Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty in a British court docket Friday to seven more sexual assault charges.
The Oscar- and Tony-winning actor appeared by way of video hyperlink at London’s Southwark Crown Court, confirmed his full authorized identify, Kevin Spacey Fowler, and denied all of the accusations in opposition to him, Reuters reported.
Spacey, 63, is charged with three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault, and one rely of inflicting an individual to have interaction in sexual exercise with out consent.
The charges had been introduced by the identical individual, a person who alleges the offenses
The Juilliard-trained actor, who was born in South Orange, New Jersey, served because the inventive director for London’s prestigious Old Vic theater from 2004 till 2015.
In July, he pleaded not guilty to 5 different sexual assault charges at London’s Old Bailey court docket. Those charges stem from accusations introduced by three males who alleged they had been assaulted in London between 2005 and 2008.
Altogether, Spacey faces 12 charges within the U.Ok. His trial is scheduled to start in June and is predicted to final for about 4 weeks.
The once-celebrated Hollywood star’s profession got here to a halt in 2017 after fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused him of creating sexual advances towards him at a celebration in 1986, when Rapp was a teen.
The explosive allegations, which got here out at the start of the #MeToo motion, led Spacey to publicly say he’s homosexual. The timing of his popping out, nevertheless, was criticised by some members of the LGBTQ group. Several brazenly LGBTQ celebrities felt the revelation was merely an try to deflect consideration on the accusations.
More than a dozen alleged victims have since come ahead with comparable accusations, together with the 21-year-old son of Boston anchorwoman Heather Unruh. In June 2012 he filed a lawsuit accusing the embattled actor of “touching and fondling” him in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in July 2016. The go well with was six days after it was filed.
Late final 12 months, a Manhattan jury in a civil go well with introduced by Rapp.
On Monday, the House of Cards star will likely be honored by the National Cinema Museum in Turin, Italy, the place he’ll give a masterclass “devoted to a few of his most memorable roles” and obtain the “the Stella della Mole Award,” in accordance to a information launch.
Spacey is a “chameleonic star of latest world cinema” and “unquestionably some of the proficient and celebrated actors of his era,” the museum mentioned. – dpa
