It’s time someone brought him to justice. British police have charged Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey over historic allegations of sex offences, with the actor due in court this week. Prosecutors last month authorised the charges to be brought against Spacey on four counts of sexual assault against three men, and a further charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Here’s what you need to know.
Police said the alleged assaults had taken place between March 2005 and April 2013 – four in London and one in Gloucestershire. They involved one man who is now in his 40s and two men now in their 30s. “He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court at 10am on Thursday, 16 June,” London’s Metropolitan Police said, confirming Mr Spacey had been charged on the five counts authorized by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following his arrest.
Kevin Spacey Is In Deep Trouble Over His Alleged Sex Crimes In The UK
Spacey, who won Academy Awards for the films Usual Suspects and American Beauty in the 1990s, has said he is willing to defend himself in Britain and is confident any trial will prove his innocence. Once one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Mr Spacey has largely disappeared from public view since being accused of sexual misconduct five years ago.
In November 2017, London’s Old Vic theater said it had received 20 separate allegations of inappropriate conduct by Mr Spacey from 20 men who came into contact with him at the theater, or in connection with it, between 1995 and 2013. He was dropped from the TV show House of Cards and removed from the film All the Money in the World after the accusations of sexual misconduct came to light.
So far Spacey himself has not made any comments about the matter, although at this point it’s doubtful that he will. We will update you with all of the latest details as they come in.
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