Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting three men in the United Kingdom, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced Thursday.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, announced in a press release that, in addition to four counts of sexual assault, the 62-year-old actor is facing “one charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. The authority to charge follows a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation.”
“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Mr Spacey are active and that he has the right to a fair trial,” the press release added.
BREAKING: Kevin Spacey charged with sexually assaulting three men in the UK from 2005 to 2013, British prosecutors say. https://t.co/L7eGhR4kdg
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The charges for the alleged assaults, occurring between March 2005 and April 2013, are listed below:
Four offences of sexual assault, contrary to section 3(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and one offence of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, contrary to sections 4(1) and (4) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Sexual assault 1 – March 2005 London (complainant 1)
Sexual assault 2 – March 2005 London (complainant 1)
Sexual assault 3 – August 2008 London (complainant 2)
Causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent – August 2008 London (complainant 2)
Sexual assault 4 – April 2013 Gloucestershire (complainant 3)
In November 2017, the “House of Cards” star was fired from the hit Netflix series following a string of sexual assault and misconduct allegations that surfaced against the actor. One such accusation came from “Star Trek” star Anthony Rapp, who accused Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him at a party in 1986, when Rapp was 14. Spacey denies the allegations.
Spacey previously served as the artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre from 2004 to 2015. At the time of the prior allegations, the theater announced it had received more than a dozen accusations of inappropriate behavior by the “American Beauty” star, Deadline reported. In 2019, the actor was interviewed by the British Police about the various claims.
On Thursday, when the U.K. charges were announced, “The Usual Suspects” star was in a courtroom in New York City testifying on the stand in a civil lawsuit brought by Rapp, the Associated Press reported. Therefore, there has been no comment yet from the actor following the news about the sexual assault charges.
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