Kevin Spacey arrives at London court for
sex offence trial
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[June 28, 2023]
LONDON (Reuters) -Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey arrived at a
London court on Wednesday for the start of his four-week trial on a
dozen sex offence charges.
Spacey, 63, denies allegations of historic offences committed against
four men which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.
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Actor Kevin Spacey walks outside the
Southwark Crown Court as his trial over charges related to allegations
of sex offences begins, in London, Britain, June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Toby
Melville |
He
made no comments to media on arriving at the court.
The charges against Spacey include indecent and sexual assaults
and a more serious offence of causing a person to engage in
penetrative sexual activity without consent, which carries a
maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
His trial at London's Southwark Crown Court is due to get
underway on Wednesday with the selection of the jury, although
the prosecution case may not formally begin until later this
week or next week.
Spacey, who won Oscars for best actor in "American Beauty"
(1999) and best supporting actor in "The Usual Suspects" (1995),
spent over a decade working in London as artistic director for
the British capital's Old Vic theatre from 2004 to 2015.
British prosecutors first revealed he faced charges in May 2022,
saying he was accused of five assaults between March 2005 and
April 2013 - four in London and one in Gloucestershire in the
west of England. They involved one man who is now in his 40s and
two men now in their 30s.
Last November the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a further
seven charges involving sex assaults on one man between 2001 and
2004.
Spacey, once one of Hollywood's biggest stars, has largely
disappeared from public view since being accused of sexual
misconduct six years ago.
In the United States last October, Spacey defeated a sexual
abuse case brought against him in a civil court after jurors in
Manhattan found his accuser did not prove his claim that the
actor made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Mark Heinrich and
Christina Fincher)
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