has demonstrated a pattern of sexual harassment and groping of young men and men came to light after "Star Trek: Discovery" actor Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed in a story published on Oct. 29 that Spacey had directed sexual advances at him in the 1980s, when he was 14 and the actor was in his 20s.

Spacey, now 58, was widely criticized for his response to Rapp's story, with some saying that he only came out as gay in the statement to deflect from the allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor.

"I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior," Spacey had said in the statement. The allegations have affected the fate of Netflix's flagship series "House of Cards," in which Spacey and Robin Wright play lead characters. The show suspended production in the wake of the allegations.

Another man who chose to remain anonymous told the BBC that Spacey, a South Orange native, made unwanted advances in the '80s, when he was 17 and Spacey was in his 20s. He says he slept on the actor's couch but awoke to find Spacey on top of him, his head on his stomach and his arms wrapped around him.

Actor Roberto Cavazos alleges that Spacey groped him more than once at London's Old Vic theater, where Spacey served as artistic director for more than a decade.

"There are many of us with a 'Kevin Spacey story,'" Cavazos wrote in a Facebook post. "It appears that all that was needed was a male under the age of 30 for Mr. Spacey to feel free to touch us. It was so common that it turned into a local joke (in very bad taste)."

People who have worked at the Old Vic contacted the Guardian to say Spacey's alleged pattern of behavior with young men was well known.

"We were all involved in keeping it quiet," one anonymous source said. "I witnessed him groping men many times in all sorts of different situations."

A statement from the Old Vic, which set up an email address for people to make confidential complaints about any inappropriate behavior, said the theater staff was "deeply dismayed" by the allegations against Spacey.

Director Tony Montana also says Spacey groped him in Los Angeles in 2003.

"He put his hand on my crotch forcefully and grabbed my whole package," Montana said.

"This designates ownership," the actor told him, Montana said, before Spacey, who he said seemed drunk, allegedly followed him to the bathroom.

Soon after the BuzzFeed story was published, Netflix announced it was ending "House of Cards" after the next season of the show. Not long after, Netflix suspended production on the season "until further notice."

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