Kevin Spacey cleared of all charges in U.K. sexual assault trial
The actor had faced nine sexual offense charges related to incidents reported by four men that allegedly took place between 2001 and 2013 in the U.K.
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The actor had faced nine sexual offense charges related to incidents reported by four men that allegedly took place between 2001 and 2013 in the U.K.
Kevin Spacey was accused of making a sexual advance on Anthony Rapp, who was 14 at the time.
"They are not true," Spacey said of actor Anthony Rapp's allegations.
The trial will focus on an alleged encounter between the two men in New York City in 1986, when Rapp was 14 years old.
The Metropolitan Police said the 62-year-old actor would appear at Westminster Magistrates Court at 0900 GMT on Thursday.
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorized charges against Spacey for four counts of sexual assault involving incidents alleged to have taken place between 2005 and 2013.
Two men are suing actor Kevin Spacey over alleged incidents of sexual battery when they were both teenage boys.
A federal lawsuit filed by a massage therapist -- who has since passed away -- accusing actor Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him in Malibu three years ago has been dismissed.
Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week.
The District Attorney's Office noted that because the alleged victim died during the course of the investigation, the allegations could not be proven without his participation.
Lawyers for Spacey filed a notice of the plaintiff's death in federal court on Tuesday, stating the plaintiff's attorney contacted Spacey's legal team last week to report the death.
Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a Massachusetts bar in 2016.
Rapp had accused Spacey in 2017 of making unwanted advances toward him during a house party in 1986, when he was just 14 years old.
Spacey is accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket bar back in 2016.
The 18-year-old victim allegedly shot video of the sexual assault and sent it to his girlfriend because she didn't believe him.
"House of Cards" star Robin Wright says everybody deserves a second chance, even her disgraced former co-star Kevin Spacey, who was accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen people.
Prosecutors said the allegations against Spacey were beyond the statute of limitations, the alleged victim in the case against Anderson "declined to be interviewed."
A second possible sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey is currently under review by Los Angeles County prosecutors, officials confirmed Wednesday.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday it is reviewing a sex crimes case against actor Kevin Spacey.
The alleged assault occurred in the Westminster area of London in 2005, police said.
The allegations cover interactions between 1995 and 2013, and all of them deal with men. The reported incidents range from behavior that made people feel uncomfortable to "sexually inappropriate" touching.
In a wholly unprecedented move, Kevin Spacey is being cut from Ridley Scott's finished film "All the Money in the World" and replaced by Christopher Plummer just over one month before it's supposed to hit theaters.
A former news anchor says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her son when he was 18 years old.
Harry Dreyfuss wrote that Spacey repeatedly put his hand on his thigh and eventually made his way into his crotch, while his father was focused on the script. He wrote that his father did not see and he did not tell him about it for many years.
It took less than a week for two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey to go from admired stage, TV and film star to a pariah.
