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Spacey, 63, appeared at Southwark Crown Court
by videolink charged with one count of causing a person to
engage in sexual activity without consent, three counts of
indecent assault and three counts of sexual assault.
The actor – wearing a dark jacket, white shirt and pink tie –
spoke only to confirm his name as Kevin Spacey Fowler and enter
seven not guilty pleas during the brief hearing.
Judge Mark Wall agreed to join the seven-count indictment to an
earlier five-count indictment, which features four counts of
sexual assault and one of causing a person to engage in sexual
activity without consent.
Spacey pleaded not guilty to those five charges last July.
The seven additional charges, which were authorised by Britain’s
Crown Prosecution Service in November, relate to one complainant
and concern alleged offences between 2001 and 2005.
Spacey was granted unconditional bail ahead of a pre-trial
review hearing in April. His trial, which is currently due to
begin in June, is expected to last for four weeks.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Michael Holden, William
Maclean)
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