Kevin Spacey will pay $1million to House of Cards makers to settle claims he sexually harassed young staffers on the Netflix hit he was fired from in 2017

Kevin Spacey will pay $1 million to the makers of House of Cards to settle claims that he sexually harassed young staffers on the show.

MRC, the production company behind the show, dropped Spacey from the final season of House of Cards in 2017 and tried to recoup the costs of scrapping the final season and replacing him.

An arbitrator found the young show employees’ allegations credible and Spacey, who has always denied the allegations, faced a $31 million judgment in the case.

But MRC and Spacey have now reached a settlement, under which the actor will pay just $1 million (£791,000) – in installments equal to 10 per cent of his after-tax income – to the company over the next few years, instead of the $36. million he owed, including interest, Puk reported.

In return, Spacey will assist MRC in their attempt to recover costs from the insurance company.

Kevin Spacey (left) in the show House of Cards, from which he was fired in 2017

MRC previously sued Fireman’s Fund and Lloyd’s of London, alleging Spacey’s absence from House of Card was covered under cast insurance policies, which typically protect production companies if an actor becomes too ill to perform.

But the lawsuit was dismissed twice last year because the judge did not believe Spacey had allegedly checked himself into a sex addiction treatment center that could qualify as a claim under the policy.

“The court is left with the conclusion that these policies simply do not insure against this specific risk, and that neither party was actually considering coverage for these types of matters at the time the policies were signed,” Judge Mark Epstein said at the time. according to Variety.

While the judge ruled that MRC can no longer go after Lloyd’s, the production company can amend its lawsuit against Fireman’s Fund one more time, for which they have now received help from Spacey.

One of the things the judge criticized in the lawsuit was that MRC did not clarify what exactly Spacey’s illness is and how it would make him too sick to perform in House of Cards.

Spacey previously fought an attempt by the MRC to access his medical records to answer these questions, but he agreed to provide his medical records and be examined by doctors as part of the settlement, which was reached on December 18 .

A few weeks later, on January 2, MRC filed the newly amended complaint against Fireman’s Fund. It stated that Spacey could not appear on the show because he was being treated for anxiety and depression.

Fireman’s Fund again tried to have the lawsuit dismissed, which they labeled as “bordering on the absurd.”

The insurance company argued that MRC has significantly changed its position after it first alleged in the arbitration case against it that Spacey was dropped from the show for violating its sexual harassment policy — and not because of his illness.

It further claimed that Spacey’s removal was due to Netflix’s announcement not to air new House of Cards episodes featuring the actor, which would have forced MRC to drop him.

His lawyers reportedly sent separate emails to Netflix, reportedly denying that Spacey was ill after the announcement.

MRC is going after Fireman’s Fund for $150 million and damages for dismissing the original claim. The trial is expected to begin in June.