Netflix Inc's groundbreaking political drama House of Cards will end after its upcoming sixth season, the company said on Monday (local time), one day after a sexual misconduct allegation emerged against star Kevin Spacey.
Netflix also said in a statement that it was "deeply troubled" about an allegation made against Spacey by actor Rent Anthony Rapp who said Spacey had made a sexual advance to him in 1986, when Rapp was 14 years old.
Spacey said in a Twitter post on Sunday that he was "beyond horrified" to hear Rapp's story of the encounter, which he said he did not remember. He wrote that he owed Rapp a "sincere apology" for what he said would have been "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
Netflix did not give an explicit reason for deciding to air one more season of House of Cards before pulling the plug on the Emmy-winning, critically acclaimed show, its first original hit series.
But Netflix spokeswoman Karen Barragan said the decision was made months ago, long before the allegation surfaced against Spacey (58) a two-time Oscar-winning film star, Tony-winning stage performer and former creative director of London's famed Old Vic theater.
A representative for Spacey did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
