Kevin Spacey's brother claims 'Nazi' father sexually abused him

'He was so determined to try to avoid the whippings that he just minded his Ps and Qs until there was nothing inside. He had no feelings,' says Spacey's brother

Kevin Spacey's brother has said his father was a neo-Nazi who sexually abused him during his childhood.

Randall Fowler’s comments come after Spacey apologised for an alleged attempt to seduce a 14-year-old boy more than 30 years ago.

The House Of Cards star and former artistic director of London's Old Vic announced he is living “as a gay man” after fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused him of an incident in 1986. Spacey said he does not remember the alleged incident which allegedly took place when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26.

Spacey has had an Emmy award honouring him which he was due to recieved in New York next month revoked in the wake of the allegation.

House of Cards have also announced it will come to an end with a sixth and final season amid the allegations of sexual misconduct. Although Netflix claimed the decision had been in the pipeline for some time and was actually made months ago.

Mr Fowler claimed his father, Thomas Geoffrey Fowler, was a fervent Nazi supporter and his home was brimming with Third Reich memorabilia in an interview with the Daily Mail back in 2004.

Spacey's brother, who is a Rod Stewart impersonator, said his father withdrew him from Cub Scouts because the leader of the group was Jewish.

“There was so much darkness in our home it was beyond belief. It was absolutely miserable,” the eldest son told the paper.

Mr Fowler claimed he was frequently whipped and raped by their father and alleged their sister Julie was also subject to beatings before leaving home at the age of 18.

He said his brother Kevin tried to ignore what was going on at home by emotionally blocking stuff out and disconnecting.

He said: “Kevin tried to avoid what was going on by wrapping himself in an emotional bubble. He became very sly and smart.

"He was so determined to try to avoid the whippings that he just minded his Ps and Qs until there was nothing inside. He had no feelings.”

Mr Fowler’s account of his father massively differs to that of Spacey who described his father, who died on Christmas Eve in 1992, as a “very normal, middle-class man, born in Caspar, Wyoming” in an interview in 2002.

“But he had an absolute love of England. He spent the war here. I think he always fancied himself as an aristocrat. He admired things of that kind of sophistication; leather-bound books, beautiful watches, cufflinks ...,” he told Esquire magazine.

On Sunday, Spacey, who is famed for keeping his private life under wraps, said he was “beyond horrified” by allegations he made sexual advances on a teen boy decades ago.

The two-time Oscar winner said he did not remember the encounter in a statement on Twitter.

In an interview with BuzzFeed, Rapp claimed Spacey placed him on a bed and climbed on top of him following a party at his apartment.

He said: “But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years”.

But Spacey said the story “has encouraged me to address other things about my life”.

He added: “I know that there are stories out there about me and that some have been fuelled by the fact that I have been so protective of my privacy.

“As those closest to me know, in my life I have had relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic encounters 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 behaviour.”

Spacey has been condemned by a string of Hollywood commentators for coming out as gay in the wake of the allegation.

“When power is used in a non-consensual situation, it is a wrong,” former Star Trek actor George Takei said. “For Anthony Rapp, he has had to live with the memory of this experience of decades ago."

“For Kevin Spacey, who claims not to remember the incident, he was the older, dominant one who had his way. Men who improperly harass or assault do not do so because they are gay or straight - that is a deflection. They do so because they have the power, and they chose to abuse it.“

The Independent contacted a representative of Spacey to see if he wanted to respond to his brother's allegations about their late father.